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Kubota To Stockpile Anti-Corrosive Pipe In Texas Facility
Kubota, Ltd. is initiating the first stage of its U.S. marketing program for KCP cargo oil pipe with the establishment of stockpiles at Coastal Marine Service, Port Arthur, Texas.
Initial inventory of the corrosive resistant centrifugally cast pipe was delivered in late September and included four sizes of straight pipe, all based on ASTM standards. Dresser couplings developed by Kubota will also be stocked. Coastal Marine will provide all welding and installation services.
While initial sizes will be limited to 6-inch, 8-inch, 10-inch and 12-inch-diameter pipe, additional sizes and shapes will be added, "depending on demand," according to a company spokesman. The company intends to add fittings, such as elbows, based on ISO and JIS standards, "if the market requires it." In making the announcement, Kubota America Corp., New York, N.Y., also disclosed that The Jover Corporation, Park Ridge, N.J., was retained as a consulting representative in connection with marketing KCP and other marine pipe.
The Texas facility, the first such stockpiling program for the KCP pipe outside Japan, was initiated as a result of "substantial interest from various American oil companies," according to a Kubota America spokesman.
The KCP series has been installed in almost 500 Japanesebuilt tankers in the past 20 years—95 percent of those built by Japanese shipowners. Since 1975, Kubota has marketed the product as a replacement for conventional pipe. More than 30 vessels thus far have had KCP installed at various facilities in Europe, Africa and Asia. To date, however, no replacement work had been done in the U.S., a Kubota spokesman noted.
Kubota sees the primary market as U.S. flagships owned by American companies. Other markets include international vessels, offshore installations by Coastal Marine, and direct sales to vessels for installation performed by the crew or inventory.
Kubota developed the Dresser couplings with the same material as the piping in order to eliminate corrosion from galvanic action.
"One of the biggest problems in cargo oil lines has been galvanic action, and we believe we solved the problem through this development," a spokesman added.
The Idemitsu Maru, a 210,000- dwt, used KCP-3L as original piping in 1966, and no replacement has thus far been required.
Kubota, one of Japan's largest metalworking enterprises with annual sales at almost $2 billion, maintains major offices in Tokyo and Osaka.
Kubota America Corp.'s offices are located at 375 Park Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10022, and at 523 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Calif. 90014.
Coastal Marine is located at 11th & Houston Avenue, Port Arthur, Texas 77640, and The Jover Corporation's address is P.O. Box 386, Park Ridge, N.J.
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- Shipyards Support Marinfec Asia 79 page: 4
- New Firm To Buy Five Vessels For Service Great Lakes To Europe page: 4
- C.Y. Tung Group Enlarges Fleet To 118 Vessels page: 6
- Bath Iron Works Names Allan G. Anderson page: 6
- MarAd Approves Title XI Guarantee For Eagle Dredge page: 7
- Two New Parcel Tankers Added To Stolt-Nielsen Fleet page: 7
- Gibbs & Cox, Inc. Opens Newport News, Va. Office —R. Delia Rocca Named page: 7
- Abex Corporation Names Paul J. Powers President Of Denison Division page: 7
- Built By Main Iron Works, The 6,000-HP McAllister Tugboat Jabbar Will Work In Arabia page: 8
- El Paso Announces Proposed Offerings page: 8
- ITT Decca Marine Names Richard Muller page: 8
- Title XI Requested To Reconstruct Flat-Deck Oceangoing Barges page: 10
- Triangle Fleeting Corp. Names Jeffrey Kindl VP And General Manager page: 10
- Foster Wheeler To Supply Inert Gas Systems For LNG Tankers At Quincy page: 10
- C.F. Bean Corporation Names John Lescroart Executive Vice President page: 10
- National Marine Service Names Glennon Bequette Shipyard Division VP page: 11
- Royal Netherlands Orders Three New Freighters From Dutch Shipyards page: 11
- Gotaverken Plans To Build 37,000-DWT Icebreaking Bulker page: 12
- John J. Bajor Joins Midland Marine Corp page: 12
- Diamond Shamrock To Charter Chemical Tanker Building At Avondale page: 12
- Crowley Maritime Corp. Appoints Jay Brickman page: 15
- General Electric Credit Buys Its Eleventh Tanker page: 16
- Rear Adm. Westfall Addresses ASNE Charleston Section page: 16
- Continental Oil Announces Six Executive Promotions page: 16
- Hillman Barge & Construction Elects R.E. Kenny And B.T. Kelley page: 16
- Chairperson, Member Appointed To Kings Point Advisory Board page: 18
- Los Angeles-Long Beach Propeller Club Names Officers For 1978-79 Term page: 18
- U.S.-Flag Fleet To Double In The Last Quarter This Century page: 20
- U.S. Navy Awards Ingalls $287 Million Contract To Design And Build First Of A New Class Destroyer page: 20
- Exxon International Awards Maintenance Contract To Stanwick page: 21
- Crowley Maritime Names Jim Grissom Manager San Juan Operations page: 21
- ITC Completes 6,237-Mile Dry Tow To Argentina With Six Oil Barges And Two River Towboats page: 22
- NICOR, Inc. To Acquire National Marine Service page: 22
- Port Weller Dry Docks Plans Shipyard On Lake Erie To Build And Repair Large Ships page: 22
- Mobilization Ship Design To Be Unveiled November 6 At Conference In Arlington page: 22
- 27 New Members Elected To American Bureau Of Shipping page: 24
- George Lowman Elected Farrell Lines Chairman page: 26
- Furuno U.S.A. Formed In South San Francisco page: 26
- Gastech 78 To Focus On World Supply And Demand For LNG And LPG page: 27
- Butterworth Systems Receives IMCO Approval page: 30
- Atlantic Diving Forms SeaTec International, Ltd. page: 30
- Ruddie E. Irizarry Named President Of PRMMI— Carr, Calderon Also Named page: 30
- Evergreen Handt Corp. Names Three Executives page: 31
- AIMU Reports On Hull Insurance Market At Annual Conference page: 32
- Crowley To Provide Maintenance Services Worldwide For Navy page: 32
- Rutland Maritime Names Peter Gallagher page: 32
- Alario And Associates Named To Represent Shipyard In Greece page: 33
- Hofstra And Webb Jointly Announce New Relationship page: 34
- Reynolds Announces $580-Million Upgrading For Sea-Land Service page: 34
- Tampa Ship Repair & Dry Dock Dedicates New $23-Million 900-Foot Graving Dock page: 35
- Singapore Marine Conference Set For February 1979 page: 40
- St. Louis Ship Delivers Second Of Four Supply Vessels To Gulf Mississippi Marine Corp. page: 40
- Hitachi Zosen Asaka Works (Sakai) Delivers Ro/Ro Carrier Dana Maxima page: 40
- Sperry Division Names Blumberg Marketing Communications Manager page: 42
- J.J. Scott Of Sea-Land Named Director Of Mideast Por page: 42
- Floyd Mechling Retires From Union Mechling page: 42
- Jacques B. Hadler To Direct Research Activities At Webb page: 43
- Admiral Benkert Elected President Of AIMS page: 44
- AWO Elects James Potter —Industry Issues Examined At Board Meeting In Tulsa page: 44
- Tidewater To Acquire Insurance Firm In Texas page: 46
- Steam Turbine Operating Guide Now Available page: 46
- Shipping Executives To Review Maritime Policy At Oakland Conference page: 46
- Kubota To Stockpile Anti-Corrosive Pipe In Texas Facility page: 48
- Kawaski Delivers Cargo Ship Equipped With Derrick Capable Of Lifting 600 Tons page: 50
- Investment In Tankers: The Case For Optimism page: 50
- International Firms Plan Large-Scale Operations In The Beaufort Sea page: 52
- USCG Removes All Personnel Restrictions Based On Sex page: 53
- Hawaii Site Selected For Testing Nodules Gathered From Ocean Floor page: 53
- Hawaii Site Selected For Testing Nodules Gathered From Ocean Floor page: 53
- New Starlite Is Second 122-Foot Combination Boat From MARCO Yard page: 53
- New Abex/Denison Bulletin Describes Pressure Valves page: 54
- Booklet Published On Bulk Liquids And Solids In Standard Freight Containers page: 54
- President Signs Murphy Energy Bill page: 54
- General Electric Credit Names Joseph Heimerl page: 54
- FMC Launches Another World's Largest Barge page: 55
- Passenger Liner's Fast Repair At Northwest Marine Iron Works page: 55
- MacGregor's Novel Solution To Quay Height Variation page: 56
- Oceanology International For Offshore Industry Set For March 3-7, 1980 page: 56
- Hawaii Firm Announces Plans To Construct A Stable Semi-Submerged Fishing Vessel (SSFV) page: 57
- SNAME New York Section Reports Meeting Program For 1978-1979 Season page: 57
- Newfoundland Makes Bid For $.75-Billion Investment In Fishery page: 57
- Modules Towed To Site For Construction Of Offshore Plants page: 58
- New York Metropolitan Section Begins New Season With Past Chairman's Night And Third Generation Ro/Ro Paper page: 58
- Shipbuilding Experts Meet To Discuss Ways To Increase Automation And Productivity page: 58
- Halter Delivers Second Supply Boat To Gonsoulin Enterprises page: 59
- Ship Structure Committee Publishes Two New Reports page: 59
- Texas Gas Transmission Inland Waterways Division Announces Personnel Changes page: 60
- A.L. Burbank & Company, Ltd. Announces Election Of Officers —Celebrates 50th Anniversary page: 61
- Maritime Data Network Announces Computerized Charter Fixtures Library page: 62
- Sperry Computerized Positioning System Permits Pipelaying In 2,000-Ft. Waters page: 62
- American Bureau Of Shipping Classes 53 Vessels In August page: 62
- Hatch & Kirk Inc. Acquires Cleveland Diesel Engine Assets page: 64