Newport News Shipyard Installs Powerful Hoists
Shipyard Equipment Company of Baltimore, Md., recently delivered to Tenneco's Newport News Shipyard six of the world's largest air hoists.
The transaction included four J.D. Neuhaus air hoists with 25- ton lifting capacity, and two with 50-ton lifting capacity. The two 50-ton units are the largest in the world, and the first to be used in an American shipyard.
George Frank, p r e s i d e n t of Shipyard Equipment Company, noted that the "Neuhaus air hoists have the greatest lifting capacity, compared to their size and weight, of any mechanical lifting device ever invented." During a recent test of the 50- metric-ton unit at Newport News Shipyard, the air power was cut off with the 138,000 pound load suspended 24.5 inches above the deck. Following a 20-minute interval, the space between the load and deck was checked again, and it measured exactly 24.5 inches, indicating excellent braking and holding capability.
Mr. Frank stressed the fact that the Neuhaus air hoist provides an extra measure of safety when working near combustible gases, liquids, or any application susceptible to highly explosive conditions. The hoist itself is explosion proof, and the air power lines, even when frayed or broken, will not contribute to an explosive situation.
All of the Neuhaus equipment meets or exceeds all U.S. and foreign safety standards, including all mine safety regulations.
They range in capacity from Vi metric ton to 50 metric tons, with many options, including air powered trolleys and radio controls.
For further information, and name of your area dealer, write to George Frank, Shipyard Equipment Company, 38 Bloomsbury Avenue, Baltimore, Md. 21228.
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- New York Harbor Containership Terminals Described In Brochure page: 4
- ARINC Awarded $117,000 MarAd Study Contract page: 4
- NASSCO Awarded $174 Million To Build Destroyer Tender page: 7
- Great Lakes Studies Awards Total $400,000 page: 7
- Second $81-Million Gulf Oil Supertanker Christened At Bethlehem Sparrows Point page: 7
- Bell Aerospace And Halter Marine To Develop New Class Of Commercial Surface Effect Ships page: 8
- Interesting Paper And Past Chairman's Night Opens Season For SNAME New York Section page: 8
- Veliotis To Manage Electric Boat Div. page: 8
- Sun Shipbuilding Consolidates All Marketing Activities —Orth, Winstead And Hunt Named Department Heads page: 10
- Samson Ocean Systems Names John Williamson Regional Manager page: 10
- SNAME 85th Annual Meeting page: 11
- Hartzman To Retire- Bossier Slated For Avondale Presidency page: 11
- American Export Lines $43.1-Million Title XI Approved By MarAd page: 13
- Douglas Oehrlein Joins Dravo SteelShip Corp. page: 13
- McAllister Brothers Names Donald Hankin VP-Engineering page: 14
- Improving Shipbuilding Productivity page: 14
- Ocean Orders Five More Ships page: 14
- British Rail Awards Ferry Contract To Harland And Wolff page: 17
- M a r i n e Boiler Reliability page: 17
- Future Opportunities And Problems Of The Barge Industry page: 18
- Navy Awards Boeing $178 Million To Build Missile Firing Boats page: 19
- Plan To Convert Three Vessels At Estimated Cost Of $12.8 Million page: 20
- Kleschick Elected To Sun Ship Board Of Directors page: 20
- ASRY Drydock Now Open To Service 500,000-DWT Vessels page: 22
- NASSCO Elects Giorgis Group Vice President page: 22
- Norshipco Adopts New Corporate Logo page: 22
- Cayman Energy Ltd. Reports On Activities page: 22
- Samson Sells Marine Survey Division To Local Management page: 22
- Ed Toale Joins Bailey Sales Staff page: 23
- Marine Firms Attend Hoffert Marine Seminar page: 23
- Small Security Vessel Symposium Set For London March 6-10 page: 24
- Bethlehem Steel San Francisco Shipyard Names William Hamilton page: 24
- $3-Million Surface Effect Ship Award To Philadelphia Gear page: 24
- Jonathan Feffer Named President SSI Navigation page: 24
- Navy Adds $4.2 Million To Tracor Contract page: 26
- C.F. Bean Corp. Names Charles R. Barron VP page: 26
- Argo International And Sealol Join Forces page: 27
- Space-Age Insulation Approved By Lloyd's page: 27
- Sperry's First Triple Flow Steering Systems Installed At NASSCO page: 28
- Raytheon Promotes A. Newell Garden page: 28
- National Steel And Shipbuilding Delivers Second Of Four 90,000-Ton Tankers To OSG page: 28
- W.A. Whitney Corp. Introduces New 28XX Tooling Catalog page: 29
- Swan Hunter To Build Vessel To Transport Spent Nuclear Fuels page: 29
- Twenty-Four Women Report For Sea Duty To U.S. Coast Guard page: 32
- GE Credit Buys Third 225,000-DWT Tanker From Seatrain Shipbuilding page: 33
- New York Port Engineers Hears Paper On Surface Preparation Of Steel page: 34
- SCR Propulsion System For Offshore Tug/Supply Vessels page: 34
- Floating Oil Storage Better Prospects For The Unemployed? page: 34
- Alaska Maritime Names William Lorch Valdez Port Manager page: 36
- No. New England Section Of ASNE Reports On Two Technical Sessions page: 36
- An Assessment Of The Market For Tankers Of 300,000-DWT And Over page: 37
- Moran-Thibodeaux Names Captain North Vice President-Sales page: 38
- Diamond Manufacturing Building Ro/Ro Dock For Port Of Tampa page: 38
- Newport News Shipyard Installs Powerful Hoists page: 39
- Kawasaki Endows M.l.T. Research Fund With Gift Of $200,000 page: 39
- Kawasaki Kobe Works Delivers World's First BORO Liner page: 40
- Todd Shipyards Corp. Holds Company Safety Conference In Chicago page: 40
- Study 56—'Sea Trade And Transportation Of Coal' page: 41
- Spanish Society And ABS Enter Agreement page: 42
- J.M. Ringelberg Joins Seaward International page: 42
- U Of California Gives Course On Deepsea Oil Structures Jan. '78 page: 43
- Slatic Named President Ameron Protective Coatings Division page: 43
- Two Management Appointments Announced At Skagit Corporation page: 44
- IMO Pump Bulletin Describes Twin Screw Pumps page: 44
- Drew Chemical Corp. Promotes Walter Smith page: 46
- Kaiser Building Fifteen Mammoth All-Welded Aluminum LNG Tanks For Ships At Avondale page: 46
- New England Company Receives U.S. Funds To Investigate Giant Sphere As Offshore Oil Terminal page: 46
- SNAME And SSC Plan Ship Vibration Symposium For Washington, D.C. October 1978 page: 47
- Electro-Nav To Market New 400-Watt SSB Transmitter/Receiver page: 48
- CIBRO Petroleum Building Super Barge At Todd Shipyards' Houston, Texas Division page: 48
- Stanley Stiansen Elected By ABS page: 49
- OMNITHRUSTER Names J. Michael Melvin VP page: 49
- Santa Fe Reenters Onshore Drilling !n The United States page: 49
- New Henschel Engine Order Telegraph Catalogs Available page: 50
- ASNE Flagship Section Holds First 1977-78 Meeting page: 50
- Wigham Poland Inc. Expands Marine Insurance Division page: 50
- Dredge Technology Corp. Formed In New York page: 53
- Port Of Hueneme Retains John J. McMullen Associates To Prepare Master Plan page: 54
- IMODCO Establishes Houston, Texas Office —M.D. Jackson Named page: 56
- Los Angeles Section's Opening Meeting page: 62
- ALCO Brochure Reports Engine Performance On Residual Fuel page: 64
- American Arabian Partnership Names John S. Hollett page: 64
- Nicholas Liberatore To Head International Activities For Genstar page: 66
- ABS Classes 127 New Vessels In September page: 67
- Belle River Sets Tonnage Record On Great Lakes page: 68
- Congressman Mario Biaggi Will Address First N.Y.C. Diving-Insurance Symposium page: 71
- Miles O'Harra Enters The Consulting Field page: 72
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