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Strommen Staal Receives

Federation Design Award

For Nozzle Propellers

The Norwegian company A/S Strommen Staal,

P.O. Box 98 N 2011, Strommen, Norway, has been awarded the Federation of Norwegian Engi- neering Industries' Design Prize for 1973. When the judges made the public announcement concern- ing the award, they mentioned among other things, the following: "The nozzle propeller propulsion unit is the only one of this size, and S/S Strommen Staal should be honored for having had the courage to carry out the idea of using the nozzle propeller system on larger ships. "It is hoped that the successful result with the nozzle propeller will lead to further development and an integrated solution of the entire stern part, which includes both propulsion and steering."

The first nozzle propeller was delivered in 1970 to the T/T Golar Nichu, a turbine tanker of 215,- 000 deadweight tons being built for Gotaas-

Larsen, Inc., New York. The Golar Nichu has now been in service for 2y2 years. She has two identical sister ships with conventional propellers.

This has enabled Strommen Staal to carry out thorough tests on the nozzle propeller, and the results are very satisfactory.

The nozzles are now built in Japan under license to Kawasaki Heavy Industries Shipyard, and a license agreement is also in effect in Spain with

Astilleros Espanoles. A total of 22 nozzle pro- pellers have been constructed or are on order for ships ranging from 130,000 deadweight tons to 358,000 deadweight tons.

Strommen Staal is one of the world's leading specialists in stern construction. In 1903, the com- pany became the first in Scandinavia to obtain

Lloyd's Register of Shipping approval as a sup- plier of steel castings to the shipbuilding industry.

Today, the company delivers stern equipment to approximately 30 percent of all newbuildings over 100,000 deadweight tons in the Western Hemis- phere.

Production is constantly expanding, with an annual output of steel castings of about 15,000 tons. The firm's main products include stern frames, rudders, rudder stocks, rudder shafts, chocks, engine components, steering gear, large welded constructions, several types of propellers —and nozzle propellers.

Halter Delivers Crewboat For

Offshore Nigeria Operation

Designed and built by Halter to Lloyd's Class 100-A Nigerian Service classification, the new crewboat can accommodate 32 passengers.

Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans,

La., one of the world's largest builders of offshore support vessels for the oil and gas industry world- wide, has delivered a new 78-foot offshore crew- boat to Tidewater Marine Services, New Orleans.

The new crewboat, with overall dimensions of 78 feet by 18 feet 6 inches, and a 4-foot 9-inch draft, has been placed into operation by its owner in La- gos, Nigeria, servicing oil rigs.

The boat is powered by two General Motors

V-127INT turbocharged diesel engines and is equipped with two General Motors 2-71-20 KW generator units, Decca radar, and RF Communica- tions VHF radio. The vessel is air-conditioned in the passenger lounge, two double staterooms, and the wheelhouse.

Halter Marine Services has a current backlog of approximately $60 million in contracts to build offshore crewboats, supply, anchor-handling, and towing vessels for the oil and gas industry. The company's production comes from three fully equipped shipyards in New Orleans and Lockport,

La , and Moss Point, Miss. Three special-type vessels presently under construction include a 15.000-horsepower tug, the most powerful ever built in the United States, and two 174-foot ocean- ographic research ships. One research vessel will be used by Texas A&M University; the other will be used by the University of Hawaii's Oceano- graphic Institute in Honolulu.

GULF AWARD: The Gulf Oil Foundation recently present- ed a check to the department of naval architecture and marine engineering, University of Michigan, for the fel- lowship support for graduate students. Pictured on the occasion of the presentation of the check to the depart- ment are, left to right: Charles A. Gallup, Gulf Oil dis- tributor of Ann Arbor; Frank T. Odom, marketing man- ager, Gulf Oil of Detroit; Prof. R.B. Couch, department of naval architecture and marine engineering, University of

Michigan, and Dave Ragone, engineering dean, Univer- sity of Michigan. ^^ YE^IRS OF L'm ^ H° 'S m0r8 t<13n readV' BeCaUSe '"im Han haS Spent his entire working life with Keppel to offer you the specialised

UUITH that comes from a lifetime of experience • at the job. And in Lim Han Ho's case, he's truly a inn || AM LJfN If nC/tftVspecialist. A navigational aid technician who specialises in

Lll 11 rlHIl llV^ nbHI/l ship's gyrocompass equipment. But Lim+Han Ho didn't

T^N 11 devel°P his expertise just by staying around Keppel Shipyard.

IV^ wVnll rVn IV^W* Like other Keppel specialists, we sent him abroad.To Germany and France. So that he could study first-hand how the equipment is developed, manufactured and installed. In other words, so that he would know everything there is to know about ship's navigational systems. Yet for all this, Lim

Han Ho is no exception. Because working with him are 3,000 other highly qualified personnel. So that our customers are guaranteed any service they may require.Like ship repair and maintenance, conversions, annuals and specials, for every conceivable type of vessel. Next time you need shipyard services, think of the experienced men like Lim

Han Ho. It's Keppel men like him, who, along with our comprehensive and established facilities, have made Keppel one of the finest shipyards in Asia. a Keppel Shipyard (Private) limited.

P.O. Box 2169, Singapore. Tel: 631711, Cable: Keppeldok, Telex: RS 21367.

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