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At-Sea Navigation Seeks

Title XI On Two Tug/Barge

Units To Cost $54 Million

At-Sea Navigation, Inc., 534

East Putnum Avenue, Greenwich,

Conn., has applied to the Mari- time Administration for a Title

XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two ocean- going tug-barge units for trans- portation and incineration of chemical wastes off the Eastern

Coast of the United States.

The 3,360-bhp diesel tugs would be 295 gross tons each, and the barges 7,000 gross tons each. A builder has not yet been proposed, but the applicant has indicated it would seek delivery in March 1983.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $47,435,500, or up to 871 o percent of the total estimated cost of $54,212,000 for the two tug/barge units.

ASNE Puget Sound

Section Meets Aboard

Ferry 'Issaquah'

A guided tour of the pilot- houses, engine rooms and engine control room of the new ferry

M/V Issaquah while underway highlighted the recent meeting of the Puget Sound Section of the

American Society of Naval Engi- neers. The combined dinner and technical meeting was hosted by the Washington State Ferry Sys- tem, and was held as the ferry traveled between Fauntleroy and

Southworth.

Dinner was followed by an in- teresting presentation by Jim

Solund, project manager for con- struction. The presentation on the many engineering aspects of the ferry was followed by a brisk question and answer period. Capt.

R.C. Melberg, maintenance direc- tor, provided excellent responses to the questions.

New Service Station For

Propellers Added At

Curacao Drydock Yard

The Curacao Drydock Compa- ny, Inc. of Willemstad, Curacao,

Netherlands Antilles, recently opened a propeller service station that can accommodate propellers of nearly any type and size. The station came about by an agree- ment with Lips B.V. of Holland whereby several Curacao Drydock engineers, technicians, and weld- ing specialists underwent an ex- tensive theoretical and practical training course for the surveying, modifying, repairing, and general servicing of propellers. Extensive machinery was installed and spe- cial tools and materials were pur- chased in order to be able to offer the yard's clients another com- plete and efficient service.

Propellers need not belong to vessels that dock at Curacao Dry- dock for surveys and repairs. In- terestingly, several shipowners have already sent loose damaged propellers to the yard and, once repaired, had them collected and stored onboard as the spare.

Opened only for a few months, the propeller service station has repaired a considerable number of propellers, thus complement- ing the many repair services al- ready offered by the Curacao

Drydock.

Earlier in 1980, Curacao Dry- dock also concluded a service sta- tion agreement with the maker of

S.E.M.T. Pielstick engines. Again, engineers and technicians attend- ed training courses in France to acquire the specialized know-how to overhaul and repair these en- gines.

These repair services were thus started and added to the existing ones at Curacao Drydock, which include other major manufactur- ers of marine propulsion machin- ery, notably Burmeister & Wain,

Gotaverken, M.A.N., Stork-Werk- spoor Diesel, and Sulzer, among others, and the makers of spe- cialized equipment and suppliers of services such as Simplex stern tube seals, Ascargo and Mac-

Gregor hatch covers, Chockfast epoxy chocking systems, Nicol &

Andrew in situ machining, hon- ing, and grinding, and Metalock repairs.

Three new tugs join the Bay-Houston family.

Three new additions to the Bay-Houston towing service available on the Gulf Coast, fleet will be the Barbara H. Neuhaus, Laura r» BAY-HOUSTON TOWING CO

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