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Homeport Marine Delivers

Shelter Deck Stern Trawler

The Arctic VI shelter deck stern trawler.

Homeport Marine Services, Moss

Point, Miss., announced the deliv- ery of the Arctic VI, a shelter deck stern trawler. The vessel is owned by Arctic Alaska Fisheries, Inc. of

Seattle, Wash. Upon delivery, the

Arctic VI departed for the Bering

Sea via Seattle where she will fish for pollock and deliver her 150-ton catch to a factory ship for processing into Surimi and fresh frozen fillets.

The Arctic VI is 124 feet long, 30 feet wide and 24 feet deep with two 3,100-cubic-feet refrigerated sea water hold tanks. The vessel has a crew of six. She will carry 40,000 gallons of fuel and 6,000 gallons of fresh water. The Arctic VI was built to ABS requirements and carries an

American Bureau of Shipping

Loadline Certificate. The vessel is propelled by two Caterpillar 3508 main engines developing 960 hp each, turning five bladed propellers in Kort nozzles. Electrical power is supplied by one 715 kW and one 400 kW Caterpillar generator sets. A 500-hp electric over hydraulic re- mote controlled power unit supplies power for all the fishing gear and deck machinery.

The catch is hauled aboard the upper fishing deck by 50-ton winches, then transferred to the lower processing deck through hy- draulically-operated flush hatches and transferred by conveyor to the two holding tanks. The fish is kept fresh by recirculating sea water, chilled to 34 degrees Fahrenheit in the two insulated tanks until it is pumped aboard a factory processing ship. Navigation and communica- tion systems consist of radars, SSB,

GPS, VHFS, satellite navigation and communication terminal and the latest technology in fish finding and depth sounding equipment. An auto- trawl and monitoring system was installed to obtain maximum per- formance of the net at all times and monitor the catch by measuring the tension on the trawl cables giving the captain an alarm when the net is full. The vessel has a 600-gallon per day water maker and a carbon diox- ide fire extinguishing system.

For more information on the ser- vices of Homeport Marine,

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MarAd Approves Requests

To Purchase Vessels

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved the requests of Malbrook Navigation Ltd. and

Norwood Shipping Corp. for permis- sion to purchase and transfer to

Greek or Bahamian registry the 117,285-dwt tankers Ocean Chal- lenger and Ocean Wizard.

Malbrook and Norwood were the high bidders at a court-ordered auc- tion. The vessels were formerly owned by Belmont VLCC II, Inc.

Built in Sparrows Point, Md., in 1976, the vessels will be used in the international bulk trades.

MarAd's permission is required by section nine of the Shipping Act of 1916, as amended.

ACL Appoints Fuller

Vice President, Technology

American Commercial Lines, Inc. (ACL) has announced the appoint- ment of Geoffrey L. Fuller as vice president of technology.

Mr. Fuller is former general manager of administration and in- formation systems at Total Distri- bution Services Inc. (TDSI), a sub- sidiary of CSXT, Baltimore, Md.

During his 26-year career Mr. Fuller has worked in several capacities in- cluding systems analyst and de- signer, director of systems and ad- vanced planning, and director of system integration.

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We take this means of thank ing our many customers for their past business and trust we can continue to serve you.

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