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BOATS & BARGES

Bender Shipbuilding And ENSCO

Drilling Christen Drilling Barge

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co., Inc. joined ENSCO Drilling

Company (EDC) for a christening ceremony for the ENSCO X, the second of two drill rigs constructed by Bender for oil exploration on

Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. The two drill rigs are Bender's first drill rig construction projects and represent an expansion by the

Mobile-based shipbuilder into a new market of international ship construction.

The ENSCO X is one of two drill- ing barges built by Bender for EDC, a division of Energy Service Com- pany, Inc. (ENSCO) of Dallas,

Texas. The barges are part of a four-barge construction program begun by ENSCO last May. The additional two barges are being built by a Texas shipyard. Financ- ing of approximately $65 million for the four barges is being pro- vided by Nissho Iwai Corporation of Japan.

The new barges represent a sig- nificant expansion of ENSCO's in- ternational contract drilling opera- tions. The four new barges will

Donna S. Spearman christens the ENSCO X. join two other EDC barge rigs, the

ENSCO V and ENSCO VI, and two

Lagoven-owned rigs operated by

EDC under labor contracts, all of which are already working on Lake

Maracaibo for Lagoven under long- term contracts.

The 200 x 85 x 14-foot ENSCO X drilling barge is specifically designed and constructed for oil exploration in the shallow waters of Lake

Maracaibo, and is equipped for ex- ploratory and production drilling in water depths ranging from 25 feet to 120 feet.

The barge includes living quar- ters and accomodations for a crew of 16, a helicopter deck and a derrick rising 147 feet from the drilling floor.

Bender Shipbuilding is a leading builder of marine products for do- mestic and foreign clients.

With nine shipbuilding facilities and four dry docks, Bender has ex- tensive new construction and repair capabilities.

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Saab Marine Finds Business

In Retrofit Market; Lands

Huge Japan Deal

Due to growing environmental concern, higher quality demands from both crews and charterers as well as new legislation, there is a current need for owners to upgrade their tonnage. Capitalizing, Saab

Marine Electronics has recently re- ceived several retrofit project orders for its radar-based level gauging system, Saab TankRadar.

The most recent retrofit order was from the French shipowner

Compagnie General Maritime, for the retrofitting of two 2,400-dwt chemical carriers. The order covers the supply of radar level gauging and temperature monitoring for the ship's 12 cargo tanks. Another or- der was from Mobil Shipping Co.

Ltd. in London for level gauging systems on three of its older tank- ers. But Saab has found success in more than the retrofit business.

At the recent Nor-Shipping show, the company announced an order to supply its radar-based level gaug- ing system, Saab TankRadar, for a floating storage tank terminal lo- cated off Shirashima Island in Ja- pan. The plant consists of eight huge floating vessels, each 700,000- dwt. The tanks are built like vessels with a double hull and each vessel is divided into seven tanks. The deliv- ery from Saab Marine Electronics includes level gauging in all seven tanks on each vessel, and each tank will have two gauges installed with individual Tank Display Units for display of ullage. The total number of gauges will be 112. In 1992, Saab

Marine Electronics became the first company in the world to be awarded an ISO 9001 international quality assurance certificate for develop- ment, design and manufacturing of radar-based level gauging systems.

Saab Marine Electronics is a member of Saab-Scanias high tech- nology Combitech Group.

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Marine Electronic,

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SMATCO Industries, Inc. is actively involved in the sales and manufacturing of SMATCO Winches, deck equipment, pneumatic tanks and bulk con- veying systems for the Offshore Oil and Gas and

Marine Industries. We also maintain a spare parts department and an ever ready crew of skilled service technicians. On 24 hour call.

SMATCO

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WINCH introducing

SMATCO S NEWEST PRODUCT

SMATCO Swivelhead Deck

Mounted Fairleaders grooved for wire rope sizes from %" to

SMATCO also offers Horizontal and Vertical Deck Sheaves.

July, 1993

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