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Blount Marine Gets Orders For

Three New Vessels

Blount Marine Corporation of

Warren, R.I., recently announced the signing of three new vessel contracts. Westferry, Inc. of New

York has ordered an 85-foot by 20- foot by 4-foot 11-inch all-welded, aluminum, passenger commuter vessel for operation on Great South

Bay, Long Island. This 375-pas- senger, triple-screw vessel will be powered by three GM Detroit Die- sel 12V-71TI engines totaling 1,530 bhp. Construction is similar to the previously delivered 75-foot Fire- ball. The new vessel will be certi- fied under U.S Coast Guard Rules and Regulations for Small Passen- ger Vessels, Subchapter T. Deliv- ery is scheduled for April 1984.

Two large dinner boats have also been ordered. Holiday Cruises of Norfolk, Va., has signed a con- tract for one of the New Spirit

Class but of a new styling (see rendering). This vessel will be 145 feet long with a beam of 32 feet 4 inches and design draft of 6 feet.

This is the second dinner boat built by Blount Marine for Holi- day Cruises; the first was the New

Spirit delivered in May 1983.

The new Holiday vessel will carry up to 600 passengers for din- ner cruises, on two completely en- closed decks and a third open deck. Main propulsion will be by two GM Detroit Diesel 8V-71N en- gines; electric power will be pro- vided by two 75-kw generators.

Delivery is expected in April 1984.

A similar dinner cruise vessel has been ordered by World Yacht

Enterprises, Ltd. of New York.

This vessel will be a sister ship of the Holiday Cruises boat, with de- livery also scheduled for April 1984. These two dinner boats will be the ninth and tenth constructed by the Blount yard. Vessels of this type are in operation on the East

Coast, Gulf of Mexico, Mississippi

River, and Great Lakes.

Blount Marine Corporation hopes the new modern styling of these dinner cruise vessels will increase

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Portability—no other system offers the entire vacuum discharge operation, including collection tank, as a totally integrated unit.

CanVac can be trailer mounted, skid mounted, or equipped with legs.

Versatility—CanVac vacuums any marine clean-up material, from sludge to dry spent abrasive. To meet various applications, CanVac is available in 120, 160, 400, 600, and 800 cu. ft. versions.

Price—CanVac is priced less than any comparable system.

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Newport News Awarded $11.7-Million Navy Contract

Newport News Shipbuilding

Company, Newport News, Va., has been awarded a $17,063,000 cost- plus-fixed-fee contract to prepare for the overhaul and refueling of

USS Benjamin Franklin (SSBN- 640). The Naval Sea Systems

Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

PIMA Established As

Shipbuilding/Repair Agents

Louis W. Gomlick

Louis W. Gomlick, president, announces the formation of Penn

International Marine Agencies,

Ltd. (PIMA) for the purpose of rep- resenting American and foreign shipbuilding and ship repair facil- ities and companies manufactur- ing and servicing marine equip- ment. Clifford R. Wise has been appointed managing director.

In order to provide full service to the Agencies constituents, PIMA has established subagents in

Beaumont, Texas, and San Fran- cisco, Calif. Trio Leasing & Rent- als, James Finger, marketing manager, will represent PIMA in the U.S. Gulf area, including the offshore industry, and H.P. (Bud)

Stewart, independent consultant, will be the U.S. West Coast agent.

PIMA has also established a worldwide network of 22 foreign agents covering 40 countries and has been appointed exclusive agent for the following companies:

Braswell Shipyards Inc.,

Charleston, S.C.; Hoboken Ship- yards Inc., Hoboken, N.J.; Boland

Marine & Mfg. Co., New Orleans,

La.; Falmouth Ship Repair, Fal- mouth, England; Grangemouth

Dockyard Ltd., Grangemouth,

Scotland; Tyne Shiprepair Ltd.,

South Shields, England; Vospers

Shiprepairs, Southampton, Eng- land; Europax Consultants Ltd.,

Colchester, England; Harris Pye

Marine, Ltd., South Wales, U.K.;

Marine Engines Specialties, Sta- ten Island, N.Y.; Mecanique Etang

Service, Port De Boue, France;

River and Offshore Service, Violet,

La.; S.M.E.B. Cantiere Navale SpA,

Messina, Italy; Steamco Corp., New

York, N.Y.; SUD Marine Enter- prises, Marseille, France; and Vi- olet Dockport, Violet, La.

Messers. Gomlick, Wise, Fin- ger and Stewart are all former employees of Bethlehem Steel

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