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BUYERS

DIRECTORY (continued)

Zidell Explorations, Inc., 3121 S.W. Moody Street, Portland, OR 97201

SHIPPING-PACKING

Candia Shipping (USA) Inc., One World Trade Center, Suite 1611,

New York, NY 10048

World Courier, Inc., 19 Rector Street, New York, NY 10006

SMOKE INDICATORS

Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., Passaic Avenue, Chatham, N.J. 07928

STEVEDORING

Eller 8. Co., 701 E. 24th St., Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33316

STUFFING BOXES

Johnson Rubber Co. (Marine Div.), 16025 Johnson St., Middlefield.

Ohio 44062

Smith-Meeker Engineering Co., 157 Chambers Street, New York,

NY 10007

SURVEYORS AND CONSULTANTS

Francis B. Crocco. Inc., P.O. Box 1411, San Juan, Puerto Rico 00903

Hull & Cargo Surveyors, Inc., 99 John St., New York. NY 10038

M.A. Stream Associates, Inc., 400 Second Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119

TANK CLEANING

Butterworth Systems Inc., 224 Park Ave., P.O. Box 352,

Florham Park, N.J. 07932

Penco Division/Hudson Engineering Co., P.O. Box 68, Bayonne,

NJ 07002

Salwico, Inc., 5 Marine View Plaza, Hoboken, NJ 07030

Sybron/Gamlen, 121 South Maple Avenue, South San Francisco,

CA 94080

TANK LEVELING INDICATORS

Kockumation AB, Box 1044, S-212 10 Malmo, Sweden

Norcontrol, 135 Fort Lee Rd., Leonia, NJ 07605

Transamerica Delaval, Inc., Gems Sensors Division, Cowles Road,

Plainville, CT 06062

Vitronics, P.O. Box 42305, Houston, TX 77042

TOWING—Barges, Vessel Chartering, Lighterage, Salvage, etc.

Bay-Houston Towing Co., 805 World Trade Bldg., Houston,

Texas 77002

Curtis Bay Towing Co., Mercantile Bldg., Baltimore, Md. 21202

Henry Gillen's Sons Lighterage, 21 West Main St., Oyster Bay,

N.Y. 11771

James Hughes, Inc., 17 Battery PI., New York, N.Y. 10004

McAllister Bros., Inc., 17 Battery PI., New York, N.Y. 10004

McDonough Marine Service, P.O. Box 26206, New Orleans, La.

Moran Towing & Transportation Co., Inc., One World Trade Center,

Suite 5335, New York, N.Y. 10048

Ocean Salvors Company, One World Trade Center, New York,

NY 10048

Smit International (Americas) Inc., 17 Battery Place, New York,

NY 10004

Suderman 8. Young Co., Inc., 918 World Trade Bldg., Houston,

Texas 77002

Turecamo Coastal & Harbor Towing Corp., One Edgewater St.,

Clifton, Staten Island, N.Y. 10305

VALVES AND FITTINGS

American United Marine, 575 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022

Dover Corporation, Norris Division, P.O. Box 1739, Tulsa, OK 74101

Hayward Marine Products, 900 Fairmount Avenue, Elizabeth, NJ 07207

Litton Industrial Products, Inc. (Contromatics Division), 222 Roberts Street, East Hartford, CT 06108

Marine Moisture Control Co., 449 Sheridan Blvd., Inwood,

N.Y. 11696

Metropolitan Plumbing Supply Corp., 50-09 Second Street, Long

Island City, NY 11101

Newmans Inc., 9 Joanna Court, East Brunswick, NJ 08816

Parker-Hannifin Corporation, 17325 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44112

Pioneer Valve 8. Fitting Co., Inc., 93 Seigel Street, Brooklyn, NY 11206

Tate Temco, Inc., 1941 Lansdowne Road, Baltimore, MD 21227

Robert H. Wager Co., Inc., Passaic Avenue, Chatham, N.J. 07928

Waukesha Bearings Corp., 405 Commerce St., P.O. Box 798,

Waukesha, Wl 53186

William E. Williams Valve Corporation, 38-52 Review Avenue,

Long Island City, NY 11101

Winel, Inc., 34655 Mills Road, North Ridgeville, OH 44039

Zidell Explorations, Inc., (Valve Division), 3121 S.W. Moody

Avenue, Portland, OR 97201

VIDEO TRAINING FILMS

Video Library Systems, 100 13th Ave., Ronkonkoma, NY 11779

Videotel Marine International Ltd., 44 Great Marlborough Street,

London W1V 1DB

WATER PURIFIERS

Alfa-Laval, Inc., Dept. MR-2, 2115 Linwood Ave., Fort Lee, NJ 07024

Drew Chemical Corporation, One Drew Chemical Plaza, Boonton,

NJ 07005

Everpure, Inc., 660 N. Blackhawk Dr., Westmont, IL 60559

Specific Equipment Company, P.O. Box 55626, Houston, TX 77055

WINCHES AND FAIRLEADERS

Appleton Machine Co., P.O. Box 2339, Appleton, Wl 54911

Beebe Brothers, Inc., 2724 6th Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134

CONMACO, Inc., 820 Kansas Ave., P.O. Box 5097, Kansas City,

KS 66119

Markey Machinery Co., 79 South Horton St., Seattle, Washington 98134

McElroy Machine & Mfg. Co., Inc., P.O. Box 4454, W. Biloxi, MS 39531

Reel-O-Matic Systems, Inc., 418 Hellam Street, Wrightsville, PA 17368

Superior-Lidgerwood-Mundy Corp., 1101 John Avenue, Superior,

Wl 54880

Timberland Equipment Ltd., Box 490, Woodstock, Ont. Canada

N4S 7Z2.

WINDOWS

Kearfott Marine Products, A Singer Co., 550 South Fulton Avenue.

Mt. Vernon, N.Y. 10550

WIRE AND CABLE

Anixter Bros., Inc., 4711 Golf Road, One Concourse Plaza,

Skokie, Illinois 60076

Seacoast Electric Supply Corp., 225 Passaic St., Passaic, NJ 07055

Seacoast Electric Supply Corp., 1505 Oliver St., Houston, TX 77007

Tri-Mark, Inc., 8585 Industry Park Drive, Piqua, OH 45356

Universal Wire 8. Cable, 6609 Supply Row, Houston, TX 77261

WIRE ROPE—Slings

Armco Steel Corp., 703 Curtis St., Middletown, Ohio 45042

Bethlehem Steel Corp., One State Street Plaza, N.Y. 10004

A.L. Don Company, Foot of Dock Street, Matawan, NJ 07747

I & I Sling Company, 2626 Market Street, Dept. D, Aston, PA 19014

ZINC

Smith & McCrorken, 153 Franklin St., New York, N.Y. 10013

Nome Seeks $38.5-Miilion

For Proposed Year-Round Port

Plans are on the drawing board to con- struct a modern port in Nome, Alaska.

The city is asking the state legislature to appropriate $38.5 million for construction of a medium draft port near the mouth of the

Snake River. The project is the number one priority for marine construction in north- ern Alaska, according to State Department of Transportation and Public Facilities of- ficial Jonathan Widdis.

The facilities will eliminate the need to transfer freight at sea to smaller coastal barges to bring it ashore. Today the cost of "lighterage" is about 25 percent of the freight cost from Seattle.

The port layout, prepared by the engi- neering firm Tippetts-Abbett-McCarthy -

Stratton (TAMS), features a 3,600-foot rub- ble mound causeway leading to an offshore terminal. Short-term storage and marshal- ing areas will be available at the seaward end, with about 60 acres onshore for con- tainer and general cargo storage. Additional piers and service areas can be added as needed for offshore oil company activities year-round. The causeway can be extended another 1,000 to 1,500 feet to provide berths for bulk ore carriers.

With potential year-round use in mind, along with the need to keep maintenance and construction costs at a minimum, en- gineers have designed an ice-resistant cause- way that also will withstand the strong erosive forces of Norton Sound's high winds and waves during late summer and autumn storms.

The causeway's design is based in part on studies conducted by the Institute of

Hydraulics Research of the University of

Iowa. A model of the causeway was placed in a 60-foot by 20-foot tank where sheets of ice were pushed up against it.

A major objective was to develop a way to prevent the ice from overriding the cause- way. The tests showed that, despite the spe- cial sloping design created for the sides of the causeway, ice still moved over the model.

As a result, TAMS project manager Michael

Horton said the design philosophy is now one of management rather than prevention. "The causeway is designed to accommodate ice override as an occasional event," he said.

This will be done by building the sides at a slope. One side will be built higher than the other, so that ice override can be bull- dozed off. "The cost savings of this system over an elaborate ice prevention scheme are substantial," Mr. Horton said.

To help prevent the causeway from erod- ing, large boulders will be placed on the slopes to act as breakwater barriers. Test- ing at the University of Florida will tell engineers more about the size of boulders needed to help stabilize the slopes, but Mr.

Horton estimated rocks as large as 20 tons will be used.

The dock will be built with circular con- crete caissons. Thirty of the large tub-shaped forms will be barged from the Lower 48 and sunk into place at the seaward end of the causeway to form the dock face. The circular caissons will stand up better than the traditional box-shaped forms under the direct stress of the waves.

Another feature of the causeway design is the inclusion of a "fish breach": a small bridge near the shoreline to permit salmon and other species of fish to migrate freely.

Preliminary studies are complete and final design work was recently submitted to city officials by TAMS. If the legislature ap- proves the requested $38.5-million for con- struction, the port project could go to bid during late summer, 1983, according to

Nome city manager Ivan Widom.

Hoffert Manufacturing

Awards Caribbean Cruise

At SNAME Exposition

Robert Mende, secretary of SNAME (left), shown with

Paul E. Hoffert, president of Hoffert Manufacturing Co.

Hoffert Manufacturing Co., Jacksonville,

Fla., was an exhibitor at the recent First

International Maritime Exposition held in

New York and sponsored by The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers.

On Friday, November 19, Hoffert had a drawing for a four-day cruise for two on- board the S.S. Emerald Sea, of Eastern

Cruise Lines, from Miami to the Caribbean.

Robert Mende, Secretary of SNAME, made the drawing and the winner was Joseph

Wren III, vice president, engineering and construction of Amoco Transportation Co.

Hoffert manufactures "Fire-Brite," a Fuel

Oil Water Emulsification System for burn- ing emulsified fuel in both marine and in- dustrial boilers. Hoffert states "Fire-Brite" is guaranteed to keep the combustion system clean, reduce the oxygen level and lower the number of times necessary to blow tubes.

Hoffert has perfected a marine system which has been proven onboard many ves- sels including those operated by Amoco,

Texaco, Delta Lines, Eastern Cruise Lines,

US Gypsum Co., and the Military Sealift

Command, to name a few. The systems aboard these vessels have both saved fuel and increased efficiency.

The emulsion is consistently in the one to two micron range thereby giving the most efficient burn, and the company re- ports it has the only system matching the unique turndown ratios necessary on a ma- rine system.

Hoffert further states the "Fire-Brite"

System pays for itself in that the payback is three to four months based on fuel, soot blowing, and maintenance savings.

For free literature containing complete details on the "Fire-Brite" system,

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