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Gotaverken Delivers Third Tanker For Iraq

The Hittin is powered by an 8-cylinder, large-bore Burmeister & Wain diesel built at Gotaverken's engine works.

The state-owned Iraqui Na- tional Oil Company has recently taken delivery of a 155,200-dwt tanker built at Gotaverken Ar- endal. The ship, which shortly before the delivery was given the name Hittin, is number three of four ships of the same type and size being built by Gotaverken for INOC.

The first in this series of tank- ers for Iraq, the Alquadisiyah, was delivered in March 1976, and was then the biggest ship in the

Iraqui merchant fleet. Number two, the Amuriyah, was deliv- ered in January this year, and the fourth and last will be deliv- ered on schedule at the end of this year.

All three new ships are now op- erating between the Persian Gulf and the Mediterranean.

The Hittin is number 28 in a series of 32 tankers of this size and type building at Gotaverken

Arendal.

The Hittin is built to the high- est class with Lloyd's Register, with the designation "UMS" (un- manned engine room).

The principal particulars are as follows: length overall, 935 feet, molded breadth, 145 feet, molded depth, 73 feet 7 inches, and dead- weight at summer freeboard, 155,200 deadweight tons.

The cargo tanks are arranged in four groups, each served by a separate cargo pump and with dou- ble shut-off between the groups.

Thus, the vessel can carry four completely segregated grades, each representing 25 percent of the total capacity.

The deckhouse, comprising six stories, and the machinery casing are entirely separate.

The deck machinery is steam- powered and comprises six auto- matic mooring winches and two windlasses combined with moor- ing winches, as well as two 10-ton cargo winches amidships.

The main engine is an 8-cyl- inder, large-bore diesel engine of

Burmeister & Wain's type K90-

GF, built at Gotaverken's engine works.

At the continuous service rat- ing of 24,800 bhp, the trial speed was approximately 16.5 knots.

Steam for the engine room requirements is provided by a

Gotaverken/Sunrod exhaust boil- er. Steam for cargo heating and pumping is supplied by two Gota- verken/Sunrod separately-fired boilers, each rated at 25 t/h.

Two of the cargo oil pumps are turbine-driven, the remaining pair being driven by auxiliary diesel engines.

The vessel has three 12-cylin- der, V-type auxiliary diesels of

BMW make, each driving a Nebb generator rated at 1,250 kw. Two of the motors are also connected to cargo oil pumps via an angle gear.

Contromatics Describes

Marine Ball Valves

In 34-Page Brochure

Contromatics offers a free 34- page illustrated brochure describ- ing their entire marine valve line.

Valves are available in standard and full port, two-way and three- way, and in all popular materials and body styles.

The i/i-turn action of Contro- matics ball valves assures excel- lent performance in many marine applications, engine cooling, and compressed air systems, for ex- ample. Contromatics three-piece design speeds installation since the valve itself acts as a union.

This booklet contains 39 dif- ferent detailed drawings, as well as complete specifications for all models. For your copy, write for

Marine Brochure 7500, John Le-

Prohun, Contromatics Division,

Litton Industrial Products, Inc., 222 Roberts Street, East Hart- ford, Conn. 06108.

A RECORD LOAD — Taking on a record 56,200 long tons of taconite pellets at a new $70-million dock facility at Superior, Wis., is the

Mesabi Miner, a 1,000-foot-long Great Lakes ore carrier. The facility, which became fully operational in April, is being leased by the Gen- eral Electric Credit Corporation and J.P. Morgan Interfunding Corp. to a subsidiary of Burlington Northern, Inc. It consists of 36 con- crete silos with a capacity of 72,000 long tons which are loaded by a computerized conveyor from Burlington Northern unit trains. The dock is capable of processing 18 million long tons of taconite pellets annually. It is expected to ship some 7 million tons during the re- mainder of the 1977 shipping season.

Crossocean Shipping

Names Thomas Giardino

Marko Zaja, president of Cross- ocean Shipping Co. Inc., general agents for the recently inaugu- rated service of Medafrica Line between U.S. Atlantic and Gulf ports and Port Harcourt, Nigeria, has announced the appointment of Thomas J. Giardino as director in charge of operations for the line.

Mr. Giardino, who is well-known throughout the industry, was for- merly vice president and general manager of MORAM. He has also served in executive positions with

Marchessini Lines, Ta Peng Lines,

U.S. Navigation, and Norwegian

America Line.

He is a member as well as a past commodore of The Rudder

Club of New York, the Down- town Athletic Club, the Traffic

Club of Hudson County, the Na- tional Defense Transportation As- sociation, and is on the Cardinal's

Maritime Committee of the Laity.

Medafrica Line started its semi- monthly independent service from

U.S. East Coast ports to Port

Harcourt, Nigeria, in early April of this year. The line offers a transit time of 16-17 days, with immediate, direct berthing at

Port Harcourt.

In July, Medafrica commenced its independent direct service from U.S. Gulf ports, with sail- ings every month.

Referring to Mr. Giardino's ex- tensive experience in the ship- ping industry, Mr. Zaja remarked that the appointment would no doubt be a significant contribu- tion to the success of the line's services.

Johnston Vertical Pumps

Names Hoffert Marine

Hoffert Marine Inc. will handle

Johnston Vertical Pumps on the

East and Gulf Coasts, and has added a repair facility for the

Johnston Deepwell Pump at their

Jacksonville, Fla., headquarters.

Paul E. Hoffert, president of the Jacksonville-based firm, said the new Johnston Model JS Barge

Stripper is designed for single pump unloading and close strip- ping of bulk petroleum and other products from cargo barges, tank- ers and other carriers. The new

Johnston pump is usually in- stalled as a permanent, central unit designed to service all stor- age compartments.

Hoffert Marine is presently re- ceiving pumps and delivering over- hauled completely, in six days, to

East Coast, Southeast and Gulf ports. Hoffert hopes to cut that time in half in the near future.

He said: "There are many man- ufacturers of deepwell pumps, and we have the ability to overhaul all makes by cross reference of parts, adaptation of rebowling, using the proper parts and mate- rials and conforming to the origi- nal pumping requirements speci- fied. In most cases, we can replace if necessary, from the discharge head to the bottom of the column, including all stages, spiders, bear- ings, etc., on any make up to 20 inches."

In addition to the Jacksonville headquarters, Hoffert Marine has offices in Lyndhurst, N.J., serving the Port of New York and New

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