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NICOR Acquires Arthur

Levy Enterprises And

Offshore Island Boats

NICOR Inc. chairman and pres- ident C.J. Gauthier recently an- nounced acquisition, with NICOR common stock, of two marine transportation companies — Ar- thur Levy Enterprises, Inc. and

Offshore Island Boats, Inc. These two companies, along with Aca- dian Marine Service Inc., will op- erate as NICOR's offshore marine group. This acquisition will place the offshore marine group among the top 10 offshore service fleets in the world.

Both Levy Enterprises and Off- shore Island Boats will operate 16 supply vessels from their Gulf of Mexico headquarters in Mor- gan City, La., providing logisti- cal support to offshore oil and gas drilling rigs located in the

U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Arthur I.

Levy Sr., John Alcina, and Tim

McKeand will remain as execu- tives of the company. The cur- rent management will stay in- tact.

With this acquisition, NICOR subsidiary companies will operate a fleet of 30 special-purpose ves- sels serving the offshore oil and gas industry. Their activities in- clude oceanographic and seismo- graphic research, freight and con- tainer transportation, vessel char- tering, and ocean towing in the

U.S. and Mexican Gulf, Carib- bean, and offshore West Africa. "These acquisitions are con- sistent with plans to expand cur- rent marine interests, develop new markets, and encourage con- tinued growth in the currently active offshore oil industry," said

Mr. Gauthier.

Tony Varrell Named

Datrex General Manager

Tony Varrell has recently been appointed general manager for

Datrex, Inc., Miami, Fla., the

Southeast's largest certified in- spection and repair center and distributors of inflatable boats, life rafts and marine safety equipment. "Mr. Varrell has been extreme- ly instrumental in expanding our dealer network on local, regional and national levels," John Simon- sen, president of Datrex said.

Mr. Varrell, who joined Datrex more than two years ago, now coordinates internal customer re- lations and sales for both the

Miami corporate headquarters and the Jacksonville branch office.

New Licensee In Japan

For B&W Diesel Engines

Following negotiations between

Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. and M.A.N.-B&W Diesel GmbH on behalf of B&W Diesel A/S,

Copenhagen, a license agreement was signed recently authorizing the production of B&W two- stroke diesels in Japan by Kawa- saki. The 10-year agreement in- cludes all B&W two-stroke uni- flow scavenged engines of the types K/L-GFCA and L/GB-GBE.

Three Japanese manufacturers will now be producing B&W two- stroke engines. In addition to

Kawasaki, Mitsui Engineering and Shipbuilding Company, Ltd. and Hitachi Shipbuilding and En- gineering Company, Ltd. are also

B&W licensees.

In the Japanese market, B&W two-stroke engines have account- ed for 50 percent of the engines ordered in the past two years.

Devoe Introduces New

Rust Control Coating-

Literature Available

New Bar-Rust is now available from Devoe Marine Coatings Com- pany as an advanced cost-cutting, rust control coating for ballast tanks and void spaces. Bar-Rust is said to cut costs because it eliminates the need for costly blasting. It is recommended to be applied over tight rust. The new product is water-based, has no solvent fumes, is non-toxic, and will not burn.

Bar-Rust can be applied even over damp surfaces, cures hard rapidly, and is tolerant to humid conditions. It is a tough, light colored, permanent rust control coating that effectively converts rust into an additional protective barrier.

For more details and free lit- erature on Bar-Rust,

Write 31 on Reader Service Card

WE RE EXPECTING

A NEW ARRIVAL

A new steel "super" dry dock will arrive at the Galveston Division of Todd

Shipyards Corporation early in 1982, to service ships of almost all sizes and types including offshore drill rigs.

The new arrival will be 853 ft. long and 164 ft. between wingwalls, with a lifting capacity of approximately 40,000 tons for ships up to 225,000 dwt. It will be equipped with four travelling dock arms fitted for high pressure waterblasting; two wingwall cranes, each with 35 ton lifting capacity; and such pollution control features as oily water tanks, sewage treatment plant and a flush pontoon deck.

The huge dry dock, to be named "BIG

T" and the largest in the Gulf area devoted exclusively to ship repair, will be ready to serve our customers in April of 1982.

Todd Shipyards Corporation, the largest independent shipbuilding and ship repair company in the United States, operates shipyards in or near Seattle,

San Francisco, Los Angeles, Galveston,

Houston, New Orleans and New York.

TODD SHIPYARDS CORPORATION

One State Street Plaza, New York, N.Y. 10004

Telephone: (212) 344-6900 Cable: "Robin" New York

NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE

NEW ORLEANS/HOUSTON/GALVESTON

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