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Texaco Signs Globtik

Ship Management Contract —Information Available

William R. Cumming, presi- dent of Texaco Marine Services,

Inc., recently announced that TMSI has signed a ship management agreement with Globtik Tankers

London Limited to manage the tankers M/V Brazil Pride and M/V

Brazil Glory.

TMSI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Texaco Inc., is a full-service ship management company located in

Port Arthur, Texas. The M/V Brazil

Pride and M/V Brazil Glory are both 80,000-dwt tankers built in

Brazil in 1983 and 1981, respective- ly, and registered in the Bahamas.

In addition to the new operating agreements, TMSI also operates

U.S. and international fleets of oceangoing tankers and coastwise units for Texaco and its subsidiar- ies, as well as vessels for American

Petrofina Incorporated, Saudi In- ternational Petroleum Carriers Ltd. and the Nigerian National Petro- leum Corporation.

Staffed with a highly professional multinational group of operating and engineering personnel, TMSI is actively seeking additional operat- ing agreements to fully manage ad- ditional vessels, both foreign and domestic. TMSI offers shipowners many special services ranging from planned maintenance and inventory control systems to computerized en- ergy conservation programs.

For a free brochure and addition- al information on Texaco Marine

Services, Inc.,

Circle 59 on Reader Service Card

Norsk Pacific And

Ocean Marine Services

Form Charter Venture

A new vessel chartering venture has been formed on the U.S. West

Coast to serve dry bulk and neo- bulk shippers and brokers. Norsk

Pacific Steamship Company Ltd. of

Walnut Creek, Calif., and Ocean

Marine Services of San Pedro have pooled their expertise and now offer shippers and brokers the economy of time- or trip-chartered vessels for their shipping needs.

Ocean Marine will function as an agent for Norsk Pacific, and will be responsible for developing new trades to and from the West Coast of North America for both part and full vessel cargoes. Ocean Marine will then seek out the most econom- ical and compatible vessels that fit the shipper's needs. These vessels will be time-chartered and operated by Norsk Pacific to service the busi- ness developed by Ocean Marine.

National AirOil Introduces

Portable Burner Ignitor —Literature Available

National AirOil Burner Compa- ny, Inc. (NAO), Philadelphia, Pa., a process equipment manufacturer, has introduced the Portable Burner

Ignitor (NPBI). The hand-held unit is used to ignite burners in boilers and process furnaces and is the new- est development from NAO.

Safe, easy and inexpensive are features of the NPBI. The unit is safe to operate since direct contact with the flame is avoided. The igni- tor is controlled by the operating push button. It is easy to operate. A small disposable propane cylinder is attached to the ignitor handle, then the ignition switch is flipped "on" and pressed until the ignitor is lit.

The unit is also inexpensive. The total cost of the unit is less than $200, plus $2 to $3, the cost of a dis- posable propane cylinder.

Other advantages of the portable ignitor include durability, long life, lightness, and assorted ignitor lengths. Areas exposed to heat are made of stainless steel for extended life, without affecting the light- weight design. The ignitor weighs less than two pounds, and is avail- able in three standard lengths—36 inches, 48 inches, and 60 inches.

NAO is an internationally known manufacturer of combustion and pollution control equipment since 1912 and maintains offices in Hous- ton, Texas; Tokyo, Japan; Milan,

Italy; and London, England, and has agents around the world.

For free literature containing more information about the NAO

Portable Burner Ignitor,

Circle 70 on Reader Service Card

When in Nordic Waters come to REPAIR COUNTRY

Ships only make money for their owners when they are at sea. So time out for necessary visits to the shipyard has got to be kept to a minimum.

This naturally places great demands on the yard and the yard's ability to plan ahead. At Citvvarvet we've got our own tactics.

Even before the ship arrives at the yard we get to work finding out exactly what has to be done.

Most of the time this means a visit to the ship at sea or in some port of call. After that we can begin

YARD SERVICE si== CITVVARVET 1. Cityvarvet 1. Citvvarvet

Lindfiolmen

I'O I5o.Yii7.~3,

S-402 76 Goteborg, Sn ellen.

Phone lilt +46-31 50 20 00.

Telex 27440. 3.4. Cityvarvet

Oresund

I'O Box 701,

S-261 27 Landskrona, Sweden.

Phone lilt +46 418 240 70.

Telex 72685 OVKKP S.

I'O Box832,

S-201 80 Malnio, Sweden.

Phone lilt +4(i 40 97 32 07.

Telex 33190.

Gothenburg: ti clocks v essels up Landskrona Malnio: 4 clocks to 250.500 tdw. vessels up to 30.000 tdw.

Circle 108 on Reader Service Card work just as soon as the ship arrives. And we work according to a strict schedule.

Everyone knows exactly what to do. We use the latest techniques and the most advanced proce- dures. We are a team and we are proud ofit — and our team approach has made us famous too!

We have docks in three different Swedish ports that can take ships of up to 250.000 dwt. A tender from Cityvarvet is good in anyone of our yards in

Goteborg, Landskrona or Malnio.

The choice is yours. The cost is the same.

PORT AND SEAGOING SERMCE. mm CISERV l.Ciserv 2. Fartygsmekano

Indiska Oceanen, Viistra Haimigatan.

Skandiahainnen, S-252 24 Helsingborg, Sweden.

S-41734 Goteborg, Sweden. Phone Int+4642 120295.

Phone 111! +46 31 530320. Telex 12442.

Telex 21155.

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