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line for steel plates and struc- tural shapes. An automated ma- terial-handling- system will con- vey the processed materials into and out of the shotblast line. The entire system will be controlled by a single operator.

A TTS panel production line will be used to produce stiffened panels and sections. Based on an annual throughput in the range of 700 to 800 panels, a savings of more than 15 manhours per ton can be realized. The panel line will produce stiffened panels up to 60 feet wide. It will feature a one-side welding process sta- tion that will weld a series of plates together into a plate blanket.

The completed panels and sec- tions will be removed from the end of the panel line and trans- ported to storage areas or the launch ways using the TTS Lift-

Loader. The Lift-Loader is a heavy-capacity, fork-lift truck operated semitrailer that has the capability to load and unload it- self without the use of cranes.

Designed to be an integrated system, the facility will enable

Vemar to be highly efficient in the construction of jackup rigs, posted drill barges, submersibles, and other marine structures.

M.E. Kremer Appointed

New Orleans Sales Manager

For Federal Barge Lines

Michel E. Kremer

Michel E. Kremer has been ap- pointed manager-New Orleans sales of Federal Barge Lines by

Pott Industries Inc., it was an- nounced by Thomas F. Maloney, senior vice president-sales of Fed- eral Barge Lines, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pott Industries, In- land Waterways Division. Pott is a member of the Houston Natural

Gas Corporation group of compa- nies.

In his new position, Mr. Kre- mer will be responsible for com- pany sales operations in the New

Orleans, Morgan City, and Mobile areas. Previously he had been transportation manager of Tri- angle Fleeting, Inc., another sub- sidiary of Pott Industries, Inland

Waterways Division.

New Brochures Describe

Allied Water's Reverse

Osmosis Desalinators

Allied Water Corporation has just published new brochures on their SweetWater Series III

Reverse Osmosis (R/O) water makers. The units described em- ploy the energy-efficient reverse osmosis (R/O) process to obtain pure, potable water from salt, brackish, and polluted feedwaters.

Of simple, rugged construction,

SweetWater desalinators are man- ufactured with output capacities from 100 to 4,000 gallons.

The firm is also offering guide- lines for pre-filtration of the vari- ous feedwaters with which Sweet-

Water desalinators may be used.

To obtain both publications with complete specifications,

Write 23 on Reader Service Card $2.6-Million Modernization

Contracts Awarded To

TTS By Vemar Yard

Total Transportation Systems,

Inc. (TTS) of Newport News, Va., has recently received three con- tracts, totaling in excess of $2.6 million, from Vemar, Inc. of

Channelview, Texas. These con- tracts are part of a major mod- ernization program that should result in Vemar, Inc. becoming one of the most modern and ef- ficient marine construction yards of its size in North America.

This modernization will include a complete shotblast and paint

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