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San Marcos Purchases

Vessel For Conversion

In Japanese Yard

San Marcos Carrier Inc., Oak- land, Calif., an affiliated company of the Oakland-based Domtar

Gypsum America Inc., has an- nounced that it has purchased the M/V Cabo San Lucas which, when converted, will be one of the world's largest oceangoing, self-unloading gypsum ore car- riers.

The ship is a modern gearless bulk cargo vessel having 33,851 long tons total deadweight and a deep draft of 36.87 feet. She has seven cargo holds, an extreme breadth of 84 feet, 596 feet in length overall, a cargo capacity of over 30,000 tons of gypsum rock, a self-discharging capacity of over 2,000 tons per hour, and will have a speed of 15.5 knots.

The vessel is powered by a 13,300- hp M.A.N, main engine.

During conversion, expected to be completed during 1980 in Ja- pan, the vessel will be equipped with a totally enclosed self-dis- charging conveyor system. The

Cabo San Lucas will enter serv- ice, supplementing other ships operated by affiliated Domtar

Gypsum America Inc. shipping companies in transporting high- purity gypsum ore from San Mar-

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Ingalls Outfitting Rig

For Transworld Drilling

Litton's Ingalls Shipbuilding

Division at Pascagoula, Miss., is now working on outfitting a new offshore oil drilling rig for Trans- world Drilling Co. of Oklahoma

City, Okla.

The new rig-outfitting project will involve lifting and position- ing the major deck modules and installing machinery, piping and electrical systems on a 6,500-ton rig that was built in Texas.

Ingalls's previous work in pro- duction of offshore rigs includes construction of three mobile off- shore units for Transworld, a sub- sidiary of Kerr-McGee Corp.

Jackson Engineering

Names Paul Reynolds

Supervisor, Coatings Dept.

Jackson Engineering and Dry- dock Co., Inc. (formerly Brewer

Drydock) recently announced the appointment of Paul Reynolds as supervisor of the newly expanded blasting and coatings department.

Paul Reynolds

Mr. Reynolds was formerly as- sociated with Hempel's Marine

Paints, Inc. as plant manager and technical sales coordinator. He has traveled extensively through- out the United States and over- seas, supervising conventional and advanced coating systems on ves- sels of all types. He attended Cor- nell University and is a graduate of the Hempel Advanced Marine

Coating School in Copenhagen,

Denmark.

Jackson Engineering recently completed the installation of so- phisticated equipment for com- plete blasting, vacuuming, and coating of all types of advanced coating systems, as well as in- organic zinc systems, to commer- cial and military specifications. 56 ZIDELL Maritime Reporter/Engineering News