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Mitsui Delivers Third

Hovercraft To Sanzo

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Diesel Lighter — Capacity 50 Tons

Complete Machine, Electrical,

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Major Oil Terminals

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The Angel No. 3 has a maximum speed of about 62 mph.

Mitsui Shipbuilding & Engineering Co.,

Ltd. recently delivered at the Hovercraft factory of its Chiba Works, the MV-PP5- type hovercraft Angel No. 3, last of the three identical vessels ordered by Sanzo Co.,

Ltd., an affiliate of Mitsui.

This hovercraft can accommodate 52 pas- sengers, and will be operated by Airport

Hovercraft Co., Ltd. of Kyushu, to be placed on the coastal service route in the Bay of

Kagoshima in Kyushu (Southern part of

Japan), where the company already has two identical ones in service since 1972.

This route covers the distance of about 37 miles between the city of Kajiki near the new

Kagoshima airport, and Ibusuki, near the southern tip of the island of Kyushu. The new addition to the fleet was mainly promp- ted by the fact that the Ibusuki area has recently become a popular year-round tourist spot, and an additional vessel became neces- sary to cope with the growing number of tourists. And Sanzo Co. has plans to further enlarge this fleet, should circumstances so demand in the future.

There are at present a total of nine Mitsui hovercraft, including the Angel No. 3, serv- ing various domestic routes.

Cooper-Bessemer Awarded $18 Million To Supply

Gas Turbines For Pipeline

Cooper-Bessemer, a division of Cooper In- dustries, Inc., Houston, Texas 77002, re- ceived a letter of intent from Alyeska Pipe- line Service Company for the purchase of 14 Coberra gas turbines for installation on the Trans-Alaska oil pipeline.

In announcing the award, Cooper Indus- tries' president Robert Cizik estimated the contract at between $15 million and $18 million, depending on the final configuration of the equipment.

According to Mr. Cizik, the 14 units of this order, combined with 10 turbines previously purchased from Cooper-Bessemer, represent 324,000 horsepower and will provide delivery capacity of 1.2-million barrels of oil per day.

Alyeska nominally rates these units at 13,500 horsepower. There will initially be eight pump stations along the route of the 800-mile 48-inch-diameter pipeline from

Prudhoe Bay to the port city of Valdez.

Three turbines will be located at each sta- tion. These stations are spaced from 40 to 210 miles apart.

The first of the 14 turbines is scheduled to be shipped in November 1975, with the final unit to be delivered in December 1976. •

The Answer to

Remote

Operation

Our new Valve Operating Stand for valves located below decks.

Its heavy steel construction is husky enough to withstand heavy seas and operators' wrenches. It is large enough to handle valves up to 16" size. The stainless steel stem won't corrode and has a traveling indicator which shows open-closed position, even from some distance away.

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HAYWARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC. 900 Fairmount Ave., Elizabeth, N.J. 07207

Phone: (201)351 -5400

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