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ABS Holds Seminar

On Tanker Designs

Of The Future

ABS recently held a seminar on "Tanker Designs for the 21st Cen- tury" in Houston, Texas. The semi- nar was kicked off with opening re- marks by ABS chairman Frank

Iarossi and was followed by pre- sentations from representatives of three shipping companies (BP, Chev- ron and Arco Marine), the Coast

Guard and ABS.

The structural maintenance of aging VLCCs was addressed by D.T.

Melitz and his associates from BP

Shipping in a paper entitled "Struc- tural Performance Management of

VLCCs—An Owner's Approach."

The paper included a history of ana- lytical studies and the development of a maintenance program for five

VLCCs built in the mid-1970's.

J.W. Kimble addressed the sub- ject of double-hull tankers and in- cluded the experience Chevron has had with the double-hull tankers operated by the company. Mr.

Kimble discussed Chevron's phi- losophy with respect to maintenance, inspection and repair in the design of double-hull tankers.

Commander L. Doyle and H.P.

Cojeen of the U.S. Coast Guard discussed the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 (OPA 90) and international requests related to regulations for double-hull tankers and answered related questions on the mid-deck tanker design as an alternative to the double-hull tankers.

D. Sucharski of Arco Marine dis- cussed the experiences that his com- pany has had in dealing with slam- ming events on its 190,000-dwt tank- ers. In a related subject, Dr. Jack

Spencer of ABS discussed the new

ABS Dynamic Loading Analysis cri- teria for analyzing loads on struc- tures caused by movement of liq- uids in cargo tanks. Dr. Spencer also described the ABS Hull Struc- ture Rule Restatement project which is underway, of which the first edi- tion will discuss double-hull tanker design criteria.

Renave Appoints TAST

Exclusive Representative

In North America

Renave Shipyard in Brazil has appointed T.A.S.T. Corporation as their exclusive representative for the United States, Canada, and

Mexico. Renave operates one panamax-size floating drydock and two graving docks of30,000-dwt and 14,000-dwt capacities respectively, in Rio de Janeiro.

The yard is presently planning to construct a 150,000-dwt floating dock at the Brazilian port of Tubarao.

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Nor-Tech Appointed Agent

For Western Hemishpere

By Gdansk Ship Yard

Gdansk Ship Repair Yard and its shipbuilding yards in Gdyinia and

Szczecin have appointed Nor-Tech

Inc. an exclusive agent for the west- ern hemisphere. This includes North

America, South America and Cen- tral America.

The New York-based company was hired to increase shipbuilding and ship repair business for the Polish shipyards.

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Zapata Gulf Pacific

Awarded Contract For

Harbor Tug Services

Zapata Gulf Pacific Inc. was re- cently awarded the $7.4 million con- tract by the U.S. Navy's Military

Sealift Command for harbor tug ser- vices at the San Diego Naval Sta- tion. Zapata will provide services for all types of naval vessels includ- ing submarines. Included in the contract are two renewal options which could make the contract worth $21.4 million, if used.

Bremer Vulkan Installs

Schiess-Defries

Launching System

Bremer Vulkan AG is installing a transfer and launching system at their traditional shipyard site,

Bremer-Vegesack, for the handling of ring sections up to 3,800 mt. This investment of about $19.2 million will considerably improve the flex- ibility of the yard.

Bremer Vulkan AG has forwarded the turnkey contract for the design and supply of the transfer and launching equipment (system Lift-

Dock) to the Dusseldorf-located

Schiess-Defries GmbH. The new facility is scheduled to be taken into service by September 1992.

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Master Marine Delivers 72-Foot Longliner

F/V Kimberly

Master Marine of Alabama re- cently delivered the 72-foot longliner

F/V Kimberly to its owner/operator

Dan Faraham of Montauk, N.Y.

The vessel was designed by Bay

Marine Inc. of Barrington, R.I.

The F/V Kimberly is a 72-foot long welded steel fishing vessel spe- cifically outfitted for offshore longlining. The vessel has a beam of 20 feet and a draft of 8 feet. Power is provided by a Caterpillar D-3408 rated 443 hp at 1,800 rpm. There are also two 30 kw auxiliary diesel generator sets.

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Cal Dive Purchases

Salvage Vessel

Cal Dive of New Orleans, La., recently bought the M/V State

Queen, an offshore supply vessel, on behalf of the State Marine Corpora- tion. The vessel will be renamed as the Cal Diver V and used to fulfill salvage and debris removal contracts held by State Marine.

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