Western Gear Awarded $1.5-Million Contract For Six Drilling Rig Drives
J. David Shlemmer, vice president of Western Gear Corporation and manager for the Power Transmission Division, announced that Daewoo Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery, Ltd. of South Korea has awarded Western Gear a $1.5-million contract for six propulsion drives to be installed on three Daewoo Pacesetter-class semisubmersible drilling rigs being constructed for Reading and Bates and Santa Fe International.
The new enhanced Pacesetter design i n c o r p o r a t e s the latest technology in maneuverable drilling rigs, including Western Gear's 3,400-horsepower propulsion drives featuring a 13-percent increase in horsepower rating for these newer rigs. The increased horsepower rating has met the current American Bureau of Shipping and U.S. Coast Guard regulations for the 3,400-horsepower rating.
Additionally, the thrust capacity has been increased 30 percent to 132,000 pounds to meet the enhanced requirements of the Daewoo Pacesetter rigs for speed and maneuverability in harsh marine environments.
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- Ryan-Walsh Bulk Terminal In New Orleans Resumes Coal-Handling Operations page: 5
- Brochure Available On Gilkes Self-Priming Pumps For Marine Market page: 6
- Henschel Changes Name Of Its Oklahoma Unit To Tulsa Division page: 6
- Atlantic Marine To Build Cat-Powered Drill Barge For Mecom Company page: 6
- National Marine Service Adds Sixth Drydock At Its Harvey Shipyard page: 6
- General Ship Expands Its Facilities In South Boston page: 6
- Floating Doughnut Crane Shown At Shugart Crane Conference page: 7
- EMD-Powered 'Gulf Condor' Delivered By Quality Shipyards page: 8
- RCA Opens Marine Services Office In Morgan City, La. page: 8
- Hans Schaefer Succeeds Arthur Stout As President Of Todd Shipyards page: 8
- FELS To Construct Semisubmersible Rig For Western Company page: 9
- David Parrot To Head New Aldenships Division Of John G. Alden Firm page: 9
- Edward Walsh Named Asst VP And Controller At J.J. Henry Company page: 9
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- Second Occidental Tug/Barge Unit Christened At Avondale Yard page: 10
- Megasystems To Provide Automation Package For Southern-Built Dredge page: 10
- Interlake's 'De Lancey' Christened- Longest Vessel On The Great Lakes page: 12
- Dravo Negotiating To Buy Operating Assets Of Nilo Barge Line From Olin page: 14
- Brochure Available On Foster Wheeler Boilers And Auxiliary Equipment page: 14
- A TIME OF GREAT EXPECTATIONS, ENTHUSIASM AND EXCITEMENT page: 15
- Vincent Ferraro Named Estimating VP For Savannah Shipyard page: 15
- Paceco Container Crane Arrives At Massport's Castle Island Terminal page: 15
- NASSCO Lays Keel Of First In Series Of Product Carriers For American Tankships page: 16
- Bay Shipbuilding Completes EMD-Powered Columbia Star page: 16
- Bryant Named Manager Of McGraw-Edison's New Marine Marketing Dept. page: 17
- Three New Technical Reports Available From Ship Structure Committee page: 17
- Penske Offers Brochure On Diesels/Gas Turbines For Marine/Offshore Power page: 18
- Subsidy Approved On USL Conversion Job To Cost $5.3 Million page: 18
- Consolidated Inland Opens East Division Office— R.R. Simms Named Manager page: 18
- El Paso Promotes Three- Harry Ray Named VP Of El Paso Marine page: 18
- MOBILE JACKUP PLATFORMSPAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE page: 19
- Serrie Joins Levingston As VP Of Operations page: 19
- lotron Conducts ARPA Demonstration In New York City page: 20
- First Of Five Hydrofoil Combatants Launched By Boeing Marine Systems page: 20
- ALL INDICATORS POINT TO DRAMATIC INCREASE IN DEMAND FOR BARGE CAPACITY page: 22
- Levingston Reorganized— Barrios, Covington And Wise To Head Three Units page: 22
- B IW Awarded $247-Million Navy Contract To Build Three Missile Frigates page: 24
- North Florida Shipyards Appoints Three—White Named Production Manager page: 25
- Captain Barry Roberts Named CO Of USCG's Curtis Bay Shipyard page: 25
- James Retert Joins Waukesha Engine As Director Of Marketing page: 27
- New U.S. Built Coal-Fired Ship To Be Powered By G.E. Steam Turbine page: 27
- Wasacz Succeeds Gray As President Of Matson Navigation page: 28
- Bel-Aire Yard To Build Two Tuna Seiners At Total Cost Of $20 Million page: 29
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- EDO Gets $3.9-Million Navy Award To Improve Existing ASW System page: 42
- Barber Steamship Lines Names Steven Roberts Assistant Vice President page: 43
- Navy Awards $276-Million Contract To Todd For Three Additional FFGs page: 43
- Promet Gets $60-Million Order For Drill Rig For Sedco Incorporated page: 44
- A VIEW OF WORLDWIDE SHIPBUILDING REVEALS SIGNS OF REVIVAL IN SOME SECTORS page: 45
- CANADIAN EAST COAST OFFSHORE SERVICE VESSELS-EXPERIENCES AND PROBABLE FUTURE REQUIREMENTS page: 50
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- First Aegis Missile Cruiser Christened At Ingalls Yard page: 58
- Blount Delivers Commuter Boat To Fire Island Ferries page: 58
- Promet Private Limited Completes Jackup Service Barge For Sun Contractors page: 60
- Cornelsen Named Manager- Technical Operations For Well Control Systems page: 60
- Northern New England ASNE Holds Joint Meeting With NCAA & NANTS page: 64
- 'Griffin-Alexander I' Now In Service- First Of Eight Costing $280 Million page: 66
- SNAME Philadelphia Section Hears Report On Stack Performance page: 66
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- Smit International Performs Tow Of Huge Production Platform page: 70
- Jackup For Houston Offshore Commissioned At Bethlehem Yard page: 70
- Joe B. Foster Named An Executive Vice President Of Tenneco Inc. page: 71
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- New Brochure Describes Goodway's Full Line Of Tube Cleaning Equipment page: 74
- New Armco Weld Wire Accepted By U.S. Navy —Literature Available page: 77
- New Brochure Describes Sewage Treatment Plants From Weir Pumps Limited page: 78
- J.D. Cain Appointed A Division Manager For Racal-Decca Survey page: 79
- Wilson Walton Develops New Marine Incinerator —Literature Available page: 79
- DCC Orders Satellite Ground Equipment From Scientific-Atlanta page: 80
- Charles Orem, President Of Bird-Johnson, Named Chief Executive Officer page: 80
- J.P. Elverdin Appointed Vice President-Shipping For United States Steel page: 81
- Uniroyal Collapsible Rubber Drums Are Rugged —Literature Available page: 81
- Student Paper Presented At SNAME Northern California page: 82
- Catalog Detailing Its Full Line Of Products Available From Kraissl page: 82
- Ordering Brisk At Dravo, Including Four Towboats At Cost Of $16 Million page: 84
- N.A. DiRenzo To Head New Philadelphia Office Of Designers & Planners page: 84
- Western Gear Awarded $1.5-Million Contract For Six Drilling Rig Drives page: 84
- Jan van Lier Named A Vice President Of Moore McCormack Resources page: 85
- Student Papers Presented At Los Angeles SNAME page: 85
- Sedco Jackup Drilling Rig Christened At Promet Yard page: 86
- Detroit-Powered Towboat Delivered To FOSTI By Orange Shipbuilding page: 86
- W.L. Kwitchoff Named VP-General Superintendent At Savannah Shipyard page: 87
- Lunceford Elected Board Chairman And President Of National River Academy page: 87
- Vu-Gctge Systems Ordered By NASSCO For Tankers page: 88
- Wood Elected President Of Northwest Towboat Association, Seattle page: 88
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- Levingston To Build Rig For Mexican Owner At its Port Arthur Division page: 97
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- Bender Yard Awarded Contract To Re-power Towboat 'Great America' With S.E.M.T. Pielstick Engines page: 117
- Bayou Black Shipyard Delivers Crewboat And Pusher To Sundance page: 134
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