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State Boat Awards

Contract To Blount For

Offshore Supply Boats

Blount Marine Corporation of

Warren, R.I., has announced that it has been awarded a contract for the construction of two 150- foot offshore oil-supply boats. The contract includes options for two more identical vessels.

The vessels are being built for the State Boat Corporation of

Houston, Texas, and will bring to 10 the number of oil-supply craft built by Blount for the Texas firm over a three-year period.

The above photo shows the presentation of a picture of the

El Paso Mariner to Luther H.

Blount (left), president of Blount

Marine Corporation, by John W.

Boylston (middle), marine man- ager of El Paso Marine Company, and Warren G. Leback (right), vice president of El Paso Marine

Company. The presentation was made at a luncheon after the re- cent launching of two vessels, the

El Paso Mariner and the El Paso

Sailor. The El Paso Mariner is a 65-foot twin-screw tug. The El

Paso Sailor is an 82-foot twin- screw supply vessel. Both vessels will service LNG carriers unload- ing at the Cove Point, Md., LNG terminal.

Hitachi Zosen Receives

Order From Mexico For

Two Multipurpose Ships

Hitachi Zosen has received an order from Transportation Mari- tima Mexicana, S.A. (TMM) of

Mexico to build two 18,930-dwt multipurpose cargo carriers.

The contract was signed in

Mexico by Enrique Rojas G. of

TMM and S. Asano, director of

Hitachi Zosen.

TMM, set up in 1955, is a Mex- ican organization. With a total of 33 ships aggregating 260,000 deadweight tons, the company is the sole Mexican international shipping company having regular line service to Japan.

The contracted ships, the first order ever placed with a Japan- ese shipbuilder, are high perform- ance multipurpose cargo carriers, and each is equipped with a 180- ton heavy derrick. Both ships are capable of carrying a total of 816 containers.

MarAd Releases

Two-Volume Report

Prepared By DeLaval

The Maritime Administration has released a two-volume tech- nical report which provides a comprehensive engineering and economic analysis of various im- provements that can be applied to conventional two-heater steam turbine propulsion machinery sys- tems to improve overall specific fuel consumption.

Cycle/machinery improvements are evaluated for both retrofitting into existing ships and for use in new construction. Stack coolers, fluid regenerative air heaters, condensate-cooled lube oil coolers, cascading bleeds, and two-row/' one-row turbines are all evaluated.

The report, entitled "Improve- ments in Non-Reheat Steam Pro- pulsion Retrofit and New Con- struction," was prepared by the

DeLaval Turbine Company, Tren- ton, N.J., under a contract with the Maritime Administration.

Copies of the report are avail- able from the National Technical

Information Service, 5285 Port

Royal Road, Springfield, Va. 22161. The order numbers and prices for the report are: Volume 1—Final Report, PB-273052/AS, $8; Volume 2 — Appendix, PB- 273053/AS, $10.50. e re making history again.

Bay-Houston announces the C. R. Haden, a brand new 3,200 horsepower tug with power to spare for tow- ing, maneuvering and docking the largest vessels using Texas Gulf ports. Twin screws with Kort nozzles assure quick response to tow conditions in open harbors, narrow channels or turning basins.

We've come a long way since 1880 when Captain W. D. Haden's towpath operation along upper Galveston

Bay made us the first harbor towing company in the Houston area.

Whatever your towing needs, call Bay-Houston. We have the know-how and power with more than 90 years experience. It's a record of leadership in towing.

R BAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO.

H HARBOR AND COASTWISE TOWING Houston • Galveston • Corpus Christi • Freeport • Texas City

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