Page 54: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (September 15, 1981)

Levingston, CNC Sign

Agreement To Build

Jackups At La Ciotat

Ed Paden, president of Lev- ingston Industries, Inc., Orange,

Texas, announced that a license agreement has been signed be- tween Levingston Marine Corpo- ration and Chantiers Navals de

La Ciotat (CNC), under which

CNC will build the Levingston

Class 111-C self-elevating drill- ing unit in its shipyard in La

Ciotat, France.

The Class 111-C jackup is a heavy duty rig designed for op- eration in water depths up to 300 feet, in weather up to the equivalent of hurricane condi- tions in the Gulf of Mexico, and in ambient temperatures as low as -20° C.

Levingston Marine Corpora- tion is the Levingston Group's engineering subsidiary based in

Annapolis, Md., providing naval architectural, marine engineering and transportation consulting services to the maritime and off- shore industries, both in the U.S. and worldwide.

Chantiers Navals de La Ciotat is a privately owned shipbuilding and ship repair company located at La Ciotat on the French Med- iterranean coast. CNC's shipyard occupies about 109 acres, includ- ing a 350,000-dwt graving dock, and employs about 4,500 people.

Its current orderbook includes two containerships and three LPG tankers.

In a simultaneous announce- ment from its head office in

Paris, Chantiers Navals de La

Ciotat revealed that the company is in the final stages of negotia- tion of a contract for the con- struction of two of the Leving- ston-designed jackups for an owner as yet unnamed.

Seaward International

Opens New York Office

Seaward International, Inc. has announced the opening of a New

York City office and the appoint- ment of Marvin Gensler as na- tional sales representative. This new office, which will be man- aged by Mr. Gensler, will provide sales and technical support to

Seaward's East Coast customers.

Marvin Gensler

Mr. Gensler will be responsi- ble for the sale of Seaward's en- tire line of marine products. Sea- ward's products include the SEA

CUSHION ship and dock fenders, the floating DONUT piling fend- ers and the new SEA GUARD platform leg and dock fenders.

In addition to the foam-filled, high-capacity marine fenders,

Seaward provides buoys, special- ity flotation devices, and oil-spill control equipment to the offshore industry.

Prior to joining Seaward Inter- national, Mr. Gensler was a sys- tems sales engineer with Lord

Kinematics Corporation, a manu- facturer of specialized rubber products for the marine and aero- space industries.

The office is located at 127

East 59th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022; telephone (212) 688-0620.

Broughton Offshore Plans

Two Jackups Which

Will Cost $64.3 Million

Broughton Offshore Limited

III, Houston, Texas, recently ap- plied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construc- tion of two 100-foot jackup drill- ing barges. The vessels are to operate in the Gulf of Mexico.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $47,650,000 or nearly 87y2 percent of the esti- mated actual cost of $64,360,000.

Bethlehem Steel Corp., Sparrows

Point, Md., is the proposed build- er. Deliveries are scheduled for

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