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Boats & Barges

Bender Launches Second

MSRC Response Vessel

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co., Inc., Mobile, Ala., recently chris- tened and launched the second oil spill recovery vessel, the Louisiana

Responder, in the Marine Spill Re- sponse Corporation's planned 16- vessel national fleet.

In September 1991, Bender was awarded a contract of about $50 million to build four oil spill recov- ery vessels for MSRC. Bender com- peted against other U.S. shipyards in the two-phase bid process involv- ing design and price. In addition to the Louisiana Responder, to be sta- tioned at Venice, La., Bender is build- ing the Gulf Responder, which was the first vessel to be launched; the

Texas Responder; and the Alabama

Responder. All four vessels will be completed by February 1993 and will be stationed along the Gulf

Coast. The Alabama Responder will operate out of Mobile.

The Louisiana Responder, sched- uled for completion in the fall, was designed by Bender engineers using state-of-the-art computer systems.

The hull of the 210-foot Louisiana Responder being lowered into the Mobile River by Bisso

Marine crane barges. The oil spill recovery vessel is one of four under construction at Bender Ship- building & Repair Co. Inc., in Mobile, Ala.

Propulsion power for the Louisiana

Responder will be supplied by a pair of Caterpillar 3512 C main diesel engines driving manganese bronze fixed propellers via Reintjes reduc- tion gears with turbo Voith couplings for slow-speed operation.

The vessel will be equipped with an advanced oil recovery system of skimmers, booms and separators capable of recovering major oil spills both close to shore and in the open ocean. The vessel will have tanks to hold 4,000 barrels of recovered oil.

Once recovered, the oil will be pumped into barges or floating blad- ders for disposal onshore.

After the christening ceremony, the Louisiana Responder was launched using two 600-ton floating barge cranes supplied by Bisso Ma- rine Co. of New Orleans. The two barge cranes, positioned in the Mo- bile River, lifted the 210-foot hull from the riverbank, as tugs backed the cranes away from the bank. The cranes then placed the hull into the water.

One of the cranes then moved up the river, lifted the vessel's super- structure, brought it down river and placed it onto the hull. The Louisi- ana Responder's hull and super- structure were built as separate modules, using the latest techniques in modular construction. With the major modules now in place, con- struction and equipment outfitting on the Louisiana Responder will con- tinue through the summer.

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Doosan Machinery Renews

Licensing Agreement

With Aqua Chem

Doosan Machinery Co., Ltd. of

Seoul, Korea, and Aqua Chem's Wa- ter Technologies Division of Milwau- kee, Wis., have signed an extension of their licensing agreement for the manufacturing and sale of Aqua-

Chem's marine desalination equip- ment. This year marks the ten-year anniversary of the business rela- tionship between Doosan and Aqua-

Chem.

Doosan Machinery owns and op- erates two manufacturing facilities in Korea. Industrial equipment ranging from chemical process heat exchangers to factory automation systems is manufactured by Doosan.

The Water Technologies Division of Aqua-Chem, Inc. designs, manu- factures, assembles and starts up water purification and desalination equipment. The Division also pro- duces evaporators, crystallizers and membrane systems for water recov- ery and reuse applications for a va- riety of seawater desalination, power, chemical, offshore, commer- cial marine and military industries worldwide. Systems are pre-engi- neered or can be custom designed.

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