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Offshore LPG Terminal

Prototype Provides Technology

To IMODCO International Inc.

Prototype of an offshore Single Point Moor- ing (SPM) terminal system, especially de- signed and constructed some 12 years ago by a European affiliate of IMODCO International,

Inc. for the loading of liquid petroleum gas in small bulk LPG carriers, has provided the technology for development of LPG offshore terminals to handle considerably expanded cur- rent requirements and demand for butane and propane for long-haul ocean shipping.

Bernard Frankel, president of IMODCO In- ternational, Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., reminds that there have been some rather dramatic im- provements in SPM technology and engineer- ing in conjunction with rapidly increasing ves- sel tonnage since 1961, and states his company has had many inquiries about offshore LPG systems to accommodate them. "It is our prediction," he declared, "that a number of the new generation systems will be constructed in the very near future. They are a necessity if the rapidly increasing demand for

LPG in various sections of the world is to be satisfied."

The pioneer IMODCO Single Point Moor- ing terminal buoy—only such system in exist- ence—was developed for Liquigas S.p.A., Mi- lan, Italy. Constructed in Genoa, it was origi- nally intended for use in northern Sardinia.

However, the LPG SPM was subsequently shipped to iNigeria, and is in service near La- gos by Nidogas, a Liquigas affiliate.

The terminal handles about two vessels monthly. Most of the product handled (80 per- cent) is butane, with propane supplying the remaining 20 percent.

IMODCO International is a leading devel- oper and marketer of offshore terminal systems for the loading and unloading of various liquid cargoes, with 45 installations throughout the world since 1958. It is a wholly owned subsidi- ary of IMODCO, Inc., Los Angeles-based, publicly held, over-the-counter company.

Bureau Veritas Issues

Amendment To Rules

Bureau Veritas has just simultaneously issued lists No. 2 and No. 3 of Amendments and additions to the 1973 edition of its Rules and Regulations for the construction and classi- fication of steel vessels.

List No. 2 is exclusively concerned with

Chapter 25, which covers materials and their inspection. It amends some of the conditions covering sampling and testing of test samples.

List No. 3 covers the remaining chapters, the more important items of which are:

The notation "Yacht" is introduced. This is due to the fact that the service conditions un- der which these craft are operated are quite particular. The creation of this new notation has resulted in the elaboration of new condi- tions for assigning of the notation "Service special," which was hitherto applicable to yachts.

Following the development of handling ve- hicles, further care was given to the problem of decks on car ferries and on roll-on/roll-off ships. This has resulted in new scantlings for the shell platings in the case of wheeled loads on deck. The formulas that are suggested de- termine the thickness of the platings under all the load conditions that may be met with at the present time in terms of existing vehicles.

Water tests of compartments and structural elements are the subject of new requirements.

These take account of current technical devel- opments and of shipbuilding practice. In par- ticular, in the case of large-size compartments where water tests are likely to offer practical difficulties, it is henceforth provided that air tests may be substituted to water tests. Fur- thermore, special arrangements may be accept- ed in the case of test programs where sister ships are concerned.

Various items in the prescriptions applicable to bulkheads have been modified. The main modification concerns the position of the col- lision bulkhead, which is henceforth deter- mined in compliance with the decisions adopted by the members of the International Associ- ation of Classification Societies (I.A.C.S.), due account being taken of the bulb, if any.

New scantling rules are shown for frames on bulk carriers.

HITACHI DELIVERY: The Eastern Lion, a 264,914-dwt tanker built at Hitachi Zosen's Sakai shipyard, was re- cently delivered to her owner, Third United Shipping Cor- poration. Approximate dimensions of the tanker are: length between perpendiculars, 1,037 feet; molded breadth, 1 68 feet, and molded depth, 93 feet. Power is supplied by a Hitachi UA-320 type steam turbine devel- oping a maximum output of 32,000 hp, providing a maximum trial speed of 16.1 knots.

Applications are invited for the post of

GENERAL MANAGER for

Marystown Shipyard Limited

Marystown, Newfoundland, Canada

The Shipyard is six years old. It is owned an'd operated as a Crown Company and employs near- ly four hundred men. Presently four trawlers per year are being constructed in large, well equipped heated sheds. A considerable amount of repair work; hull, electrical and machinery is carried out.

The facility includes a synchrolift, transfer system and nine hundred feet of repair and outfitting wharfs.

Additions are being constructed to enable six trawlers per year to be built and extra repair work undertaken with the number of employees increased to about five hundred.

The Shipyard has a first class reputation, enjoys good management labour relations, is competitive and has a good order book.

The present General Manager is approaching seventy and wishes to retire before the end of the year.

Experience in shipbuilding, shiprepairing and/ or marine engineering would be an advantage, but the post would suit someone with managerial experience, possibly in an engineering or manu- facturing unit.

Applications and/or requests for information in confidence to:

Honourable C. William Doody

Minister of Industrial Development

Government of Newfoundland & Labrador

Philip Place

St. John's, Newfoundland

PUBLIC NOTICE

Board of Commissioners of the Port of New

Orleans will receive sealed bids in Room 2630,

International Trade Mart Building, No. 2 Canal

Street, New Orleans, Louisiana, on the 3rd day of December, 1973, until 2:00 P.M., Central

Standard Time, for leasing of the premises of the

Board designated as France Road Berth No. 5

Container Wharf and Terminal, situated on the

Inner-Harbor Navigation Canal, at the port of

New Orleans, for the purpose of operating and maintaining thereon a public container/general cargo terminal and marshalling area.

The LEASE, Exhibits to LEASE, Instructions to

Bidders, and Bid Forms may be obtained in person at the above address, upon deposit of $25.00 by cash, or by check, payable to BOARD, refundable only on submitting a bid directly to BOARD.

Each bid must be accompanied by the deposit of a certified check, a cashier's check, or a bid bond of a corporate surety authorized to do busi- ness in the State of Louisiana, for not less than $25,000.00, payable to Board of Commissioners of the Port of New Orleans, as a guarantee that the accepted Bidder will enter into the contract of

LEASE within thirty (30) days after notice of award has been given to accepted Bidder by

BOARD. If bid bond is furnished, it must be accompanied by a Power-of-Attorney.

BOARD reserves the right to accept or reject any or all bids if deemed in the best interest of

BOARD, and to waive any defect or irregularity not in violation of law.

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