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NAVIGATOR

NEEDS! Big IOT Petroleum Barge

Launched At Galveston Shipbuilding

Ocean 210 (shown above), a 200,000-barrel petroleum barge, was launched recently at the Gal- veston Shipbuilding Company yard in Galveston, Texas. The 25,000-dwt barge, under construc- tion for Interstate and Ocean

Transport Company (IOT), will be employed in the U.S. coastal transportation of petroleum prod- ucts. Attending the ceremony from Interstate's Philadelphia headquarters were Stephen A.

Van Dvck, president and chief op- erating officer, and his wife, Bar- rie. Representing Galveston Ship- building were H.J. Fiegel Jr., president; Lowry E. Gilbreath, vice president, operations; M.

Dan Jones, vice president, engi- neering; Louis H. Runge, vice president, finance; Charles B.

Smith, secretary; and Nat Mc-

Clure, marketing manager.

With dimensions of 511 feet by 84 feet and a depth of 37 feet, the Ocean 210 is equipped with six cargo tanks that are divided into four cargo systems, each with a deepwell pump. The barge is also fitted with a cargo heating system to enable the carrying of cargoes such as No. 6 oil as well as clean petroleum products. The barge will be powered by a twin- screw 6,000-bhp tug that is sim- ilar to nine other tugs in the In- terstate fleet. The tug/barge unit is fitted with a deep notch and patented Stinger system for im- proved maneuverability and fuel efficiency. Like other recently built Interstate tugs, this tug will be fitted with the latest in electronic communications and navigations equipment, including collision-avoidance radar.

The Ocean 210 is one of two 200,000-barrel barges currently under construction for Interstate.

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SNAME Northern California Section

Hears Paper On "Dejumboizing"

The Section's Annual T. Douglas

MacMullen Award was presented during the business portion of the meeting to Irene Halpern, wife of past chairman Stephen

At recent Northern California Section, SNAME, meeting (from left): Roger L. Potash, vice chairman; Irene Halpern; Stephen Halpern, past chairman; and Thomas B. Cole, chairman. 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering New:.

A recent meeting of the North- ern California Section of The So- ciety of Naval Architects and

Marine Engineers was held at the

Engineers Club in San Francisco. .si