Page 16: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (December 15, 1983)

Jackup drilling rig Nengue Sika slids down the ways at recent Promet launch.

Jackup Rig For West Africa

Launched At Promet Yard

A BMC-300 design jackup rig ordered by West African Drilling

Investment was launched recently at the Singapore yard of Promet

Private Limited. When delivered in early 1984 the $50-million rig

Nengue Sika ("silver island" in

Gahonese) will be drilling for Elf

Gabon off the coast of Gabon.

This mobile, self-elevating can- tilever jackup rig will be capable of working in water depths up to 300 feet and drilling to a maxi- mum depth of 25,000 feet. The hull platform measures 212 by 210 by 26 feet, and each of the three triangular, open-lattice truss legs is 423 feet long.

Prominent features of Nengue

Sika include four levels of fully air-conditioned living quarters that can accommodate 95 people, gal- leys, two messrooms, hospital, ra- dio room, and two recreation rooms.

On deck the rig has two cranes, each with a boom length of 110 feet, and a helideck that is capable of supporting the weight of a fully loaded Sikorsky S-61N helicopter.

The rig has been constructed to

American Bureau of Shipping class and to International Maritime Or- ganization standards.

Work Progressing On USS Kalamazoo

Overhaul At Hoboken Shipyards

Hoboken Shipyards, Inc. is in the midst of the $14.25-million overhaul of the replenishment oiler

USS Kalamazoo (AOR-6) shown above in the yard's 26,000-ton floating drydock. In addition to this dock, the Hoboken, N.J., facil- ity has three other drydocks with lifting capacities of 16,760, 14,200, and 7,500 tons.

A subsidiary of BSI Corporation,

Hoboken Shipyards has been in operation since acquisition from

Bethlehem Steel Corporation in

January 1983. Current work force numbers approximately 400 employees.

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BARGE APPLICATIONS • Hatch Cover Bearings • Long Shaft Pump Bearings

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Responsibility for work in hand that Bethlehem started was as- sumed by the company and com- pleted without interruption. To date, more than 100 ships have been serviced at the yard's Ho- boken and Bayonne facilities, and some 140 non-ship jobs have been performed.

Hoboken Shipyards also oper- ates the former Navy graving dock located at the Military Ocean Ter- minal Base in Bayonne, N.J., just north of the Kill Van Kull in Up- per New York Bay. With its asso- ciated ship berths and shops, this dock adds a significant dimension to the repair capabilities of the

Hoboken company, and to the size of vessels that can be serviced in

New York Harbor.

The Bayonne graving dock is one of the largest on the East

Coast, and can accommodate fully loaded ships up to a maximum length of about 1,080 feet and beam of 138 feet. This big dock is reserved exclusively for ship re- pair and maintenance.

Hendry Seeks Title XI

To Assist In Financing $7.5 Million Dredge

The Maritime Administration has received a request from Hen- dry Corporation Tampa, Fla., for a

Title XI guarantee to aid in fi- nancing the construction of a cut- terhead suction dredge. The 200 by 54 by 16-foot vessel will be powered by four 2,875-bhp horse- power GM diesels. It is expected to operate in the coastal waters of the United States.

If approved, the Title XI guar- antee would cover $5,625,000, or 75 percent of the estimated cost of $7.5 million. No builder has yet been selected, but delivery is an- ticipated in October 1985. 18 Write 320 on Reader Service Card Write 749 on Reader Service Card I