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Terrin Group Of Yards

Report Satisfactory Year

The turnover of the Terrin group of ship re- pair companies last year approached the 410 million francs mark (about $82 million) and in spite of varying forecasts, the companies were all kept ibusy.

The main company of the group, Societe

Provengale des Ateliers Terrin, reported a 23 percent increase in the number of man-hours worked but only a moderate increase in the turnover for ship repairs, which reached FFr. 263 m. Wages rose by an overall 10 percent.

Customers included many of the major inter- national oil companies, such as Esso, Fina, Mo- bil, Shell, Conoco and the chief French own- ers. Many Greek owners also continued to use the services of Terrin.

Some work was provided by Sudoimport, but the most noteworthy trend was the in- crease of work for the Algerian national line (CNAN). A refit and conversion jab was carried out on the car ferry El Djazair at a cost of FFr. 12.5 million, and important work was also performed on the Setif and Tiaret.

The spectacular development of the Algerian merchant fleet and the planned expansion of

Libya's fleet should provide work for techni- cally competent Mediterranean repair yards for some years, and it is of interest that CNAN has ordered five gas carriers recently from the

La Ciotat (CNC) and La Seyne (CNIM) yards, both within 40 miles of Marseilles.

Terrin's customers continue to consist of 70 percent foreign and 30 percent French vessels, and the figures of occupancy for the four larg- est drydoeks at Marseilles show that the Ter- rin group drydoeked 142 vessels of 167 re- paired in 1973, A total of 248 vessels were repaired in drydock by the group. Terrin is represented in the United States by Robert M.

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HILLMAN EXPANSION UNDER WAY: Hillman Barge & Construction Company of Brownsville, Pa., has launch- ed a three-phased $3,000,000 expansion and moderniza- tion program. In addition to providing in excess of 100,- 000 square feet of covered work space in three new buildings, as depicted in the artist's conception above, the project will include the installation of four new over- head cranes with capacities of up to 50 tons. Pittsburgh

Bridge and Iron Industries of Rochester, Pa., has been awarded the contract for design and erection of the build- ings, which will be fitted with the latest in modem in- dustrial and emergency lighting systems in addition to large areas of transluscent glass paneling to take ad- vantage of natural light conditions. The entire program, due for completion by December 3], 1974, will allow

Hillman to achieve increased efficiency and production capability not only in the complete range of barges they now produce, but also in the ?,800 to 3,200-horsepower towboat class.

GPE Controls Receives Order

To Supply Venting Equipment

For Seven LNG Tankers

GPE Controls, division of Vapor Corpora- tion, has been awarded a major contract to provide the venting equipment for seven of the largest LNG tankers yet to be built.

The ships are being built at General Dy- namics' Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy,

Mass.', for the transportation of liquefied natu- ral gas by Burmah Oil Tankers, Limited. Each

LNG tanker will have a total cargo capacity of 125,000 cubic meters.

Venting of cargo areas and void areas will be handled by GPiE's unique double pilot, 12- inch safety relief valves, which utilize magnetic latching instead of diaphragms or springs to 'bring a'bout the desired valve pressure relief.

This is said to be particularly important in

LNG and other low-temperature applications, where diaphragm stiffness is o'ften a problem.

For more information on safety relief valves, write GPE Controls, a Vapor Corporation di- vision, 6511 Oakton Street, Morton Grove, 111. 60053, Department 250. "PRtfARt, 79 BdtoP&ZSS 50 Maritime Reporter/Engineerirtg News