Foster Wheeler To Supply Inert Gas Systems For LNG Tankers At Quincy
Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporation, 110 South Orange Avenue, Livingston, N.J. 07039, has received a contract from the Quincy Shipbuilding Division of General Dynamics Corporation to supply inert gas generators and dry air plants for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers under construction by the Massachusetts shipbuilder. Value of the contract is more than $1 million.
Each inert gas-dry air plant will produce 9,000 cubic meters per hour (5,600 cubic feet per minute) of gas to blanket the cargo areas of the ships. The tankers, hull numbers LNG 53 and 54, are 125,000-cubic-metercapacity vessels being constructed for Lachmar, Lafayette, La.
Inert gas systems have drawn increasing attention from the maritime community as a means of protecting flammable cargoes from fire and explosion. Last year, Foster Wheeler Boiler Corporation was licensed by Moss Rosenberg Verft A.S. of Norway to manufacture and sell inert gas systems for marine and industrial applications. FWBC currently markets these units in the United States, Canada, Central and South America. A wholly owned subsidiary of Foster Wheeler Corporation, FWBC supplies marine steam generators to the world's fleets and industrial boilers for a wide range of stationary applications.
Foster Wheeler Corporation is a worldwide engineering, manufacturing and construction organization which operates through 26 subsidiaries. Its major U.S.
o p e r a t i n g subsidiary, Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation, designs, fabricates and constructs steam generating equipment, process plants and fired heaters for electric utilities, shipbuilders, petroleum refiners, and chemical producers. Both corporations are headquartered in Livingston, N.J.
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- C.Y. Tung Group Enlarges Fleet To 118 Vessels page: 6
- Bath Iron Works Names Allan G. Anderson page: 6
- 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
- El Paso Announces Proposed Offerings page: 8
- ITT Decca Marine Names Richard Muller page: 8
- 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
- Diamond Shamrock To Charter Chemical Tanker Building At Avondale page: 12
- Crowley Maritime Corp. Appoints Jay Brickman page: 15
- 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
- Los Angeles-Long Beach Propeller Club Names Officers For 1978-79 Term page: 18
- U.S. Navy Awards Ingalls $287 Million Contract To Design And Build First Of A New Class Destroyer page: 20
- Crowley Maritime Names Jim Grissom Manager San Juan Operations page: 21
- 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
- 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
- Crowley To Provide Maintenance Services Worldwide For Navy page: 32
- Rutland Maritime Names Peter Gallagher page: 32
- Reynolds Announces $580-Million Upgrading For Sea-Land Service page: 34
- Hitachi Zosen Asaka Works (Sakai) Delivers Ro/Ro Carrier Dana Maxima page: 40
- Floyd Mechling Retires From Union Mechling page: 42
- Jacques B. Hadler To Direct Research Activities At Webb page: 43
- AWO Elects James Potter —Industry Issues Examined At Board Meeting In Tulsa page: 44
- Shipping Executives To Review Maritime Policy At Oakland Conference page: 46
- Kubota To Stockpile Anti-Corrosive Pipe In Texas Facility page: 48
- Investment In Tankers: The Case For Optimism page: 50
- 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
- President Signs Murphy Energy Bill page: 54
- General Electric Credit Names Joseph Heimerl page: 54
- Oceanology International For Offshore Industry Set For March 3-7, 1980 page: 56
- Newfoundland Makes Bid For $.75-Billion Investment In Fishery page: 57
- 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
- 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
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- American Bureau Of Shipping Classes 53 Vessels In August page: 62
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