Page 11: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (September 1980)

10 12

Shell Marine Jobbers provide service, facilities and quality Shell products.

ALABAMA

Bayou La Batre

Deep Sea Marine Products

Location: West Bank, 500 Tram

Avenue

Phone: (205) 824-4127

Radio: Ch 16, VHF

Mobile

Midstream Fuel Service, Inc.

Location: Mobile River, Mile 1.5

Address: Fairhope 36532

Phone: (205) 433-4972

Radio: Ch 16, VHF

ARKANSAS

Helena

Helena Fuel & Harbor Service, Inc.

Location: Mississippi Service, Inc.

Mississippi River, Mile 661

Riverfront & Bridge Road

Phone: (501) 338-8321

Radio: Ch 16

CALIFORNIA

Oakland

Bay Area Petroleum, Inc.

Location: 421 23rd Ave.

Phone: (415) 534-4517

San Diego

Tuna Clipper Marine

Location: San Diego Harbor

Foot of Crosby Street

Phone: (714) 232-1838

San Pedro

San Pedro Marine, Inc.

Location: Berth 74

Phone (213) 832-1339

FLORIDA

Jacksonville

See Savannah Oil & Chemical

Savannah, Ga.

Port Everglades

Belcher Oil Company

Location: Port Everglades 2401 Eisenhower Boulevard

Address: Fort Lauderdale

Phone: (305) 525-4261

Tampa

Belcner Oil Company

Location: Tampa Bay

Phone: (813) 247-4572, 247-4573

West Palm Beach

Belcher Oil Company

Location: Port of Palm Beach 1733 Hill Avenue

Phone: (305) 848-1495

GEORGIA

Brunswick

See Savannah Oil & Chemical

Savannah, Ga.

Savannah

Belcher Oil Company

Location: Savannah River, Mile 17

Pier 50, Georgia Ports Authority

Phone: (912) 964-8821

Savannah

Savannah Oil & Chemical

Location: Savannah River 647 W. River Street

Phone: (912) 234-5402

ILLINOIS

Hartford

Ory Bros. Marine Service of

America, Inc.

Location: Upper Mississippi River,

Mile 197

Foot of Hawthorne Street

Phone: (618) 254-0626 (Illinois) (314) 741-2570 (Missouri)

Radio: Ch 16, KLC 791

Wood River

Hartford Fueling Service

Location: Upper Mississippi River,

Mile 196

Phone: (618) 254^4333 (314) 741-3667

Radio: Ch 16 VHF KLG 280

KENTUCKY

Louisville

Wooten River Service

Location: Ohio River, Mile 603 2927 River Road

Phone: (502) 896-0317

Paducah

Molloy Marine Service, Inc.

Location: Ohio River, Mile 934 100 Husband

Phone: (502) 443-6456

Paducah

Walker Midstream Fuel and

Service Co.

Location: Ohio River, Mile 934 532 South Second St

Phone: (502) 442-2738

Radio: freq. 156

LOUISIANA

Amelia

Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Bayou Boeuf

Intracoastal Waterway 1/2 mile North 85 mile board

See Berwick listing under Morgan

City, La.

Baton Rouge

Capital Marine Supply, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 230

Foot of North Street

Phone: (504) 343-8379

Radio: Channels 16, 7a, 10, 66a VHF

KFT 322.

Baton Rouge

Channel Fueling Service, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 232 Phone: (601) 636-4814, 636-7731

River Road Radio: 156.8

Phone: (504) 383-4691, 383^814

Radio: freq. 156.8

Belle Chasse

Plaquemines Oil Sales Corp.

See Plaquemines Oil, Venice, La.

Berwick

Berwick Bay Oil Co., inc.

Location: Atchafalaya River - 1/4 mile north of Hwy 90 bridge

See Berwick Oil Listing under

Morgan City, La.

Cameron

Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Calcasieu River

See Berwick Bay Oil listing,

Morgan City, La.

Cameron

Cameron Marine Service, Inc.

Location: Calcasieu River

Phone: (318) 775-5206

Dulac

Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Houma Navigation Channel 17 miles South of Houma

See Berwick Bay Oil listing,

Morgan City, La.

Gretna

John W. Stone Oil Distributor, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 96.5 87 First Street, Gretna

Harvey 77059

Phone: (504) 366-3401

Radio: KGW 352

Houma

Houma Oil Company, Inc.

Location: Intracoastal Canal

Phone: (504) 872-0464

Intracoastal City

Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Vermillion River - 1/4 mile north of Intracoastal Canal Mile 155

See Berwick Bay Oil listing,

Morgan City, La.

Lake Charles

Channel Fueling Service, Inc.

See Channel Fueling Service,

Sulphur, La.

Morgan City

Berwick Bay Oil Company, Inc.

Location: Young's Road

Phone: (504) 384-1610

Radio: Ch 16 VHF-KXR979

New Orleans

Gulf Outlet Fuel & Marine

Supplies, Inc.

Location: Gulf Intracoastal Waterways

Mile 8 East 3400 Jourdan Road

Phone: (504) 241-8680

Radio: KVF 893

Port Allen

Tri-State Marine Service Co.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 227.5

River Road

Phone: (504) 749-3171

Radio: 156.8

Sulphur

Channel Fueling Service, inc.

Location: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

West, Intersection of Calcasieu

River

Phone: (318) 583-7215, 583-7384

Radio: 156.8

Venice

Plaquemines Oil Sales Corp.

Location: Mississippi River

Mile 10.5 at Grand Pass

Louisiana Hwy 23, Venice

Address: Belle Chasse

Phone: (504) 394-5555 (Belle

Chasse) (504) 534-7403 (Venice)

Radio: WYZ 2375

MASSACHUSETTS

Gloucester

Progressive Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Gloucester

Address: 92 Grove St

Phone: (617) 283-2000

MINNESOTA

Winona

Waterways - Winona, Inc.

Location: Upper Mississippi, Mile 725 376 East 2nd St

Address: 455 North St

Fountain City, Wi.

Phone: (608) 687-6931 (Wisconsin) (507) 452-5252 (Minnesota)

Radio: Ch 16-12

MISSISSIPPI

Bfloxi

Ship Services Corporation

Location: Gulfport State Port and

Biloxi Back Bay, Beacon ;7

Phone: (601) 374-1000

Greenville

Waterways Marine of Greenville, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 537

Warfield Point Road

Phone: (601) 335-2526

Radio: KWS 617

Pascagoula

Fuel Services, Inc.

Location: Bayou Casotte

Ingalls Avenue

Phone: (601) 762-0636, 762-0640

Radio: Ch 16

Vic ks burg

Vicksburg Mid-River Services, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 437

Foot of Lee Street

MISSOURI

St Louis

St Louis Fuel & Supply Co., Inc.

Location: Upper Mississippi, Mile 179

Address: Foot of Gratiot Street

Phone: (314) 421-3960

Radio: Ch 16, VHR-KDO 722 Fort

Guage

NORTH CAROLINA

Eliza bethtown

Campbell Oil Company, Inc.

Location: 1010 West Broad Street

Phone: (919) 862-4107

OREGON all ports see Lilyblad Petroleum listing under

Tacoma, Washington

PENNSYLVANIA

Philadelphia

River Associates, Inc.

Location: Delaware River

Pier 9 North

Phone: (215) 463-8100

SOUTH CAROLINA

Charleston

Charleston Oil Co.

Location: Ashley and Cooper Rivers, 1553 King St Extension

Phone: (803) 577-5600

Charleston

See Savannah Oil & Chemical,

Savannah, Ga.

Georgetown

See Savannah Oil & Chemical

Savannah, Ga.

Port Royal

See Savannah Oil & Chemical

Savannah, Ga.

TENNESSEE

Memphis

Memphis Boat Refueling Service, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 735

Foot of Illinois Street

Phone: (901) 775-3131

Radio: Ch 16

Memphis

Waterways Marine of Memphis, Inc.

Location: Lower Mississippi, Mile 736

Foot of Beale Street

Phone: (901) 525-5761

Radio: Ch 16,156.6

TEXAS

Corpus Christi

Belcher Co. of Texas, Inc.

Address: 504 Navigation

Corpus Christi, Tx. 78403

Phone: (512) 888-6311

Galveston

Grasso Marine Service, Inc.

Location: Galveston Ship Channel

Pelican Island

Phone: (713) 744-2888 (dock) (713) 763-4343 (office)

Houston

Houston Marine Services, Inc.

Location: Beacon 126

Houston Ship Channel

Phone: Dock (713) 424-4502

Office (713) 455-8819

Radio: Channel 16

Lake Jackson

Channel Fueling Service, Inc.

Location: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

West, Mile 393 1400 Marlin Avenue

Phone: (713) 233-5321, 233-5322

Radio: 156.8

Port Arthur

Channel Fueling Service, Inc.

Location: Gulf Intracoastal Waterway

West, Mile 282 5700 Proctor Street

Phone: (713) 962-5557

Radio: 156.8

Rockport

Berwick Bay Oil Co., Inc.

Location: Rockport Navigation Harbor,

Intracoastal Canal, Mile 526

See Berwick Bay Oil Listing, Morgan

City, La.

VIRGINIA

Norfolk

Marine Oil Service, Inc.

Location: Elizabeth River

Address: 71 Radar Street

Phone: (804) 622-0934, 622-3109

WASHINGTON

Seattle

Ballard Oil Co.

Location: Lake Washington Ship

Canal

Phone: (206) 783-0241

Tiicoma

Lilyblad Petroleum, Inc.

Location: Washington and Oregon - all ports

Phone: (206) 572-4402

Radio: KLB radio station

Marysville, Wa.

WASHINGTON all other ports see Lilyblad Petroleum above.

WEST VIRGINIA

Pt Pleasant

City Ice & Fuel Co.

Location: Ohio River, Mile 2653

Address: 224 First Street

Phone: (304) 675-2010

Shell Oil Company

Manager Commercial Communications

One Shell Plaza

Houston, TX. 77002 • Send me the Shell Shallow Draft Marine Products Guide (SOC: 95-79) • Send me the Shell Marine Equipment Lubricants chart (SOC: 122-79) • Send me the Shell Marine Jobber Directory (SOC: 127-79) • Send me the Caprinus R Technical Bulletin (SOC: 17-77) • Send me the Caprinus R brochure (SOC: 32-77)

State Zip-

Seagoing hopper dredge Eagle I on the ways at Avondale Shipyards just prior to recent launching. Unique vessel—only five others of this type exist in the world— will be powered by two Alco diesel engines with total output of 7,500 bhp.

Split-Hull Hopper Dredge

Launched At Avondale Yard

Avondale Shipyards recently launched the Eagle I, one of the largest split-hull hopper dredges in the world, for Eagle Dredging

Corporation of New Orleans. The unique vessel is being constructed at a cost of more than $30 mil- lion, according to J.W. Bean, pres- ident of Eagle Dredging.

The Eagle I has an overall length of 340 feet, beam of 68 feet, and depth of 24 feet. Hop- per capacity is 6,300 cubic yards.

A crew of 24 will operate the 7,500-bhp ship at a service speed of 14 knots. "Hopper dredges are designed specifically for operations at sea, and they are used primarily to maintain water depths at chan- nel entrances such as Southwest

Pass at the mouth of the Missis- sippi River," Mr. Bean said. "This dredge will allow further partic- ipation in that portion of work presently handled primarily by the U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers." Mr. Bean added that Eagle

I will make a significant contribu- tion to private industry's capa- bility for construction of new deepwater ports. "Further," said Mr. Bean, "such a vessel will be able to help solve many of the present environmen- tal demands associated with in- land disposal areas, given the vessel's ability to load dredged material from inland and coastal waters and transport and dump these materials in acceptable off- shore disposal areas."

A split-hull hopper dredge is a ship whose hull is divided and hinged at the deck so that it can open at the bottom to dump a load of dredged material. Only six split-hull hopper dredges exist in the world, according to Mr. Bean.

Dredging is carried out in the closed position. Once over the site to be dredged, the vessel lowers two drag arms, one on each side, to the bottom of the body of wa- ter. These drag arms are pipes with specially designed heads that dig into the bottom material like bulldozer blades.

The arms are dragged alongside the ship with the heads on the bottom, breaking up the material, loosening it, mixing it with wa- ter, and pumping it into the ves- sel's hopper for storage. The hop- per resembles the hold of a bulk carrier.

Once full, the arms are lifted and the ship sails to the disposal site with its cargo of dredged ma- terial and water. When over the disposal area, two huge hydrau- lic cylinders force the ship open in less than two minutes, allow- ing the dredged material to drop into the sea. The ship then closes and returns to the dredging site to repeat the process.

The Eagle I will be powered by two 3,750-bhp, 16-cylinder Alco diesel engines, and Propulsion

Systems Inc. bow thrusters will enhance maneuverability. The ship was designed by Dredge

Technology Corporation of New

York, and will be commissioned in December this year. She will be classed by the American Bu- reau of Shipping, and meets all the latest rules of the U.S. Coast

Guard and other regulatory bod- ies.

Eagle Dredging is a U.S. com- pany formed as a joint venture by

C.F. Bean Corporation, an inter- national dredging firm headquar- tered in New Orleans, and Royal

Volker Stevin of the Netherlands, the world's largest dredging com- pany. 13