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Title XI Approved For

Seven Rio Marine Barges

Costing $8.7 Million

The Maritime Administration has approved in principle an ap- plication from Rio Marine, Inc.,

Pearland, Texas, for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of seven double-skin chemical tank barges.

Three of the vessels were de- livered last year (one in June and two in December). Two were scheduled for delivery last month and two in December. Newpark

Shipbuilding and Repair, Inc.,

Houston, Texas, is the builder.

All of the barges will be 295 feet in length, with molded beams of 54 feet. Each will have a total oil and chemical cargo capacity of 20,750 barrels. The vessels will be used on rivers and the intercoast- al waterways in the U.S. Gulf area.

The total actual cost of the seven barges is $8,746,509 and the depreciated actual cost, $8,- 674,154. The approved guarantee is for up to 871/> percent of the latter amount, or $7,589,000.

Kiyotaka Furuno Wins

Award Presented By NMEA

Kiyotaka Furuno, president and founder of the Furuno Elec- tric Company, Ltd., Nishinomiya

City, Japan, was given special recognition by the National Ma- rine Electronics Association (NMEA) in the closing ceremo- nies of their recent annual con- vention held in St. Petersburg

Beach, Fla. Mr. Furuno received the Reginald A. Fessenden Award which was created three years ago to honor outstanding living individuals who have made "a lasting contribution to the public good through marine electronics," according to NMEA sources.

The third industry figure, and the first non-American to win the award, Mr. Furuno was cited for more than 30 years of significant technical contributions to the field of marine electronics. The Fes- senden Award was received in be- half of Mr. Furuno by Shigeru

Kunitomo, managing director of

Furuno Electric. The annual

NMEA awards represent the op- inion of the leading marine elec- tronics sales and service dealer- ships across the country.

Westfalia Oil Purifiers

Improve Performance-

Literature Available

Designed for efficient purifica- tion of diesel fuel and lubricating oils, two types of Westfalia oil- purifying centrifuges — OSA 7 (automatic type) and the OTB 2 (take-down type)—are represent- ative of the range of Westfalia oil purifiers available for use on service vessels and in offshore platform power-generating facil- ities.

Westfalia oil-purifying centrif- uges are being increasingly spec- ified by diesel engine manufac- turers to remove water and im- purities from heavy oil, in order to improve engine performance and reduce the possibility of breakdowns due to diesel engine damage. Westfalia oil purifiers are also widely used to remove carbon and metal particles from lube oil; this prevents premature engine wear, reduces downtime, and extends lube oil life.

Because of their automatic and continuous operation, the West- falia OSA purifiers incorporate self-cleaning disc type bowls de- signed for optimum oil/water separation even when feed den- sities vary widely. Entrained sol- ids are simultaneously removed from the oil/water mixture and intermittently ejected with min- imum loss of oil. OSA models are available with maximum rated ca- pacities up to 19,000 liters/hour (4,000 gph), but actual through- put depends on the viscosity of the feed.

Westfalia take-down oil puri- fiers (type OTB) are designed for de-watering and removal of solid impurities from oils and emul- sions containing a small propor- tion of solids (less than 0.1 per- cent). OTB purifiers are currently in use on many small service ves- sels in the Gulf area.

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