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Single Leg Mooring

Will Be Installed

In 295 Feet Of Water

Continuing to expand its off- shore industry involvement, Perry

Oceanographies, Inc., Riviera

Beach, Fla., has completed fab- rication and assembly of the "heart" of a single anchor leg mooring (SALM) terminal that will be installed in 295 feet of water—reported to be the deep- est such installation ever made.

As subcontractor for SOFEC of Houston, Perry supplied two universal joints and a fluid swivel assembly for the offshore buoy.

The components totaled 36 tons.

Robert H. Gruy, vice president of SOFEC, said his firm supplied the SALM for Esso Exploration

Malaysia, Inc., which will install the single-point moor 50 miles off the coast of Sabah, in eastern

Malaysia, enabling tankers to load and unload in waters that can accommodate their draft.

Mr. Gruy said the deepest pre- vious installation of such a buoy is believed to be in 270 feet of water.

Bruce C. Gilman, executive vice president for Perry, said his firm is now contracting for other products for offshore industry, 1973

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MOBIL MAGNOLIA 280,320.00 1972

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IKUYO MARU 258,282.00 adding to the customary Perry output of work submarines, div- ing systems, recompression cham- bers and undersea laboratories.

Virtually 90 percent of Perry business — now at an all-time peak — is related to offshore pe- troleum and gas exploration and production.

Among other activities, Perry for two years has been supplying a complete operational turnkey package for the single wellhead subsea oil recovery system oper- ated by Subsea Equipment Asso- ciates Ltd. (SEAL) in the Gulf of Mexico. Perry built the sys- tem's one-atmosphere personnel transfer bell and has supplied surface support and personnel for the entire operation. Such sys- tems are expected eventually to be operational down to 6,000 feet.

Refrigerated Ship

Operators Name de Smedt President 1968 BULFORD

D/W 210,822.00 1967 SHOYO MARU

D/W 150,000.00 1962 NISSHO MARU

D/W 132,334.00 1959 ORIENTAL GIANT

D/W 70,365.00 1959 KAZIMAH

D/W 46,262.20 1958 IKUYO MARU

D/W 33,478.00 : 1958 K.ENYO MARU ______

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Making More for Everyone

We started out small in the little port town of Sasebo back in 1946. We've grown a lot in the 28 years since then. We're now one of the top ten ship- builders of the world.

We've always been innovators. Back in 1957 we built a 130,000 ton tanker, the biggest ship in the world at that time. And then we kept on setting our sights higher. Today we routinely build and repair VLCC's as well as a full line of smaller freighters and bulk carriers. Plans are now in the works for building ULCC's.

We also work in all areas of industrial steel construction and power plants.

But our focus is on the sea. Because we want to push forward the trans- portation revolution we've dedicated ourselves to for almost 30 years. The bigger we get, the faster things move from shore to shore. And the faster things move, the more there is for everyone.

Sasebo Heavy Industries Co., Ltd.

HEAD OFFICE: Tokyo, Japan Telex: J24245 (SSKDOCKI

Cable Address: SASEBODOCK TOKYO Phone: 211-3631

SASEBO SHIPYARD: Nagasaki, Japan Telex: 7482-19 "SASEBODOCK SAS"

OVERSEAS OFFICES: —

NEW YORK OFFICE: 11 Broadway New York NY 10004 U.S A.Telex: 421675 (SASE Ul) USA Cable Address: SASEBODOCK NEWYORK LONDON OFFICE: Bishopsgate House, 80 Bishopsgate, London, E C. 2 N, 4AU, England Telex: 883888 ISASEBODOCK LDN) UK Cable Address: SASEBODOCK L0ND0NEC2 HONG KONG OFFICE: Hang Chong Bldg.,

Queen's Road, Central, Hong Kong Cable Address: SASEBODOCK HONGKONG Telex: HX4244 (SSKDOC HK)

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A. Theodore de Smedt

A. Theodore de Smedt has been named president of the group of companies which includes Refrig- erated Express Lines, Reefer Ex- press Lines and Reefer Terminals,

Inc.

Mr. de Smedt has served as a top executive of American Export

Lines, Prudential-Grace Lines,

States Marine-Isthmian Agency, and Marchessini Lines. In his new position, he will have offices at 17

Battery Place, New York, N.Y., and Port Newark, N.J.

This is a worldwide operation which specializes in the ocean transport and storage of frozen commodities, notably meat, fish, fruit and vegetables. Refrigerated

Express Lines vessels sail from

Australia to Atlantic Coast ports of the United States, thence to the Canary Islands for fish, which is transported to Japan, and then back to Australia. Reefer Express

Lines is just being put on a liner basis between the United States,

United Kingdom, northern Eu- rope and Ireland.

Reefer Terminals has just ded- icated a freezer storage building at Port Newark. The three-berth terminal will be used by the ships of the two affiliated lines, but will also be open to vessels of other lines. Highly mechanized and with a computerized storage system for palletized cargo, it can accom- modate 3,800 tons of frozen com- modities, and is served by rail lines and trucks.

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