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Dome Acquires Davie

Shipbuilding At Total

Cost Of $38.6 Million

Dome Petroleum Limited and

Davie Shipbuilding Ltd. recently announced that Dome has ac- quired all the shares of Davie for a total consideration of $38.6 mil- lion, consisting largely of shares of Dome and the balance in cash.

Davie net income after tax for 1980 was $7 million.

The assets acquired include the

Davie shipyard at Lauzon, Que- bec, and Davie's Branch Line shipping division, comprising six vessels involved in petroleum product shipments along the St.

Lawrence and on the Atlantic

Seaboard. These vessels will be operated by another company.

The present management and staff will continue to manage and operate Davie's shipyard, now Canada's largest.

Dome indicated that it plans an immediate and substantial expan- sion of the Davie shipyard to en- able it to construct some of the large vessels required by Dome for use in its Beaufort Sea op- erations. In addition, this expan- sion will equip the yard to fabri- cate equipment required for pe- troleum exploration and produc- tion off Canada's East Coast, in- cluding semisubmersible drilling equipment, and also components for icebreaking supertankers and

LNG vessels to be built elsewhere in Canada.

The manpower complement at

Lauzon, presently at 2,300, is expected to double within three or four years. The Davie manage- ment has recently negotiated suc- cessfully with the shipyard un- ion a new contract whose imple- mentation will not be affected by the acquisition. The Davie yard will continue its existing busi- ness, including the manufacture of jackup drilling rigs, small- and medium-size vessels, and repairs.

Purchase of this shipyard does not conflict with Dome's plans for the construction of a new ship- yard for building large vessels.

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Riverway Shipyard Company of Grafton, 111., recently com- pleted construction of the 910- bhp towboat Waterways Explorer (shown above) for River Opera- tors, Inc. The new vessel will be used as a fleet boat and a shuttle boat in the Winona, Minn., area.

The Waterways Explorer is 65 feet long, 23 feet wide and 8 feet deep. It has an operating draft of 6 feet.

The bow rake headlog and cor- ners were built of ^-inch and 1- inch plate, respectively, with inch rub bars welded over the corners for added protection. The towknees and headlog were out- fitted with rubber bumpers from

B-J Marine Products.

The boat was built with a gal- ley, bathroom complete with shower, quarters for six crew members, an electronics room, and a 9-foot by 9-foot pilothouse with a 26-foot eye level. The main stack is removable for easy ac- cess to the engine room.

The two General Motors main engines were furnished by West- ern Diesel Services. They are De- troit Diesel Allison model 16V71, each rated 455 bhp at 1,800 rpm.

They are air-operated from the pilothouse by WABCO air com- ponents.

The Twin Disc reverse/reduc- tion gears turn the shafts at 5.17:1 ratio and were also sup- plied by Western Diesel. The stainless-steel, four-blade propel- lers are 62 inches in diameter by 47 inches in pitch. They were fitted to two 5-inch tailshafts with three Sturm sleeves each.

The two steering rudders and four flanking rudders have 6-inch stocks with upper and lower mild steel sleeves. The sleeves turn in brass bearings lubricated by grease. The steering and flanking rudders are individually con- trolled by double-acting hydrau- lic cylinders. Power and control to the cylinders is supplied by a two pump/motor combination of variable volume designed by Riv- erway Shipyard. Complete con- trol of the motor operation is han- dled from the pilothouse.

Electric power is derived from two Detroit 3-71 diesels oper- ating at 1,200 rpm driving three- phase, 30-kw International Elec- tric generators. One generator is air start; the other battery start.

Compressed air for engine starting, engine controls, and whistle is supplied by two air compressors with 5-hp 1,800-rpm motors. A Riverway-designed monitoring and alarm system maintains a constant check on main and auxiliary engines. A pi- lothouse information panel pro- vides auxiliary monitoring sig- nals.

Deck machinery includes two

Beebe 30-ton winches. Fire pro- tection on the boat is provided by the standard remotely oper- ated fire pump hooked directly to two hose stations on the exterior of the vessel. The interior is fully protected by manually operated, portable carbon dioxide fire ex- tinguishers.

The pilothouse, crews quarters, galley, and bathroom are fully in- sulated for heat, air-conditioning, and sound. The boat is air-condi- tioned for comfort. A St. Louis

Ship FAST System LS-1 was in- stalled for treatment of sewage.

A Carlisle & Finch 500-watt

Xenon searchlight and one Car- lisle & Finch 14-inch, 1,000-watt incandescent searchlight are lo- cated on the pilothouse roof. Di- rectional spotlights are located on all four corners of the vessel at the second deck level, two un- der pilothouse. The pilothouse is fitted with a Kahlenberg air horn.

Designed for off shore oil rig supply work, built of steel welded construction, tested and approved by the American

Bureau of Shipping Regulations for Classification plus A1 (E) and AMS and ACCU. The two main engines are EMD General Motors marine diesels, each developing 2144 KW at 900 rpm.

Fully air conditioned accom. for 23.

L.O.A. 59.75m. Displacement: 1850 tonnes

Speed: 13.65 Kn

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