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U.S. Shipbuilders

Invited To Bid

On Three Ferries

The Delaware River and Bay Au- thority, owner and operator of the

Cape May-Lewes ferries, will re- ceive bids early in 1972 for the con- struction, outfitting and delivery of three ferries to the Authority. The new ships, designed by Coast En- gineering Company, naval archi- tects, Norfolk, Va., are especially engineered to operate in the shoal crossings between Cape May, N.J., and Lewes, Del., in the water of

Delaware Bay.

The hulls will have tunnel sterns to allow the vessels to operate at a full load draft of 7 feet, with a speed of 16 knots. Space for 95-100 autos and trucks and 800 passen- gers will t>e provided.

The vessels will be of steel con- struction, twin-screw, single deck and superstructure, with diesel en- gines. Vehicles will be transported on the main deck and passengers on the upper and boat decks. A bow thruster to assist in docking the ships will be installed.

The following are the approxi- mate particulars of the ships: over- all length, 320 feet; breadth, over main deck, 70 feet; depth, amid- ships at side to main deck, 16 feet 6 inches; displacement, 2,200 tons; number of propellers, 2; number of engines, 2; horsepower (total), 4,000; electric system 120/240/440

VAC, 60 Hz, 3 phase; classifica- tion, ABS A-l, USCG— (Lake,

Bay, Sound).

Information concerning bidding data, proposals, plans and speci- fications is available from : William

J. Miller Jr., Director, Delaware

River and Bay Authority, P.O. Box 71, New Castle, Del. 19720.

Interested shipyards are invited to participate in the bidding for these vessels. Construction is limit- ed to shipbuilders in the United

States.

Independent Petroleum

Appoints Cunningham

Ass't. Vice President

Ernest E. Cunningham Jr.

Ernest E. Cunningham Jr. has been appointed assistant vice presi- dent of the Independent Petroleum

Supply Company (IPS), a subsidi- ary of the Natomas Company. Mr.

Cunningham has been with IPS since 1967, functioning as manager of marine fuel sales. Formerly, he was with Shell Oil Company and

Asiatic Petroleum Corporation. His new activities will continue to in- clude bunker marketing, cargo sales and trading, as well as op- erations assistant to Edmond J.

DuSesoi, IPS vice president.

Mr. Cunningham attended Adel- phi University and Pace College, and is a member of the Knights of Columbus.

IPS has offices in New York

City, San Francisco, London and

Tokyo, from which it services its marketing, tanker transportation and petroleum consulting activities.

ARCTEC Releases

New Brochure On

Ice Model Basin

Model experiments in simulated ice-covered waters of marine trans- portation systems and Arctic offshore structures is the subject of ARC-

TEC Incorporated's new four-page brochure. ARCTEC describes their cold regions laboratory, including the special features built into the model basin. These features include the ca- pability to control ice thickness, ice strength, elastic modulus and the simulation of uniform ice sheets, hummock ice fields, pressure ridges, mush ice, clogged channels, and pres- sure within the ice sheets. Many of the pictures shown depict various ex- periments in progress, including the measurement of key ice properties.

Copies of the brochure are avail- able by writing to ARCTEC, Incor- porated, Suite 255, Wilde Lake Vil- lage Green, Columbia, Md. 21043.

Hughes can supply the over-all requirements of marine contractors for floating equipment of every type, includ- ing bottom dumpers and derricks—wherever needed, in the U.S. or overseas. Over 75 years' experience in chart- ering and selling marine equipment. Write or call for complete information.

HUGHES BROS.. INC. 17 BATTERY PLACE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10004 - (212) 944-1048 / CLEARING HOUSE FOR MARINE DIFFICULTIES SINCE 1894

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