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Zapata Naess Shipping Co. Ltd.

Names Muscatelli And Nilssen

Ralph A. Nilssen

N.B. Madsen, president of Zapata Naess

Shipping Company Limited (soon to be re- named Anglo Nordic Shipping Limited) re- cently announced the appointment of Capt.

A. Muscatelli as vice president, ship opera- tions, and Ralph A. Nilssen as vice president, new construction.

Captain Muscatelli, now stationed in Glas- gow, has been associated with the Naess

Group for over 18 years, both at sea and in several capacities of operational management.

In his new assignment, he will be in charge of operating a fleet of more than 3 million dwt of tankers, combination, bulk and chemi- cal vessels.

Mr. Nilssen assumes responsibility for the company's new construction program, which includes the recently announced order for three 402,000-dwt ULCCs to be built at the

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' Koyagi ship- yard.

JBF Scientific Corp. Receives $1,400,000 Navy Contract

For 18 Oil Recovery Skimmers - -vf-":-- ~ • • . - - „ • -

The DIP skimmers have the ability to harvest any float- ing material, including debris and sorbents, without changing the skimmer configuration.

The U.S. Navy has contracted with J BF

Scientific Corporation, Burlington, Mass., for 18 Dynamic Inclined Plane (DIP) oil skim- mers to be used on river, harbor, and coastal oil spills. JBF will deliver six DIP 3001 oil skimmer boats and 12 DIP 1002 oil recovery systems on this contract. The 3001 is a twin- screw diesel-hydraulic boat, 25 feet long, that recovers oil, sorbents and debris in waves sev- eral feet high. A similar unit has been in operation in the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard for the last 15 months and has proved to be highly effective on many spills.

Dynamic Inclined Plane (DIP) skimmers are based upon the concept of collecting the oil under the surface of the water, thus greatly reducing the effect of waves. As the skimmer moves through the water, or the water moves past the skimmer, the oil is forced to follow the surface of a moving inclined plane to a collection well underneath the skimmer. Buoy- ant forces cause the oil to surface in the well, forcing water out the bottom. As the oil col- lects, it is pumped off to storage tanks. Sepa- ration occurs automatically, and virtually no water is collected.

The DIP 1002 oil recovery system consists of a DIP 1001 oil skimmer, two sections of containment boom, a tank for storing recov- ered oil, and an air compressor. All of the components are mounted on a trailer along with a jib crane to launch the skimmer into the water. This system will be used in har- bors, around piers, in congested areas between nested ships and as a recovery link in a con- tainment boom.

DTP 3001 and 1002 systems will be deliv- ered to naval facilities all over the United

States. The total contract price for the 18 units is $1,416,015.

The DIP concept was developed by JBF

Scientific Corporation, and a demonstration model was built for the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency in 1971. Production equip- ment is now in use by the U.S. Navy, the

Commonwealth of Massachusetts and the Ca- nadian government.

For further information contact Edward

E. Johanson, JBF Scientific Corporation, 2

Ray Avenue, Burlington, Mass. 01803; tele- phone (617) 273-0270.

C.M.R.-Marseillaise, France

Expands Plant Facilities

Model of new C.M.R. facility to house plate and machine shops.

C.M.R. (Compagnie Marseillaise de Repara- tions) one of the leading ship repair facilities in the Port of Marseilles recently announced the addition of new plant facilities to be erect- ed on a site adjacent to drydocks #8 and #9, the largest docks presently in operation at the yard.

The new plant is expected to be completed in the spring of 1974 and will house complete plate and machine shops, as well as two 50- ton overhead cranes, enabling the yard to bet- ter facilitate repairs on all types of vessels up to 200,000 dwt.

Twin Disc, Incorporated

Introduces New Heavy Duty

Power-Shift Transmission

Twin Disc, Incorporated, Racine, Wis., has expanded its line of Power-Shift Transmis- sions with the addition of the new 2800 Series.

The 2800 Series is designed specifically for heavy duty applications such as swing con- trol, winches or other applications requiring small size, high capacity and a 2 :1 or 1:1 ratio.

The 2800 Series measures only 14^4 inches from flange to flange, and has a rating of up to 580 hp at 2,400 rpm.

This Twin Disc Power-Shift Transmission

Series can be used with any Twin Disc 10,000 or 11,500 Series Three-Stage Hydraulic

Torque Converter, a Twin Disc Type 4-2000

Series Single-Stage Hydraulic Torque Con- verter, or a Twin Disc Type 4-2000 Series

Omega Drive. The Omega Drive is a system that combines an oil-actuated clutch and a hydraulic torque converter in one package to provide an infinitely variable speed to the converter output shaft, while, at the same time, permitting an infinite modulation of power to one or more other engine-driven converter-mounted power take-offs. The clutch is designed to modulate—or slip—so that the degree of clutch engagement can be varied and held continuously if desired from 100 percent to lockup, without developing ex- cessive heat.

Complete information can be obtained from

Twin Disc, Incorporated, Racine, Wis. 53403.

Pacific Lighting Unit Files

For LNG Vessel Financing

Pacific Alaska LNG Co., a subsidiary of

Pacific Lighting Corp. (NYSE), Los Ange- les, Calif., has filed an application with the

U.S. Department of Commerce for guaran- tees of loan and mortgage financing for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carrier vessels.

The application is for $236 million, which is 87.5 percent of the estimated $270 million cost of the vessels in-service, including in- terest during construction. Filed with the

Maritime Administration, the application falls under provisions of Title XI of the Merchant

Marine Act of 1936, as amended.

The vessels will be used by the company to transport the LNG equivalent of between 400 and 500 million cubic feet per day of natu- ral gas from south Alaska's Cook Inlet to southern California.

According to Paul A. Miller, chairman of the board of Pacific Lighting, terms to acquire the gas supplies from south Alaska are still being negotiated with producers. "An application for the entire Alaska LNG project will be filed later with the Federal

Power Commission," Mr. Miller said. "Pacific Alaska LNG Co. will also be filing supplementary information with the Mari- time Administration as soon as contracts for the vessels have been signed," he added.

Mr. Miller explained that the specially-de- signed carriers will bring the LNG to a pro- posed docking, unloading and regasification facility within Los Angeles Harbor. "Once the fuel has been restored to its natural gaseous state, it will be put into the lines of Southern California Gas Co., our gas distribution subsidiary," Mr. Miller said.

Capt, A, Muscatelli

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