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Hitachi Zosen To Build

Second Jackup For India

Hitachi Zosen, Tokyo, Japan, recently announced the company had received an order from the

Oil and Natural Gas Commission (ONGC) of India to build a can- tilever-type jackup offshore drill- ing rig.

The 66- bv 61- by 7-meter rig (about 217 by 200 by 23 feet) is

V. the second of its kind to be built by Hitachi for ONGC. The first rig, the Sagar Vikas, was com- pleted in December 1980 at the

Osaka Works (Sakai) and was placed in operation in the Bom- bay High. The new order is sched- uled for completion by the end of 1983 and is intended for serv- ice in the same drilling area.

The new rig, to be built at the

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Osaka yard, will be capable of op- erating at water depths of up to 91.4 meters (300 feet) and can drill to a maximum depth of 6,096 meters (20,000 feet). It is de- signed to withstand waves up to 18.6 meters high and a wind speed of 54 meters per second.

The jackup will be built to Amer- ican Bureau of Shipping classi- fication.

Tenfjord Of America To

Service Steering Gear —Literature Available

Tenfjord of America, Inc. was recently formed in the United

States to provide assistance and service in the U.S. for vessels equipped with Tenfjord steering systems.

The Tenfjord rotary ram unit- ized steering gear is currently in use on vessels worldwide and in- corporates many advantages and safety features. For further in- formation on Tenfjord of Amer- ica and the rotary ram unitized steering gear,

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Name Capt. Gunn Manager

Of Canadian Operations

For Farboil Company

Capt. George S. Gunn has been appointed manager of Canadian operations of Farboil Company,

Baltimore, Md., Joseph F. Har- rington, vice president, marine division, announced recently. In this newly created post, he will be responsible for developing dis- tribution channels and sales in

Canada, and will be based in Far- boil's Toronto office.

Captain Gunn previously was manager of Bolton Marine Serv- ice, London, agents for Farboil in the U.K., and also was a ma- rine consultant specializing in corrosion protection for ships and drilling rigs.

Farboil Company is a manufac- turer of marine paints, coatings, and chemicals with worldwide dis- tribution. It is a Beatrice Chemi- cal Co., division of Beatrice Foods

Co.

BIW Executive Elected

To Chair Repair Committee

Of Shipbuilders Council

Veteran shipbuilding executive

Gordon H. Fait Jr. of Bath Iron

Works, Bath, Maine, has been elected chairman of the ship re- pair committee of the Shipbuild- ers Council of America, Wash- ington, D.C.

He said his committee, repre- senting over 20 U.S. shipyards, will work with the Navy and pri- vate industries to improve tech- niques for overhauling and re- pairing naval and commercial ships.

He also is vice president of the

New England Ship Repair Yard

Association, dedicated to bring- ing more ship repair projects to the New England area.

In his newly elected post with the Shipbuilders Council, a na- tional professional association,

Mr. Fait succeeds J.G. Price, vice president of Norfolk Ship. Mr.

Fait is director of marketing for overhaul and repair at Bath Iron

Works, a Congoleum company.

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