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How To Lift a 12,400 lb. Anchor

With Your

Finger

When Avondale Shipyards of Louisiana needed two heavy-duty capstan- windlasses for a C.F.

Industries bulk cargo barge, they called New

England Trawler Equip- ment Company. Each of mm these 17,000 lb. brutes

K • can lift a 12,400 lb. anchor from 165 fathoms, driven „ a by a central electro- hydraulic power unit with infinitely variable, remote fingertip speed control. Included in the package were 4 electro-hydraulic mooring winches with rated pulls of 18,000 lbs. at controlled speeds. No matter how big or small your deck power needs may be, contact

NETECO - the problem-solvers with 51 years of tradition.

The Company that Builds to Last. .. Endures.

New England Trawler Equipment Co. 291 Eastern Avenue, Chelsea, Mass. 02150 (617) 884-4354 XlC^

Representatives

VERNON A. OLSON, Glenside, Pa. 215-886-8268

CARSTONE CORP., New Orleans, La. 504-525-2231

EAGLE MARINE, INC., Jacksonville, Fla. 904-399-1522

CENTURY MARINE & INDUSTRIAL CO., San Francisco, Ca. 415-431-2211

BRADING EQUIPMENT SALES, LTD., Montreal, Que. 514-481-7743

BADRENA & PEREZ, INC., Hato Rey. P R. 809-767-2455

REPAIR AND CONVERSION OF VESSELS UP TO 800'

Three floating drydocks, up to 3,000 tons • 1000'

Bulkhead • Repair Berth • 32' Draft

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Certified Welders: U.S.C.G. accepted for pressure and exotic material welding.

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Pacific Far East Line

To Sell Three Vessels

Pacific Far East Line's board of directors has authorized the sale of three surplus vessels and 800 surplus steel barges to cor- rect its current operating prob- lems. The vessels are the luxury liner S/S Monterey, retired from service in early January; the lux- ury liner S/S Mariposa, to be re- tired in April; and its sole re- maining barge-carrying ship, the

S/S Thomas E. Cuffe.

John I. Alioto, president of

PFEL, stated that the sale could make available $18 million to pay current debts, which will stabilize the company's working capital position.

PFEL's present problems re- sulted from a combination of the 60-day East Coast dock strike, drydocking of its three LASH ships for conversion to container vessels in 1977, and unfair com- petition in the industry, which caused a general depression af- fecting all United States-flag ship- ping lines.

PFEL's officials estimate that sale of its surplus ships and barges can be accomplished with- in three to four months, and with creditor approval can be handled without court intervention.

The decision leaves unimpaired the company's Pacific service to the Far East and its East Coast service to the Middle East Gulf, both of which, according to Mr.

Alioto, are currently operating with positive cash flow.

Griffiths & Sons Apply

For Title XI To Build

Tugboat And Oil Barge

James Griffiths & Sons, Inc.,

Pier 43, Seattle, Wash., has ap- plied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of a 1,400-horsepower tug and a 30,000-barrel barge.

The tug will be 75-85 feet in overall length, 20-28 feet abeam, and have a draft of 9 feet 11 inches. It will be designed to work as a unit with the barge, which will be 230 feet long, 60 feet wide and 16 feet deep. The applicant plans to use the vessels in the coastwise or intercoastal trade.

Total estimated cost of the two vessels is approximately $2.2 mil- lion. A shipbuilder has not yet been determined.

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