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Axelson was employed by Amoco

Oil Company. He has more than 30 years' experience in marine transportation, including serving as superintendent of chartering and scheduling for Amoco. In his new position, Mr. Axelson will en- gage in developmental planning, business research, and coordina- tion of new projects for Inland. $5.1-Million Improvement

For Port Of Iberia Begun

By McDermott Dredging

In ceremonies held recently at the McDermott Incorporated Ship- yard in the Port of Iberia, La.,

Governor David C. Treen offici- ally marked the start of a $5.1- million improvement program for the Port that is being funded by the State.

McDermott's Dredging Division has been contracted to complete the first stage of the program, dredging the nine miles of the

Commercial and Rodere Canals, which connect the Port with the

Intracoastal Waterway. The ca- nals will be widened to 125 feet bottom width, and a top width of at least 200 feet. The channel will be dredged to a depth of 12.8 feet MSL (mean sea level). More than 625,000 cubic yards of spoil will be taken from the canals and used to reinforce the banks of the waterways. The $1.6-million first stage of the improvement pro- gram is expected to be completed by the middle of 1981.

Halter Marine Delivered 64 Commercial Vessels

In 1980

Halter Marine, Inc. delivered 64 commercial and 89 pleasure ves- sels to its customers in 1980, an- nounced Harold P. Halter, chair- man and president of the New

Orleans-based shipbuilding firm.

Halter's six commercial shipyards delivered 42 supply boats, 11 crewboats, four tugs, two fire/ utility vessels, two liftboats, two fishing vessels and a pilot boat.

The seventh commercial division supplied pre-cut, fabricated steel and subassemblies to the other shipyards.

Not included in the vessel count was a 4,000-dwt floating drydock built by the Industrial Canal Di- vision in New Orleans, and the

Chickasaw, Ala. Division for use in launching the seven giant cat- amaran tugs (CATUG) under con- struction at Chickasaw. Delivery of the first CATUG was sched- uled for January 1981.

Also slated for delivery in Jan- uary was the first of four 110- foot surface effect ships (SES) under contract to Command Ma- rine, Inc. of Lafayette, La. The high-speed SES design provides substantial fuel savings and a more comfortable ride than con- ventional mono-hull vessels be- cause of the resistance-reducing air cushion contained between the

SES rigid side hulls and flexible bow and stern seals. Bell-Halter,

Inc. is a corporation formed by

Bell Aerospace-Textron and Hal- ter Marine, Inc. to build surface effect ships. "We are confident the SES con- cept will gain even greater de- mand as these first vessels con- tinue to prove themselves in the oil patch and in other duties such as ferry service, search and res- cue, inter-island supply, and in military or Coast Guard activi- ties," Mr. Halter stated.

He pointed out, "The Bell-Hal- ter demonstration SES (chris- tened in January 1979) was re- cently purchased by the U.S.

Navy to assess feasible weapons/ combat systems that could be in- stalled and operated from the boat." The U.S. Coast Guard would conduct an operational evaluation of the vessel as a pa- trol boat in the Gulf of Mexico for the first six months before turning the SES over to the Navy.

Mr. Halter said the company would continue to diversify its product line with innovative ma- rine vessels and cited the Indus- trial Canal Division's new pres- sure vessel fabrication shop as an example of the firm's efforts to include other products. Halter is one of only two shipbuilders in the Gulf Coast area to be certi- fied by the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers to build coded pressure vessels.

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 p BAY'HOUSTON TOWING CO

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