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Derelict Ship Contaminants

Contained on Columbia River

Contracted by the owner of the SS

Davy Crockett, a former WWII U.S.

Navy Liberty Ship, Ballard Diving &

Salvage completed the required clean up of contaminants that posed immi- nent threat to the environment according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

After significant structural failure, an

Administrative Order by the Coast

Guard to the owner was issued for immediate action. Ballard Diving &

Salvage’s response included confined space teams and commercial dive teams as well as remote underwater vehicles with sonar to locate and eval- uate all sources of oil on and within the vessel. The SS Davy Crockett is 442-ft in length and was constructed in 1942 and is currently located near

Camas, Wash. on the Columbia

River.

Omnipure Series 55 Receives

USCG Certification

Omnipure Series 55 marine sanita- tion treatment systems from Severn

Trent De Nora have received final certification from the United States

Coast Guard (USCG) to the

International Maritime

Organization’s MEPC.159(55) efflu- ent standards. Certification by the

USCG involves testing environmen- tal standards such as shock and vibra- tion above and beyond IMO require- ments. The Omnipure Series 55 tech- nology utilizes an electrolytic treat- ment process, combined with electro- coagulation to both treat wastewater and provide sanitary solids for han- dling. The Omnipure electrolytic process generates an oxidant from seawater to effectively disinfect bio- logical wastes. The OMNIPURE

Series 55 systems can accommodate treatment capacities up to 598 per- sons for black water and up to 197 persons for black and gray water.

Harbor Guard Boats Delivers

Defender 2628

Medina International Holdings,

Inc. through its wholly owned sub- sidiary Harbor Guard Boats, Inc., has completed the sale of a Defender 2628 dive rescue boat to Prince

George's County Fire Department,

Md.

HB Rentals Gets Eagle Ford

Contract & New Facility

Onsite accommodation specialist,

HB Rentals, a Superior Energy

Services company, has opened an additional facility in Texas and has been awarded a one-year contract to provide onsite living quarters with offices for four rigs operating in the

Eagle Ford shale play in South Texas.

The additional facility is located in

Laredo, Texas and was added to sup- port customers working in the Eagle

Ford shale region. The facility will have accommodations, communica- tions equipment and auxiliary equip- ment on site as well as the certified technicians and staff to deliver, install and maintain the equipment. HB

Rentals’ recent contract in the Eagle

Ford shale region includes wheel- mounted trailers, the installation of water systems with pressure sets, sewer systems with pumps, portable toilets, generators, mud rooms and

VSAT communication systems.

Rustibus Rebrands Itself

For more than 30 years Rustibus went under the name Dalseide

Shipping Services and provided the shipping industry with its patented chain drum de-scalers. As part of their rebranding, their offices in

Antwerp, Singapore and Houston have changed their name to Rustibus.

Rustibus is now looking to enter the industrial tool market with a new 110V model of their hand held series.

The R35 is ideal for removing heavy rust and old coatings in marine and commercial applications. Rustibus also plans to reintroduce their pipe series.

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