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I tankers has been awarded to the Trans- america Delaval Inc. Engine and Compres- sor Division in Oakland, Calif. The announce- ment was made by Division general manager

Clinton S. Mathews.

The two 666-foot vessels are being built by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine. They will be owned by Falcon I Sea Transport

Company, Houston, and leased to the Mili- tary Sealift Command (MSC) in transport- ing fuels to government bases worldwide.

The Bath contract to Transamerica De- laval amounts to $14.5 million, for four "Enterprise" RV-16 diesel engines and asso- ciated reduction gears and auxiliary equip- ment. The 16-cylinder, medium-speed diesels, each rated at 7,360 bhp, are designed to op- erate on various fuels, including the more economical grades with viscosities of up to 3,500 Redwood sec. Deliveries of the engines will be completed this year.

The Transamerica Delaval Engine and

Compressor Division produces diesels rang- ing to 13,500 bhp. Recently that product line was extended to 24,000 bhp — the highest medium-speed diesel rating in the world — with the signing of a U.S. manufacturing and marketing agreement with Stork-Werks- poor Diesel B.V. of Amsterdam. Under the agreement, Transamerica Delaval will ex- clusively offer in North America the Enter- prise-SWD TM620.

Transamerica Delaval Inc. is the manufac- turing subsidiary of Transamerica Corpora- tion, San Francisco.

Big Testing Basin In Norway

Built At Cost Of $25 Million

Construction of the Ocean Environment

Basin (shown above) in Trondheim, Norway is nearing completion. Total building expend- itures for the basin, which has been under construction for more than two years, will amount to approximately $25 million. By means of this basin, the research consorti- um Otter hopes to compete in the front rank for the testing of offshore structures.

The Ocean Environment Basin measures 80 by 50 meters (262.5 by 164 feet), with a depth of 10 meters (32.8 feet). It is primar- ily the great depth, together with Otter's experience, that it is hoped will put the basin in a leading market position. Because of the basin's depth, testing conditions for real depths down to 500 meters (1,640.4 feet) can be simulated in the scale 1:50. This means that the Norwegians will be able to perform model testing for offshore structures de- signed for far greater depths than has so far been possible on the Norwegian Continental

Shelf.

The Ocean Environment Basin has a mov- able bottom, which makes it possible to vary the depth, depending on each test. Both sides of the basin are equipped with advanced wave machinery that can create realistic wave conditions.

The length of the basin is equipped with 144 separate flaps, making it possible to gen- erate short-crested waves. Furthermore, spe- cial cleaning equipment will make it possible to simulate oil recovery operations. It will also be possible to conduct tests for new kinds of energy production from the sea. [9HHII

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