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ARCO Alaska To Build

Nine Huge Modules

In Port Of Portland

The director of construction and logistics for ARCO Alaska, Jack

Purl, recently said that ARCO Al- aska will construct nine huge Alas- kan oil field modules in the Port of

Portland this fall as part of the com- pany's "sealift" operation. The 1,500-ton modules will be built on a 240-acre site at the Port's shipyards on Swan Island.

Construction of the modules un- der the estimated $20-million con- tract is expected to continue until

July 1989, and the project is ex- pected to generate between 400 and 500 jobs at its peak.

The modules will be about the size of 10- to 12-story buildings, Mr.

Purl said—between 150 and 200 feet long, about 50 to 80 feet wide and between 80 and 100 feet tall.

The project is part of ARCO Alas- ka's annual sealift operation that has taken oil field equipment to

Alaska's North Slope every year since 1975.

Marine Travelift Offers 50BFM Mobile Boat Hoist —Literature Available

Marine Travelift, Inc. recently announced the development of a

Model 50BFM, 50-ton-capacity mo- bile boat hoist, designed to "fill the gap" between the company's 35- and 70-ton-capacity units.

The 50BFM features the "beam forward" design which allows for- ward sling adjustment behind the front beam and permits more clear- ance and faster boat handling. The concept also allows exact position- ing of front and rear slings to achieve precise load balance.

Marine Travelift's 50BFM was engineered to permit marinas to handle the larger boats in the indus- try, faster. Greater usable lifting heights are possible with direct con- nection of slings to sling blocks.

For complete details, prices and delivery information on the 50BFM or for complete design details and specifications on the complete line of Marine Travelift Mobile Boat

Hoists with capacities from 15 to 500 tons,

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MarineSafety Providing

Simulator Training

For Apprentice Pilots —Literature Available

In the first program of its kind in the U.S., the California State Board of Pilot Commissioners has con- tracted with MarineSafety Interna- tional to provide visual shiphand- ling simulator training for all ap- prentice pilots.

The first apprentice pilot course for the State Board of Pilot Com- missioners was held recently in the

MarineSafety Shiphandling Simu- lator Training Complex in Newport,

R.I. Five apprentice San Francisco pilots attended the eight-day course

September, 1988 which was specially designed to complement the pilot's apprentice program with the bar pilots. Ship maneuvers were conducted in a computer model of San Francisco

Bay and the Oakland area and in a generic area especially designed to provide challenging maneuvering and docking problems.

The purpose of the simulator training is to accelerate the learning gained from "hands-on" experience.

Using the simulators, the Marine

Safety instructors can control con- ditions such as weather and traffic and create emergency conditions which might occur only once in a pilot's lifetime.

The eight-day training program includes training modules (a module consists of instruction, simulator ex- ercises and critique) such as en- tering a harbor, port approaches, piloting in restricted visibility, use of automated radar plotters, han- dling in narrow channels, working with tugs, docking and emergen- cies.

MarineSafety, a wholly owned subsidiary of FlightSafety Interna- tional, provides shiphandling train- ing for the U.S. Navy and commer- cial shipping companies, using si- mulators at Kings Point, N.Y. and

Newport, R.I.

For free literature giving com- plete information on courses offered by MarineSafety International,

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