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Gulfport GRP Div. Of

Avondale Christens Second Coastal

Minehunter "Robin"

MHC 54, the second of four coastal minehunter ships being built for the U.S. Navy by the Glass

Reinforced Plastic (GRP) Div. of

Avondale Industries, Inc., was christened the Robin in ceremo- nies at the Gulfport shipyard on

September 11.

It is the fourth ship in the Navy's

MHC 51 (Osprey) Class Coastal

Minehunter Program, and the third

U.S. Navy ship to bear the name

Robin.

The sponsor of the new ship was

Hope Puanani Kihune of

Pensacola, Fla., a native of Ha- waii, as is her husband, Vice Admi- ral Robert K. U. Kihune, U.S.

Navy.

Avondale's GRP Division is lo- cated on a 122-acre facility on

Bayou Bernard in Gulfport, with direct water access to the Gulf of

Mexico.

The division is presently en- gaged in the construction of four coastal minehunters for the U.S.

Navy. Avondale Industries, Inc. is headquartered in New Orleans,

La., and is one of the leading ma- rine fabricators in the nation, ac- tive in the construction, repair and conversion of oceangoing vessels.

For more information on Avondale,

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Allegretti Named AWO

President; Farrell To Retire

On January 1, 1994

The American Waterways Opera- tors (AWO) elected Thomas A.

Allegretti president. Mr.

Allegretti will succeed Joseph

Farrell as president of the associa- tion, which is the national associa- tion of the domestic inland and coastal barge and towing industry, on January 1, 1994.

An AWO staff member since 1985, Mr. Allegretti currently serves as senior vice president-op- erations. In this capacity, he is responsible for directing the devel- opment and promotion of federal policies beneficial to the U.S. barge and towing industry. He also serves as a principal advisor to the AWO president on a wide range of public policy, membership and adminis- trative issues. "We are extremely pleased to have

Tom assume the AWO presidency," said Donald Duffy, chairman of the AWO Board of Directors, at

AWO's recent Fall Board Directors meeting in Washington, D.C. "His more than 19 years of experience in the industry, as well as his proven track record of leadership within the association, will carry on the standard of excellence AWO is asso- ciated with well into the future."

Mr. Farrell will retire January 1,1994 after 11 years of service with the association.

Mr. Farrell is credited with turn- ing AWO into a modern, highly-ef- fective trade association, greatly in- creasing the AWO membership and leading a host of victories for the industry.

Sause Expands Hawaiian

Trade Capacity By Half

Sause Bros. Ocean Towing Co. will expand its capacity on the West

Coast-Hawaiian trade from Portland and other Northwest ports this fall by more than 50 percent through the addition of two barges and a tug.

Sause will launch the barge Hana, a 325,000-cubic-foot deck house and 10,000 tons of cargo capacity, in

November from Somar, its affiliated shipyard in Coos Bay, Ore. The

Hana gives Sause an additional 100,000 tons of annual capacity, a more than 50 percent increase from the approximately 200,000 tons it has dedicated to the West Coast-

Hawaiian trade for the past two years.In addition, the 80,000-cubic- foot deck cargo house and 4,000-ton capacity Skipanon was placed into service in late September by Sause.

A third addition to the Hawaiian trade is the 5,700-hp tug Gulf Ranger which, after an overhaul, will join her twin, the Natoma. Sause pro- vides scheduled service between the

Hawaiian Islands and the Port of

Portland's Terminal 2 and the ports of Coos Bay and Longview, Wash.

These vessel additions bring the

Sause fleet to six barges and three tugs dedicated to the West Coast-

Hawaiian trade.

Hitec Introduces AC Drilling

At Shell Troll Facilities

Hitec is introducing AC design on the drilling facilities of Shell's Troll

Gas Development Phase 1. AC Drill- ing reportedly givers better drilling performance through better control of drilling equipment. Other im- proved aspects of drilling include low cost, less maintenance and less electrical noise. Hitec's AC Drilling

Control System was developed in association with Rogaland Research

Center and Exxon, and in coopera- tion with ABB Industry Oy, Dreco-

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