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Transocean Marine Paint Association Please forward me comprehensive

Central Office information on Transoean and its

Delftseplein 37, P.O. Box 456 sen/ices.

Rotterdam, Holland

Tel. 13 34 23 Telex 2 43 89 tompa nl

Pacific Liaison Office c/o

Nippon Paint (Singapore) Co.Pte.Ltd.

Company — P.O. Box 2122 3 Commonwealth Lane

Tanglin Halt Industrial Estate Address

Singapore

Tel. 64 84 11 Telex 21381

National Shipping Asks

CDS For Bulk Carrier

A construction differential subsidy in connection with a 40,000-dwt hatchless bulk carrier intended for a

Canadian Pacific Coast-U.S. East

Coast service has been applied for by National Shipping Corp., Wil- mington, Del. In addition to the maximum 39 percent subsidy, an op- erating subsidy of $715,982 a year would be required. Estimated to cost $22 million, the ship would be used to haul lumber from Canada and phosphate from Florida back to Can- ada's western provinces.

MonArk Custom Craft

Gets USCG Contract

For Two Crew Boats

The U.S. Coast Guard, 400 Sev- enth Avenue, S.W., Washington.

D.C. 20590, has awarded a contract in the amount of $510,588 to Mon-

Ark Custom Craft, Inc., Jeanerette,

La. 70544. The contract is for two crew boats of welded aluminum con- struction, and each will be about 65 feet in length. One of the vessels will be propeller-driven and the other waterjet-propelled.

Holland America Line

Subsidiary Merges

To Form Big Lift

The board of directors of Hol- land America Line have announced that the company's subsidiary of

Van der Laan Shipping and Trad- ing Company B.V. in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, and Van Twist

B.V. in Dordrecht (which consists of two companies, Van Twist For- warding B.V. and Crane Rental van Twist B.V.), will be merged and continue their operations un- der the name of Big Lift.

G.M.A. Meykor has been named managing director of the new com- pany, and will be headquartered in

Dordrecht.

Big Lift will remain as the agent for the Van der Laan Shipping and

Trading Company (Netherlands

Antilles) Inc. at Curacao, which has a fleet of vessels used for carry- ing floating equipment, as well as heavy cargo. B.J. van der Laan will continue to manage the Van der

Laan Shipping and Trading Com- pany, and is also managing director of Big Lift-Curacao.

Besides maintaining an office in

Curacao, Big Lift also has offices in New Orleans and London. The company plans to open offices in

New York and Switzerland. Cur- rently, Big Lift is represented by other agents in Canada, West Ger- many and Japan.

Transocean flntifouling System in excellent condition offer 25 months service

Port side of the m.v. 'Atlantic Forest' The m.v.'Atlantic Forest'just after drying showing the smooth, dean surface after up at the Wilton Feyenoord shipyard 25 months at sea. in Schiedam, Holland. 9th September, 1972. The 43,000 ton m.s. 'Atlantic Forest' drydocks in Holland having been in service for 25 months.

Representatives of the owners, the builders and the paint sup- plierstogetherwiththecaptain attend the guarantee inspection.

Nippon Paint Co. Ltd., Transocean member in Japan, had specified the following treatment for the flat bottom and the side bottoms:

One Coat of Code 1.25 Transoprene Primer

Two Coats of Code 2.54 Transoprene Barrier High build, and

Two Coats of Code 2.71 Transvinyl Anti-fouling

As soon as the ship fell dry, it was obvious that the condition of the paintfilm was excellent!

Seaweed and other marine life had grown on those parts where mechanical damage had brought forward the bare metal of the bottom but otherwise the surface was entirely smooth and clean.

The boottopping paint applied did not contain poison and here an eight feet wide area of seaweed was found. However, where the anti-fouling was applied it disappeared completely.

Transvinyl Anti-fouling Code 2.71 is a product of the com- bined researches of Transocean companies in various parts of the world.

Its content of cuprous oxide ensures a good protection against the growth of shells and especially barnacles, other toxics provide protection against algae, the biggest problem as far as protection against fouling is concerned.

The combination of vinyl resin and a special quality resin is claimed to be the best medium for an anti-fouling with a high cuprous oxide level and can remain outside the water for some time without significant damage to the anti-fouling properties without causing the paintfilm to flake.

The 'Atlantic Forest' again proves the success of the Transocean anti-fouling system in bringing greater economy and efficiency to shipowners across the world.

There are 26 Transocean member companies and 125 service points across the world ready to serve you. For details of

Transocean, its members and its services contact Rotterdam in the Western Hemisphere, Singapore in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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