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Propulsion Plant

Standards Contract To

M. Rosenblatt & Son

M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval architects and marine engineers, has been awarded a $115,000 subcon- tract to perform a feasibility study for propulsion plant standards. The subcontract is a portion of the ship producibility research and develop- ment program contracted by the

Maritime Administration, in con- junction with the shipbuilding in- dustry, to the Bath Iron Works

Corporation of Bath, Maine. The program is aimed at reducing the cost of ships built in the United

States.

M. Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., will work closely with U.S. shipyards, ship operators and propulsion equipment suppliers on this project in order to determine the feasibility of significantly reducing the cost of building commercial ships in the

United States by developing stand- ards for the standardization of pro- pulsion plant equipment, and by forming propulsion plant families.

A program for the development of these standards will be initiated.

The study will cover propulsion plants for tankers, TO/TO ships, con- tainerships, bulk carriers, OBOs, general cargoships, and large

This simple device cut steam generation costs $150,000 a year on a carrier.

How much would it cut your costs?

In year-long shipboard tests conducted by the

Navy, two engine rooms in parallel operation were compared — one was equipped with completely overhauled steam traps for peak efficiency and the other plant with the new

Flexitallic Drain Orifice Assembly.

Fuel requirements per ton/mile were reduced right from the start in the orifice-equipped plant. With trap degradation, energy savings in the orifice plant mounted astonishingly. After a year of dual plant operation, the energy saving in the orifice plant was 75%.

All U.S. Navy conventional surface ships are now using the

Flexitallic Drain Orifice Assembly for draining high-pressure steam lines.

Reply to Manager, Special Products. Ask for Bulletin 873.

GASKET COMPANY INC.

P.O. Box 680, Camden, N.J. 08101 • Phone: 609, 963-1130 special-purpose vessels such as drilling rigs. Major elements in- cluded in the survey are power gen- erators, prime movers, transmis- sions, thrust devices and controls.

Standards candidates will be select- ed on a cost effectiveness basis, and it is anticipated that propulsion plants will be subdivided into standard families by type, size and power groupings. The project is ex- pected to be completed by the end of 1974.

Raymond International

Now Full Owners Of

Two Offshore Rigs

Raymond International Inc.,

Houston, Texas, has assumed full ownership of two mobile, self- elevating offshore drilling plat- forms, the George F. Ferris and the

John C. Marthens.

Prior to the transaction, Ray- mond owned 62^ percent interest in the rigs; the remaining interest was owned by three separate par- ties, each of which sold its respec- tive interest to Raymond.

The John C. Marthens has drilled a series of successful discovery wells for a U.S. oil consortium off

Indonesia since 1972, and is ex- pected to be occupied in that area through mid-1975.

The George F. Ferris completed a drilling program in the Santa

Barbara Channel, California in 1973. Early in 1974, Raymond be- gan outfitting the Ferris for a long- term drilling contract in Lower

Cook Inlet, Alaska.

Twin City Barge

Promotes Two At

St. Paul Division

Richard F. Lambert, vice presi- dent and general manager of the St.

Paul Division of Twin City Barge & Towing Company, has announced two promotions within the division.

They are Robert Jorgens, promoted from senior dispatcher to traffic manager, and Duane Kahl, pro- moted from second dispatcher to operations manager.

Mr. Jorgens joined Twin City

Barge in 1969 and was formerly with Peavey Company, where he was a barge coordinator in Alton, 111. He is a graduate of St. Olaf

College, Northfield, Minn., and has a B.A. degree in business adminis- tration.

Mr. Kahl, a native of St. Paul,

Minn., was formerly employed as a dispatcher by Oscar Roberts Ce- ment Company, Minneapolis, Minn.

He joined Twin City Barge in 1971.

Twin City Barge has served the

Twin Cities since 1937 and Chicago since 1961. The company operates harbor towing, petroleum barge service and barge fleeting service within these cities, and transports commodities throughout the U.S. inland waterways. Twin City Ship- yard, with a new 86,000-square-foot marine fabrication facility, is prin- cipally engaged in the manufacture of jumbo hopper barges for river traffic. 24 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News