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Ingalls ordered three 300-ton re- volver cranes that will be the largest of their class in the U.S. The Pasca- goula, Miss., yard also ordered four 100-ton gantries, while Newport

News purchased 50-ton units. The 300- and 100-ton cranes incorporate direct gear hoist arrangements with enhanced swing and travel capabili- ties for high wind operating condi- tions. Able to withstand 175-mph winds, the gantries have tubular tower structures and box girder structural design features.

The 50-ton revolver cranes sched- uled for the Newport News yard include many of the design features of the larger capacity cranes such as the self-diagnostic digital con- trols and direct-gear, single-layer winches. They also have level-luf- fing capability.

Placid Oil will utilize eight IV2- million-pound capacity pullers to moor a first of its kind oil produc- tion platform offshore.

All of the orders are scheduled for delivery in late 86 and early 87.

For additional information on

Amhoist cranes and pullers,

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Hancock Succeeds Loftus

As Comptroller And Deputy

Commander Of NAVSEA

Capt. James E. Hancock has been assigned as deputy command- er/comptroller of the Naval Sea Sys- tems Command (NAVSEA), suc- ceeding Rear Adm. Stephen F.

Loftus.

Headquartered in Arlington, Va.,

NAVSEA is responsible for the de- sign, development, acquisition and life-cycle maintenance and modern- ization of the Navy's ships and ship- borne weapons systems. The organi- zation encompasses 59 field activi- ties, including eight Naval Ship- yards, and employs more than 100,000 people. NAVSEA manages about one-third of the Navy's an- nual budget.

Captain Hancock served on the staff of the Chief of Naval Opera- tions from 1976 to 1980, and then in the office of the comptroller until

January 1985. He was then assigned as deputy auditor general of the

Navy, the position he held until joining NAVSEA.

The next assignment for Admiral

Loftus will be as commander, fleet air-Mediterranean in Naples, Italy.

He has served as NAVSEA deputy commander/comptroller since Octo- ber 1984.

Gastech 86 Scheduled

For November In Hamburg —Free Program Available

The 12th International LNG/

LPG Conference and Exhibition,

Gastech 86, will be held in the Con- gress Centrum, Hamburg, West

Germany, from November 25-28.

The conference program is now available from the organizers as well as a registration form and booking

June, 1986 information for travel and hotels.

The active business climate gen- erated by the internationally minded community in Hamburg will provide a positive background to the Gastech 86 meeting.

Brian Singleton, conference di- rector for Gastech 86, announced the Senate of the Free and Hanseat- ic City of Hamburg will host a wel- come party for all participants on

Tuesday, November 25. The official

Gastech cocktail-buffet party will be held on Wednesday, November 26, and all registered delegates and their spouses will be invited. Full details of both events will be pro- vided for all registrants closer to the meeting date.

Early registration is necessary to secure rooms in the listed hotels, particularly in the headquarters ho- tel, the CP Hamburg Plaza, which adjoins the Congress Centrum.

Rooms will be alloted on a first- come, first-served basis from the blocks of rooms held for Gastech participants.

Gastech 86 is officially the first meeting in the new biennial sched- ule, the next Gastech conference be- ing scheduled for 1988.

For a free copy of the conference program, write to Brian Single- ton, conference director, Gastech

Ltd., 2 Station Road, Rickmans- worth, Herts WD3 1QP, England, or telephone Rickmansworth (0923) 776363, or telex 924312 Gastec.

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