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Unique Bardex System

Will Install, Maintain

Riser On Shell Auger TLP

Shell Pipe Line Corporation has contracted with Bardex Corporation, through the latter's Houston office, for a unique installation and main- tenance system (IMS) module as- sembly for use on Shell's laterally moored Auger TLP slated for opera- tion in Garden Banks Block 426 in the Gulf of Mexico.

The 12-inch nominal diameter steel catenary riser will be handed off from the lay vessel to a chain pull-in line attached to the primary lifting device—a Bardex hydraulic chain jack—mounted in the IMS near the top deck of the TLP. The chain jack, which has a rated pull capacity of 400 kips, will then pull the riser into a receptacle on the rectangular hull pontoon. A control line from the lateral control winch(s) located on the IMS will be used to guide the riser into the receptacle.

Robertson-Shipmate Judged 'Best7 In Autopilots

And Gyrocompasses

Three separate products from

Robertson-Shipmate Inc. were cho- sen as "best" at this year's National

Marine Electronic Association an- nual conference held in St. Peters- burg, Fla.

Larry Anderson, president of

Robertson-Shipmate, made the an- nouncement. This is the seventh consecutive year in which the com- pany has been awarded a top prize by this prestigious organization.

This year's contest marked the first time that judges awarded sepa- rate honors to autopilots for both small boats and larger craft. The

Robertson AP 2500 received the highest award in the small craft category, while the Robertson AP 200DL was selected as the best au- topilot in the large boat division.

The Robertson RGC 50, intro- duced last year, was the company's other winner, collecting honors as the best gyrocompass.

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Coast Guard Solicits

Bids For Cutter Repairs

The Commander, U.S. Coast

Guard Maintenance & Logistics

Command Atlantic, Governors Is- land, N.Y., is soliciting bids for dockside repairs of the U.S. Coast

Guard cutter Mackinaw (WAGB-83).

The 290-foot cutter is homeported in Cheboygan, Mich. Bids are due

March 4, 1992.

Qualified sources interested should contact Debi Kearns, con- tract specialist, at (212) 668-6253, or Ms.V.A. Nemara, contracting officer, at (212) 668-3455 for further information. The solcitation num-

February, 1992 ber is DTCG80-82-B-3FA781. $287,495 Contract

For Patrol Boat Work

Assured Corporation, El Cajon,

Calif., was recently awarded a $287,495 contract for the drydocking repairs and re-engining of two 82- foot patrol boats for the U.S. Coast

Guard.

Bollinger Awarded $212,721 Contract

For Cutter Repairs

Bollinger Machine Shop and

Shipyard, Inc., Lockport, La., has been awarded a $212,721 contract for the drydocking and repair of the

USCG cutter Kickapoo (WLR- 75406). $4.3 Million Contract

Awarded By U.S. Navy

To Continental Maritime

The frigate USS Mahlon S.

Tisdale (FFG-27) will undergo a drydocking restricted selected availability at Continental Mari- time of San Diego, Inc., San Diego,

Calif. The contract is worth $4,339,476.

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ASID, IBD, Ship Division

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