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SUNNY

DAYS

No lost work days on our dockyard because of bad weather. "Shave and haircut" in record time... courtesy of our Antillean Skies. • Three drydocks up to 120.000 tons d.w. • 6.000 feet of repair wharves fully equipped with key facilities. • Cranes up to 140 tons. • Rewinding of any size generators and motors. • Complete repair & ser- vice of electronic and automated equipment. • Round the clock service 7 days a week (no slow down because of bad weather... the sun shines practically all year long). • Daily direct jet flights to the U.S., Latin America and Europe. • Write for FREE 48 page detailed color booklet. •Only 16" of rain last year !

COMPANY INC.

P.O. Box 153, Curasao

NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Cables: SHIPYARD CURACAO

Telex 1107 CDM NA, Tel. 78333

REPRESENTATIVES: USA & CANADA

CURACAO DRYDOCK (USA) INC. 26 BROADWAY, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10004

Tel. (212) 943-0122

Telex: WU 640394 CDMNY ITT 420355 Drydock

Marine Engineering Firm

Formed In Oregon

The firm of Marine Engineering and Survey Associates, Ltd., has announced its incorporation under the laws of the State of Oregon, effective July 21, 1978. The an- nouncement was made by Port- land marine transportation con- sultant James H. Sanders, the administrative contractor for

Marine Intermodal Cooperative

Association.

Marine Engineering and Survey

Associates has been organized to provide low-cost vessel and inter- modal surveys exclusively for members of Marine Intermodal

Cooperative Association. The chairman of the initial board of directors is Seattle naval archi- tect Donald Surgenor, a former chief engineer for Todd Shipyards in Seattle, Wash. The firm is op- erational now in Portland and Se- attle, and anticipates coverage of other West Coast ports.

Marine Engineering and Sur- vey Associates may be contacted through Marine Intermodal Co- operative Association's Portland office at 1029 N.W. Hoyt, Port- land, Ore. 97209.

Jurong Shipyard Ltd.

Awarded Multimillion

Conversion Contract

Jurong Shipyard Limited, 5,

Pulau Samlun, Jurong Town, Sing- apore 22, was awarded a $30- million (Singapore dollars) con- tract by Messrs. Hansa Offshore (S.E.A.) Pte. Ltd., a Singapore registered company of interna- tional repute, to convert four of the existing 18,880-ton Mitsui-

Concord type cargo vessels to 20,150-ton lift-on/lift-off cellular container carriers.

The contract was signed on

July 26, 1978, in Singapore, be- tween T. Yano, joint managing director of Jurong Shipyard Lim- ited, and Sir Anthony Hayward, director of Messrs. Hansa Off- shore (S.E.A.) Pte. Ltd.

The joint managing director of the yard, Low Guan Onn, dis- closed that this is one of the larg- est single repair contracts which

Jurong Shipyard Limited has se- cured since its founding. The val- ue of the contract, $30 million, will provide work for its labor force of 2,500 workers for a pe- riod of four to five months.

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Subsidiary oI Dr.ivo Corporation

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 f these 17,000 lb. brutes ?can lift a 12,400 lb. anchor from 165 fathoms, driven 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. "idfc-IH . <&m Wtmmmst? a

The Company that Builds to Last. . . Endures.

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

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 8, 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

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