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Disposal Corporation des biens de la Couronne

Canada of about $7 million, the new ves- sel is of all-welded aluminum con- struction, and features such ad- vanced technology as a Com Dev satellite navigator, Sperry con- trols (for radar, steering, and gyrocompass), Muirhead weath- erfax recorder and printout sys- tem, and computerized Decca Isis system for internal mechanical control.

Other electronics include Fur- uno FD 171 radio direction finder,

Com Dev Internav Loran C nav- igator and investigator, two Sper- ry radars, Sperry doppler speed log, Wesmar sonar, Simrad depth sounder, two Motorola SSB ra- dios, and two Marconi VHF ra- dios.

Two MTU 12V538TB91 diesel engines, each rated 2,300 bhp at 1,790 rpm, provide main propul- sion power. They drive Lips con- trollable-pitch propellers through

Lohman & Stolterfoht reduction gears. Electric power is supplied by three Caterpillar 3406 diesels driving Siemens 460-volt gener-

Mr. and Mrs. James Sinclair stand be- fore fisheries patrol vessel James Sinclair following recent christening. Christened by Mrs. Sinclair, the $7-million vessel is named after her husband, a former Fed- eral Fisheries minister. ators. The main engines are fitted with Maxim silencers.

The James Sinclair has an over- all length of 124 feet, molded beam of 27 feet 6 inches, and molded depth of 12 feet. She car- ries 23,000 imperial gallons of fuel and 1,000 gallons of potable water. The vessel attained a trial speed of 16y2 knots, but normal cruising speed is 12 knots.

Deck gear includes a Harrison & Robbins anchor windlass and capstan, Sperry steering gear,

Washington Anchor anchors, At- las crane, Beaufort Canada life- rafts, Zodiac lifeboats and board- ing boats, and John Manly clos- ures. Deck covering was supplied by Raeco Western, and paint by

International Marine Coatings.

The new vessel, named after former Federal Fisheries minis- ter James Sinclair and christened by his wife, Kathleen, will patrol

Canada's 200-mile territorial lim- it and will enforce Federal Fish-

RivTow Straits Limited recent- (shown above), built at the com- ly delivered the Canadian Fisher- pany's John Manly Shipyard in ies patrol vessel James Sinclair Vancouver, B.C. Built at a cost

Twin City Barge

To Acquire Transload

And Transport, Inc. 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

John Manly Shipyard Delivers

MTU-Powered Patrol Vessel

GATELIFTER AND LANDING CRAFT FOR SALE eries regulations. She will be the largest fisheries patrol vessel on

Canada's West Coast, and re- places The Howay.

RivTow spokesman David Leith said that the Sinclair is the larg- est aluminum vessel built by the company. "This is quite unusual for a vessel of this size," said

Mr. Leith, commenting on the aluminum construction. "They usually are made of steel but in this case they were looking for speed."

I.Gatelifter, 500 ton lifting capacity, electrically controlled, c/w upright steam boiler, 160 lbs. steam pressure capacity. Engine: W.H. Allen &

Sons 290 BHP 400 RPM. 10" stroke, 12%"»22" cylinder Generator: 200 K.W. 240 volts, 833 amps, 400 RPM. Mounted on Moulded Hull

Barge, 62' wide, 90' long, 26' deep, 15' draft, overall height water line to top of boom 120'.

Location: St. Catharines. Ontario 2.Landing Craft, M.V. Remy, built 1943. Powered by two G.M. Diesels, 175 H P., 52' long. 14' wide. 4'6" draft, c/w McDougall Water Pump with

Briggs and Stratton Engine. 4 cycle, 1 cylinder. 3 H P.

Location: Parry Sound, Ontario

Offers must be submitted on the Corporation's Offer Form and will be accepted until 12:00 Noon, EDST, Aug. 21/81.

To arrange for inspection and to obtain offer forms, please contact

CROWN ASSETS DISPOSAL CORPORATION 1191 Cawthra Road. Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5G 4K8 (416) 966-6296 Telex 07-961225

Twin City Barge, Inc., South

St. Paul, Minn., recently announc- ed the signing of an agreement in principle for the acquisition of

Transload and Transport, Inc.,

Morgan City, La. The acquisition will include several companies that are affiliated with Transload and

Transport, Inc.

John W. Lambert, chairman and

CEO of Twin City Barge said that the acquisition, expected to be closed no later than October 1, 1981, will be accomplished through exchanging 136,800

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