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Deck Machinery — A Review

TBW Industries (continued from page 17) by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. and now manufactured exclusive- ly by SMATCO, these range in line pulls from 6,500 to 400,000 pounds. Currently under construc- tion are six of these designed to operate with 21-inch-circumfer- 80 tons, in both single and double configurations.

A barge operator in Argentina recently became one of the first customers for a new radio-con- trolled, emergency anchor wind- lass system that has been de- signed, developed, and manufac- tured by SSI, another TBW In- dustries company. The new sys- tem, installed on barges built by

Astilleros Espanoles, S.A., is de- signed to reduce substantially one of the major hazards in the ship- ping industry — the danger im- posed by free-drifting barges when the towline between them and the tug has been severed.

Upon severence of a towline, the

SSI system immobilizes the barge by allowing its anchor to be re- leased by remote control.

Pedestal Crane, newest mem- ber of the TBW family and pro- ducer of a full line of stationary cranes with the patented King

Post design, used for both off- shore and onshore materials han- dling, has just announced new sales of more than $2 million to

Amoco, Mobil, Sun Ship, and

Texaco. ence nylon rope; they will be in- stalled on six Exxon tankers.

The signing of a license agree- ment with Ishikawajima-Harima

Heavy Industries (IHI) of Tokyo further broadens TBW's manu- facturing capabilities for the mar- itime industry. The license covers

SMATCO's manufacture of IHI's

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Revolutionary MarAd Approves Title XI On Goodyear's Bulker

To Cost $31.7 Million

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an ap- plication from Goodyear Steam- ship Company, Buffalo, N.Y., for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing a self-unloading bulk carrier for operation on the Great

Lakes.

Bay Shipbuilding Corporation,

Sturgeon Bay, Wis., expects to deliver the 634-foot-long, 23,445- dwt vessel in April 1981. The

Title XI guarantee will cover $27,476,000, or 871/, percent of the bulk carrier's $31,701,434 es- timated cost.

Hitachi Zosen Gets

Orders For Two More

Semisubmersible Rigs

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Hitachi Zosen of Japan recent- ly received orders from two Li- berian companies—Nymphea Cor- poration and Actinia Corporation —for two semisubmersible off- shore oil drilling rigs. Both rigs will be operated by Foramer S.A. of France. The rigs are each 82.3 meters long, 60.96 meters wide, and 35.36 meters high (270 by 200 by 116 feet). The rigs are the latest, improved version of the

Enhanced Pacesetter type and are based on the original design of Friede & Goldman, Ltd. of

New Orleans. The rig can handle a variable deck load of 3,200 tons.

Designed to operate in deep seas of about 450-610 meters (1,500-2,000 feet), they are ca- pable of drilling to a maximum depth of 9,144 meters (approxi- mately 30,000 feet). Able to op- erate in waves up to 30 meters high and wind speeds up to 51 meters/sec, they are equipped with four thrusters that maintain a stationary state necessary for drilling in rough seas.

The rigs will be built at Hi- tachi's Ariake Works, according to the rules and regulations ap- plicable to those rigs operating in the U.K. sector of the North

Sea, and will be classed by Det norske Veritas. Delivery is sched- uled for the fall of 1982.

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Deck-Mounting Z-Peller Series

A revolutionary improvement in Niigata's famous Z-

Peller is the new deck-mounting series. Important benefits include flexibility in propeller location, simple installation and unusually easy maintenance. Specially designed to save space and expense, this series also offers high performance characteristics that make it eminently suitable for barges, ferries, dredgers, harbor tankers, tugboats and other small vessels.

High reliability is assured by Niigata's decades of experi- ence and advanced engineering. Moreover, all major parts are made by Niigata itself so you can be certain of con- sistently top quality and durability in all respects.

Powerful thrust from the Kaplan propeller with Kort nozzle, full speed control, exceptional maneuverability and all the new significant advantages of deck-mounting are now yours with the Z-Peller deck-mounting series.

Write us for specifications and details.

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