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Marine Transport Lines

To Get $79.6-Million Navy

Contract To Operate Ships

Marine Transport Lines, Inc. of

Secaucus, N.J., has been tentatively awarded a $79.6-million, three-year contract for the operation of 12

Navy-owned survey and oceano- graphic ships now operated by Civil

Service mariners employed by the

Navy's Military Sealift Command.

The final award will be made pend- ing a 60-day appeal process that began on May 10.

MTL was one of four ship opera- tors that submitted offers under the

Office of Management and Budget

Circular A-76 to determine if the 12 ships could be operated by civilian contractors at less cost to the Gov- ernment.

Nine of the ships operate out of the MSC Area Command at

Bayonne, N.J. They are the United

States Naval Ships Bartlett, Bow- ditch, Dutton, Harkness, Hess,

Kane, Lynch, Wilkes, and Wyman.

The three other ships operate out of the MSC Area Command in Oak- land, Calif. They are the USNS

Chauvenet, De Steiguer, and Silas

Bent.

New Facility Opened

By Lips Propellers

At Todd-Seattle Shipyard

Lips Propellers has opened a new facility at Todd Shipyard on Harbor

Island, Seattle, Wash.

Headed up by James (Kimo)

Mackey, the new plant will spe- cialize in propeller service, both in drydock and wherever needed in

Puget Sound and up the Inland

Waterway. Formerly plant manager of Lips Oakland facility, Mr.

Mackey was instrumental in the creation of a mobil repair team to provide emergency, on-location ser- vice to damaged propellers.

Together with mechanical engi- neer Tom Wilcox, Mr. Mackey has designed specialized equipment to make on-site repairs according to the high quality standards estab- lished by Lips. This equipment in- cludes a pitchometer for the accu- rate measurement of propellers up to 24 feet in diameter, a 75-ton pro- peller balancing machine, and a 200- ton propeller press, all of which may be transported by truck to job sites.

Most owners and operators prefer to undertake repairs in shipyards, and the Lips plant will likely do the bulk of its work in the Todd facility.

The Mobile Repair Team is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for vessels that cannot make it to drydock.

Lips Propellers is a propeller manufacturing and repair company serving vessel owners and operators with propellers precisely fitted to their needs. The firm is headquar- tered in Chesapeake, Va. For free literature on Lips propellers and

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June, 1985

Samson Offers Brochure On

Passive Mooring Systems

For Supply Vessels

Bow and stern mooring systems that improve supply boat operations in hostile environments are de- scribed in a brochure just prepared by Samson Ocean Systems, Inc. De- fined as passive systems, they utilize the special load-elongation charac- teristics of Samson two-to-one braided ropes to modulate peak loads and simultaneously generate the required restoring forces to maintain the supply vessel within a predetermined area. This reduces the chance of collisions with off- shore rigs, simplifies tie-up proce- dures and reduces the danger and high cost of rope breakage.

Samson passive systems have been designed for more than 50 jackups, semi-submersibles, and production platforms. The brochure includes operational procedures, il- lustrates key components and spe- cially designed hardware, and de- scribes typical systems. A user's list is also included.

For a free copy of the supply ves- sel mooring brochure,

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