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Todd Houston Yard To Build

Self-Propelled Bunkering Vessel

For West Indies Oil Co., Ltd.

Independent Petroleum Supply Company (IPS), on behalf of its affiliate, The West

Indies Oil Company, Limited (WIOC), Anti- gua, West Indies, has announced the award of a contract to Todd Shipyards, Houston, for construction of a 42,000-barrel capacity self- propelled bunkering vessel for use by WIOC at Antigua, West Indies.

Specifically designed for bunkering services, the vessel will be named M/V Bunker Antigua.

It will carry all grades of marine bunker fuels and potable water. Pumping rates in excess of 5,000 barrels per hour will reduce bunkering time at Antigua to a minimum. The vessel, measuring 304 feet overall is powered by twin engines and is expected to be one of the larg- est of its type in the world.

The M/V Bunker Antigua will enter bunk- ering service later in 1971 to augment West

Indies Oil Company's two self-propelled bunk- ering tankers, one bunkering barge, offshore product pier and sea berth.

Independent Petroleum Supply Company (IPS), a Natomas Company subsidiary with offices in New York, London, San Francisco and Tokyo, is the exclusive bunker sales agent for WIOC.

Boston Metals Announces

Two Executive Appointments

John D. Schapiro, president of The Boston

Metals Co., 313 East Baltimore Street, Balti- more, Md., has named Lee D. Miller executive vice president in charge of operations, and

Harold B. Chait executive vice president in charge of sales. Both Mr. Miller and Mr. Chait have been active with the company for many years.

The Boston Metals Co. is one of the oldest and foremost specialists in ship dismantling, with operations in Baltimore and Los Angeles.

Bath Iron Works Orders

Six B&W Boilers For

Three AEIL Containerships

Bath Iron Works has ordered six two-drum marine boilers from the Babcock & Wilcox

Company for three containerships being built for American Export Isbrandtsen Lines.

The boilers, valued at over $1.5 million, are similar to six B&W boilers ordered by Ameri- can Export in 1966 for their containerships

Sea Witch, Lightning and Stag Hound.

Each boiler will supply 66,O0O pounds per hour steam at 870-psig superheater outlet pres- sure and 955-F superheat temperature. They will each be equipped with a superheater,

B&W stud-tube economizer, steam air heater and two Racer-type steam atomizing oil burn- ers.

Boiler cleaning equipment will be provided by Diamond Power Specialty Corp. Automatic controls governing the turbine throttle and monitoring the drum level, oil temperature, flame stability, steam pressure and fuel pres- sure will be provided by Bailey Meter Co.

Bailey will also supply an electric digital data logger and bell logger. Both firms are B&W subsidiaries.

Each of the three new ships is rated at 17,500 shaft horsepower with a cruising speed in ex- cess of 20 knots. Each will have a displace- ment of 22,000 tons, a beam of 78 feet, design draft of 27 feet and a length of 610 feet. They are designed to carry 928 standard 20-foot containers or an equivalent mix of 20 and 40- footers.

The boilers will be erected at the Bath Iron

Works shipyard at Bath, Maine. Delivery of the first boiler components is scheduled for next month. Sea trials will begin in mid-1972.

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At Nabrico, we anticipate tow boat performance with precision. There's no room for guesswork when your profit depends on moving tonnage efficiently and economically. Our marine designers translate your requirements into sound, innovative designs and then we test them extensively in our model testing program. Once tested, Nabrico can chart where the tonnage line intersects the thrust line and that is where we place our reputation for tow boat performance. New owners prove it on the water... every time! It's no surprise to Nabrico (iiaf the new 4,000 hp, twin screw, Kort nozzle towboat is probably the best ol its class on the river. Ask us about the "Bruce Brown Class" .. we'll give you the lacts and try to be modest.

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