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withstand hurricane forces re- sulting- from 100-knot winds and 60-foot seas.

The J Storm XI will contain onboard, air-conditioned living ac- commodations for 50 employees, complete with sleeping quarters, galley, recreation room, laundry and rest rooms, and will be built to comply with U.S. Coast Guard and American Bureau of Shipping standards for offshore drilling units.

Two Voith Water Tractors

For Alexandra Towing

Alexandra Towing, Liverpool,

England, has recently placed or- ders for two Voith propelled tugs.

One to be built by Richard Duns- ton Hessle Ltd., the other by

McTay Marine Ltd.

Both vessels were designed with the following main dimen- sions: waterline length, 28.5 me- ters (about 94 feet) ; beam, mold- ed, 9 meters (31 feet) ; draft, 4.3 meters (14 feet) ; and dis- placement, 400 tons.

Each vessel will be powered by two 980-kw Ruston diesel engines driving two size 26GII/165 Voith-

Schneider cycloidal propellers.

Hagglunds Appoints

Bjorkman Gen'l Manager

Of Deck Machinery Div.

Stig Bjorkman

Stig Bjorkman, vice president of Hagglunds, was recently ap- pointed general manager of the

Deck Machinery Division.

Hagglunds is a member of the

ASEA Group, and is one of the world's foremost manufacturers of deck and gantry cranes and cargo-handling equipment. The company is the largest engineer- ing enterprise in northern Swe- den, with about 2,300 employees.

Mr. Bjorkman has been with with Hagglunds since 1975. Pre- viously, he was director of pro- duction at Thrige-Titan, and held various other positions within the

ASEA Group, which he joined in 1955.

Mr. Bjorkman will remain vice president of AB Hagglund &

Soner.

Drilling Rig Delivered

To Marine Drilling Co.

By Bethlehem Steel

Marine Drilling Company of

Corpus Christi, Texas, and Beth- lehem Steel Corporation's Beau- mont, Texas, shipyard recently commissioned a 200-foot mobile offshore drilling vessel.

James C. Storm, president of

Marine Drilling Company, said this jackup is the first of three scheduled for delivery to Marine

Drilling during 1980. During the christening ceremonies, Mrs. Kip- ling F. Layfon, daughter of Mr.

Storm, commissioned the rig-J

Storm XI. Upon delivery, the unit will work in the Gulf of Mexico for Houston Oil & Minerals, as well as Mesa Petroleum.

The mat-supported jackup fea- tures a cantilevered substructure and offers the capability of being able to position its drill floor over existing offshore production plat- forms in order to drill develop- ment wells or to rework existing wells.

On location, the J Storm XI will have a total variable load capacity of 4.5 million pounds and handle hook plus setback loads of 1 mil- lion pounds on wells as far as 35

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