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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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