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WS & BARGES

Caterpillar-propelled tractor tug

Wijsmuller Wins Shell Contract, Will

Provide Three Caterpillar-Powered

Tractor Tugs

Brunei Shell Petroleum Com- pany contracted Dutch-based

Wijsmuller Group to provide three terminal tugs to service the new

LNG loading facility in Brunei

Darussalam for ten years, begin- ning in August of this year. CW

Marine Services, the Singapore of- fice of Wijsmuller, is responsible for the management of the tug opera- tions in Brunei Darussalem.

The three yet-to-be-named tugs are currently under construction at the Cheoy Lee Shipyard in Hong

Kong. Two are scheduled for deliv- ery on July 20, while the other is scheduled for delivery October 20.

The vessels, each to be powered by two 2,480-hp Caterpillar 3606

TA diesels, will each measure 124 feet, with a 36-foot beam and a 19- foot draft. Aided by Ulstein rotat- ing thrusters, the tugs will each generate a bollard pull of 60 tons.

The tugs were designed by Kenton

Marine Naval Architects of

Singapore. autopilot.

Harbor and terminal towage is a core business activity at Wijsmuller

Group.

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UNNAMED TRACTOR TUGS

Equipment List

Main engine Caterpillar

Thrusters Ulstein

Generator engines Caterpillar (2), Perkins (1)

Deck machinery Unitech

Coatings International

VHF radio Sailor

SSB radio Furuno

Radar Furun

Compass Anschutz

Autopilot Anschut

Pumps Desmi

Firefighting systems Jason

Each of the tugs is additionally outfitted with two Caterpillar 3406T and one Perkins PDM-80 generator engines. Deck machinery, includ- ing towing/anchoring handling winches, windlass/mooring winches and tugger winches, was supplied by Unitech.

The tugs, which feature coatings from International, will assist gas tankers berthing and unberthing at

Brunei LNG's new jetty in Brunei

Darussalem, which is currently un- der construction. The terminal tugs are fitted out for maximum safe op- erations, including an extensive firefighting water, foam and powder system from Jason.

Each tug will have accommoda- tions for eight crew members, and are classed Bureau Veritas I 3/3 E+ tug deep sea anchor handling tug.

Each tug also features a full complement of electronics, includ- ing: Sailor 2048 VHF radio; Furuno

FS5000 SSB radio, 2822 and 1930 radar; and Anschutz compass and 3M Company Providing

Cleanup Materials

For Shetlands Oil Spill

AmongtheU.S. companies which are establishing themselves in the effort to clean up the oil spill result- ing from the grounding of the Braer off the Shetland Islands is Minne- sota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (3M).

The company is providing a fab- ric made to absorb oil to help clean up what is reported to be the world's 15th largest oil spill. The company has also provided about 100 cases of respirators to protect workers from the harmful fumes emitted by the oil.

Industry analysts have indicated that much of the cleanup will be managed by companies based in

Europe, but that U.S. companies could also benefit by providing ma- terials to aid in the cleanup opera- tions or consultants with experi- ence in oil spills.

The company, which is based in

St. Paul, Minn., has reportedly de- livered about 100 bales of the fabric and is presently manufacturing ad- ditional fabric sheets and floating booms.

The sorbent fabric was developed by 3M in the early 1970s and is made of polypropylene, which is riddled with tiny air pockets. The fabric is made to trap oil while repel- ling water so that the fabric will become saturated with the oil rather than water.

The fiber used in the fabric is non- woven and is manufactured by 3M in plants in southern England, Europe and Valley, Neb. This is among 3M's core technologies.

Caterpillar Engine Division

Achieves ISO 9000

Quality Standards

Caterpillar Engine Division has become the first major engine manu- facturer in the U.S. to earn the inter- national quality standard ISO 9000, the company announced. "The certification is a critical step in meeting the requirement of our domestic and international business partners," said Caterpillar vice presi- dent Richard L. Thompson, head of the Engine Division. "Our custom- ers increasingly are asking about ISO 9000 and we expect many of them will accept ISO 9000 in place of their own quality audits of our facilities, potentially saving them considerable time and expense.

ISO 9000 combines elements from many quality programs currently in use around the world into a set of comprehensive guidelines governing the processes by which products are designed, produced, installed and serviced.

The Caterpillar Engine Division's

Mossville facility began the certifica- tion process in May 1992 and was successfully audited in November. "Many companies take a year or more to install quality systems meeting the ISO standards," said Ray Davies, general manager of the auditing firm which evaluated the engine division. "The seven month time frame for

Caterpillar speaks to the company's history of quality."

While fewer than 1,000 compa- nies are ISO-certified in the U.S.,

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