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SNAME Honors Two

Aqua-Chem Executives

Two Aqua-Chem, Inc., Milwau- kee, Wis., executives have been granted honorary life membership in The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

Charles D. Rose, vice president, marketing, and Philip Liu, chief thermal design engineer for the company's Water Technologies Di- vision, were recently cited at a luncheon in New York City. The two were honored for their contri- butions to the Society's recently published book "Marine Engineer- ing." Mr. Rose and Mr. Liu contri- buted a chapter on "Heat Exchang- ers." Mr. Rose also prepared a chapter on "Distilling Plants."

The awards were presented by

Daniel D. Strohmeier, president of the Society.

Contract To Build

New Type Drilling Unit

Awarded To Halifax

Southeastern Commonwealth Drill- ing Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada, has awarded a contract for the con- struction of a new type of semi-sub- mersible offshore drilling unit to the

Halifax Shipyards Division of Haw- ker Siddeley Canada, Ltd.

The new vessel, to be known as the

Kawasaki Heavy Industries is preparing for the eventual creation and construction of a gigantic 600.000 dwt ship.

Now under construction is a mammoth building dock 420 meters long. 75 meters wide and 11 meters deep. This building dock is targeted for November 1972 completion.

It is being constructed to meet ever-increasing, world-wide demands for KHI's superior ship-building engineering.

KAWASAKI VIX

I HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.

SHIP SALES DIVISION • TOKYO OFFICE: 3-5. SliibaHamamatsu-clio. (World Trade Center Bldg.), Minatoku. Tokyo. Japan Telex: mtT2 • LONDON OFFICE: Cunord House (4th Floor), 88 Leadenhall Street, London E.C. 3. England Telex: 886303 • NEW YORK OFFICE: 29 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10006. U.S.A. Telex: 420293

Sedco 700 design, will be rectangular in shape. Its main deck will measure 195 feet by 225 feet, supported by eight columns, four along each side.

Overall height of the vessel to the main deck will be 130 feet.

The Sedco 700, in operation, can be submerged to a maximum depth of 80 feet. Each corner of the vessel will be equipped with an electrically powered thruster, each capable of a 50,000-lb. thrust.

The new unit, valued at more than $20 million including equipment sup- plied by the owner, will be the fourth offshore drilling vessel built for Sed- co by Halifax Shipyards. The other three are triangular in shape with a circular pontoon supporting each cor- ner.

Capt. Vorenkamp Joins

Acadian Marine Service

Capt. Rudy Vorenkamp

Doyle Landry, president of Aca- dian Marine Service Inc., has an- nounced that Capt. Rudy Voren- kamp has joined Acadian as ex- ecutive vice president. Captain

Vorenkamp was formerly marine superintendent for Sedco Inc.'s

Australian operations and prior to holding that position, was associ- ated with major marine transporta- tion companies throughout the world for approximately 15 years.

Acadian Marine Service, Inc., with offices in Lafayette, New Or- leans, and Delcambre, La., is en- gaged in supplying marine trans- portation to oil companies and oth- er firms throughout the world en- gaged in the exploration and de- velopment of oil and gas. Acadian owns, or has under construction, approximately 35 crew, utility, and cargo-towing vessels ranging from 27 to 185 feet.

Nathan Friedland

Joins Tetra Tech, Inc.

Nathan Friedland has recently joined the marine research and de- velopment firm of Tetra Tech, Inc., in Pasadena, Calif., as group man- ager of the Ocean Systems, Naval

Architecture, and Ocean Engineer- ing Divisions.

Previously, Mr. Friedland direct- ed the design of advanced marine vehicles for such companies as

Global Marine, North American

Rockwell, and Aerojet General. He has also held leading positions with the naval architectural firms of

George G. Sharp, Inc., and M.

Rosenblatt and Son.

Mr. Friedland is an active mem- ber of The Society of Naval Archi- tects and Marine Engineers, and the American Society of Naval En- gineers. 32 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News