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Singmarine To Build

LPG Carrier

For Thai Oil Company

Singmarine Dockyard & Engi- neering Pte. Ltd. (Singmarine Dock- yard) has won a contract to design and build a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) carrier.

Worth about $10.4 million, the contract was awarded by Thai Oil

Company Ltd. This is Singmarine

Dockyard's fourth newbuilding project for the same customer, hav- ing delivered three clean product tankers in the last three years.

The contract was signed by Khun

Kasame Chatikavanij, chairman and managing director of Thai Oil

Company, and Loh Wing Siew, chairman of Singmarine Industries

Ltd., the parent company of

Singmarine Dockyard.

A sophisticated vessel with many specialized features, it will be the first such ship to be built in

Singapore in more than 10 years.

The LPG carrier will be built to the strict requirements of American

Bureau of Shipping with a notation of Maltese Cross A1 Liquefied Gas carrier + AMS and the Thailand

Statutory Authority.

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Singmarine Dockyard,

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POW-R-QUIK Introduces

New Air Starter Motors

For Marine Applications

POW-R-QUIK, Ltd., Houston,

Texas, recently introduced the LS

Series of lube-free, air starter mo- tors for application on all types of engine-driven equipment. POW-R-

QUIK design and development en- gineers have been working on the new series over the past three years.

The most important features for operators in marine environments are the vane design and construc- tion materials. The spring-loaded vanes, used in addition to the stan- dard air/gas lift system, assure maxi- mum cranking power, even with low supply pressure or in extremely cold starting conditions. The automati- cally self-adjusting vanes provide virtually maintenance-free opera- tion.

In designing the lube-free air starter, a high tech injection molded plastic was used as the base mate- rial in the starter motor vanes, and a special precipitation hardened stainless-steel spring was developed to add corrosion resistance. New high-temperature coatings for the internal components of the starter motor are expected to add longevity and corrosion resistance and con- tribute to easy air starting under the lube-free conditions.

The LS Series lube-free air start- ers are available for most marine diesel engines up to 50,000 cubic engine displacement.

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Venice Repair Yard

Sold By Fincantieri

Italian state-owned shipbuilder and repairer Fincantieri Cantieri

Navali Italiani SpA recently sold its ship repair yard in Venice. The yard, sold to local interests, is the first of four facilities designated for sale.

Sold for an undisclosed amount, the Venetian yard will operate un- der the new name of Arsenale

Venezia, and pursue general vessel repair business. Employment lev- els are expected to be reduced by 40 percent.

The other repair facilities ear- marked for sale by Fincantieri in- clude OARN yard at Genoa, SEBM yard at Naples, and the Taranto yard.

Falcon Drilling Seeks

Transfer Of Drill Rig

To Vanuatu Registry

Falcon Drilling Associates, L.P., is seeking permission from the Mari- time Administration to transfer the 1979-built, 1,211-dwt drill rig Rig 46 to the registry of Vanuatu for use in oil and gas contract drilling in the

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