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NOIA

McDermott delivers the first of five roll-on/roll-off barges to Crowley Maritime Corporation.

McDermott Delivers First Jumboized

Crowley Barge — Gets Contract To "Stretch" Three Additional Units (continued from page 31)

The same legislation and regu- lation that would limit develop- ment of those energy resources will just as surely restrict partici- pation by many companies based inland as it will those located along the coastal margin.

NOIA's response to those as- pects of legislation which need- lessly restrict development of OCS energy has been its Pro-Leasing

Program. The thrust of this effort is to mobilize NOIA's members in

Congressional districts across the

United States to counter unrea- sonable Congressional limitations on the orderly leasing of OCS acreage for energy exploration.

The Pro-Leasing initiative is based on factual evidence proving our need for new, secure supplies of domestic energy. America's off- shore energy industry has long since proved its ability to find and produce that energy, in harmony with the ocean's environment. This record of achievement and per- formance stands in support of

NOIA's Pro-Leasing Program.

However, to be truly effective this program urgently needs broader active involvement by the

American companies, large and small, who share in the offshore energy search in so many ways. It is therefore especially imperative and appropriate for all segments of American business and industry to become more aware of how pro- foundly our country is economi- cally tied to the ocean and to de- velopment of what may be our last, large reserves of domestic energy.

For those reasons, I strongly urge all American firms that par- ticipate in offshore energy or any ocean-related business to join NOIA and become actively involved in the Pro-Leasing Program. For it will be only through our united voice, speaking for all these seg- ments of American business, that

Congress can better understand the nationwide benefits of ocean- related activity, especially off- shore energy, for its constituents.

To join your voice with so many others, please contact me person- ally at (713) 659-7444 or write for more information to NOIA's mem- bership committee at the National

Ocean Industries Association, 1050

Seventeenth Street NW, Suite 700,

Washington, DC 20036.

The direct benefits of member- ship in NOIA for your company will include effective representa- tion at the national level, excel- lent communication to you of de- velopments in Washington that affect your company through

NOIA's newsletter, and profes- sional analysis of the potential ef- fect of proposed legislation and regulation on your company's business activities.

The indirect advantages of NOIA membership are too numerous to list here. However, I do assure you that your personal involvement in

NOIA will benefit your company and your employees.

Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco, which last year awarded McDermott Shipyards a contract to lengthen two roll-on/ roll-off barges, has ordered mid- body extensions of three addi- tional barges. Each barge, de- signed to transport wheeled vehicles and cargo containers, will be extended from 400 to 730 feet by insertion of a 330-foot midbody section. Upon completion, they will be the longest barges operating in the U.S.

The first barge of the earlier contract (photo) was delivered re- cently, and is now in service be- tween the U.S. and San Juan,

Puerto Rico. The second barge of the first order is scheduled for de- livery this summer. With the de- livery of these barges, McDermott joins the ocean barge construction market and plans to build and en- large more barges in the future.

Work on the barges is performed at all three of McDermott's ship- yards, enabling the company to meet the desired delivery dates.

Two of the midbody sections will be built at the Gulfport, Miss., yard and three at the Morgan

City, La., yard. Wing tanks for four barges will be built at the

New Iberia, La., yard. Joining op- erations for all five barges will be performed at Morgan City.

The McDermott shipyards spe- cialize in the construction and re- pair of large tugs, supply boats, barges, drill rigs, living quarters, and a wide variety of oceangoing work vessels.

The parent company, McDer- mott International, Inc., is a lead- ing energy services company. The company and its subsidiaries pro- vide worldwide engineering and construction services for the oil and gas industry offshore and for industrial and commercial facili- ties ashore. They also manufac- ture steam generating equipment, tubular products, insulating prod- ucts, and process control systems.

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