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Newpark Shipbuilding

Names Joseph O'Toole

As Repair Manager

Joseph P. O'Toole

Newpark Shipbuilding & Repair,

Inc. of Houston, Texas, has named

Joseph P. O'Toole as repair man- ager, according to James H. Ses- sions, president.

Mr. O'Toole brings 38 years of experience in all phases of new con- struction and repair to Newpark. He was formerly employed by General

Dynamics, Equitable Equipment,

Marathon LeTourneau and Bethle- hem Steel.

Newpark, a major Gulf Coast shipyard, is equipped for inland towboat and tank barge new con- struction and repair; offshore boat and barge new construction, conver- sion and repair; geophysical vessel new construction, conversions and repair; and small merchant ship re- pairs.

For free information giving full details on the facilities and capabili- ties of Newpark Shipbuilding & Re- pair,

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NKK To Build Two 300,000-DWT VLCCs

For Norwegian Owner

Nippon Kokan K.K. (NKK) of

Japan recently signed a contract with Norwegian shipowner Berges- en D.Y. A/S of Oslo for the con- struction of two 300,000-dwt Very

Large Crude Carriers (VLCC).

The two crude carriers will be built at the Tsu shipyard and deliv- ered in March and October 1993.

The vessels will be designed to have the option of incorporating double bottoms or double hulls. Additional- ly, each will be equipped with

NKK's new off-center propeller shaft (NOPS), which reportedly im- proves propeller efficiency by about 4 percent.

Sulzer RTA Engines

To Power Four

Gotaas-Larsen Tankers

The four 300,000-dwt tankers re- cently ordered by Gotaas-Larsen

Shipping Corp. from Daewoo Ship- building & Heavy Machinery Ltd. in

South Korea will be powered by

Sulzer 7RTA84M low-speed diesel engines, Sulzer announced.

Sulzer said the order "marks a breakthrough into the Korean

VLCC market" for the RTA84M engines.

The RTA84M is the longest

August, 1990 stroke model in the Sulzer RTA series of low-speed marine diesel engines, and is designed for very large tankers, bulkers, and combina- tion carriers which can accommo- date large propeller diameters.

For more information on Sulzer,

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Northwest Marine Wins

Major Repair Contract

From Sea-Land Services

Northwest Marine Inc., Portland,

Ore., a division of Southwest Ma- rine, Inc., has been awarded a con- tract by Sea-Land Services, Inc. to carry out major overhaul work on their container vessel Sea-Land Ha- waii.

The contract calls for routine dry- docking, renewing steel, and major modifications to the engineering plant.

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