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M/V CHOCTAW

Equipment List

Main engines (2) GM

Reduction gears . . Twin Disc

Generator sets . . . . . . Detroit Diesel

Engine controls . . Kobelt

Keel cooling .... Fernstrum

Shafting Aquamet

Propellers Kahlenberg

Bilge & freshwater pressure pumps . . . . Peabody Barnes

L/O & dirty oil stripping pump Viking

Air compressors . . Quincy

Steering system . . . . Custom Hydraulics

Searchlights .... . . . Carlisle & Finch

Compass Danforth

Windshield wiper . . . American Bosch

Radar Furuno

VHFs President

Antennae Shakespeare

SSB radio Motorola

Loudhailer Apelco

Winches NABRICO

Balehi Marine, Inc. of Lacombe,

La., recently delivered the second of two identical 1,800-hp steel-hulled towboats, the M/V Choctaw, to

Conoco Oil Company.

The Choctaw, which is based on

Balehi Marine's standard 1,800- 2,400-hp towboat design, has a length of 81 feet, beam of 28 feet, depth of 11 feet and draft of 7 feet 6 inches. She has a fuel oil capacity of 42,200 gallons, lube oil capacity of 337 gallons, dirty oil capacity of 337 gallons and freshwater capacity of 14,700 gallons. The vessel is pow- ered by twin GM 16V-149 diesel engines driving a pair of four-bladed stainless steel Kahlenberg propel- lers via Twin Disc MG 540 reduc- tion gears with a reduction ratio of 7:1 with 7-inch-diameter Aquamet shafting. Keel cooling is provided by

Fernstrum Grid coolers in recessed pockets.

Electrical power is supplied by two GM-4-71 diesel-driven genera- tor sets rated at 50 kw at 1,200 rpm, 220 V-AC, three-phase, 60 cycle.

The Choctaw, which provides quarters for a crew of six, is fitted with two 40-ton electrohydraulic

NABRICO winches. Electronics, searchlights, horns, air compressors, steering, fendering, air conditioning and other major equipment were fit- ted according to the customer's specifications.

For a free eight-page brochure illustrating the standard vessel de- signs available from Balehi Marine,

Circle 28 on Reader Service Card * JOYSTICK * DP * TRACKLINE * MAIN STEERING * * TOW LINE CONTROLS * GYROS * * DISC NAVIGATION *

CONTROLS AND MORE FOR

Research

Balehi Marine Delivers Second

Of Two GM-Powered Towboats

For Conoco Oil Company

Circle 213 on Reader Service Card 10

Oceandril Executes

Bareboat Charter

For Grace Offshore I

Oceandril, Inc., Houston, Texas, recently executed a bareboat char- ter contract for the Grace Offshore I with Gabring A/S. The Grace Off- shore I is a 1979-built Baker Marine

BMC-100-IC designed cantilever jackup rig rated from 12 to 115-foot water depths. The rig, which will be renamed Nueces, is available in state waters offshore Freeport, Tex- as.

Oceandril provides rig manage- ment services to the offshore indus- try under time charter, bareboat charter and labor contracts.

The company is refurbishing two other jackup rigs—the Ghana Na- tional Petroleum Company-owned

Production Pioneer and the Norwe- gian KS company-owned Bigfoot

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Military

Oil Field

Dredges

ROV Support

Survey

Diving Support

ALL SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS

ROBERTSON

MARINE SYSTEMS, INC. 3000 Kingman Street

Suite 207

Metairie, LA 70006 USA

Tel. 504-455-9988

FAX 504-455-9795

Two Singapore Yards

Report Profit Growth

Singapore's Jurong Shipyard Ltd. and Sembawang Shipyard Ltd. both reported a profit for the year 1990.

Sembawang posted a profit after tax and extraordinaries of $30 mil- lion, or 28.6 Singapore cents a share in 1990, an eight-year high. This compares with 28 Singapore cents a share in 1989.

A unit of government-controlled

Sembawang Holdings Pte. Ltd., the yard said it expects even better per- formance this year since the cessa- tion of gulf hostilities.

A record profit after tax of $26.3 million, or 50.4 Singapore cents a share, was posted by Jurong Ship- yard in the year through last De- cember 31. That compares with 33.3

Singapore cents a share a year ear- lier.

Jurong attributed the record earnings to a strategic concentration on ship conversions, tanker repairs and long-term contracts. Long-term contracts now account for about 30 percent of the shipyard jobs. BOATS & BARGES

Biehl & Company, Inc., one of the largest steamship agencies on the

Gulf of Mexico, has announced the appointment of Leigh A. Phillips to vice president. Mr. Phillips will continue as general manager, East

Gulf services, from the agency's

New Orleans office.

Mr. Phillips joined Biehl in 1973 in New Orleans, where he was re- sponsible for dealing with Biehl shipping line clients and with gov- ernment agencies. He was trans- ferred to the agency's Houston headquarters in 1978, where he served in a sales capacity for 12 years.

He returned to New Orleans in 1990 to assume his present posi- tion.

Biehl & Company Names

Leigh A. Phillips VP

Balehi Marine's GM-powered towboat Choctaw is the second of two identical vessels deliv- ered to Conoco Oil Company.