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Roberts Appointed Sales

Manager Of Twin Disc's

New Gulf Coast Office

Gary Roberts has been ap- pointed regional sales manager, Gulf

Coast area, for Twin Disc, Inc. The newly-established Twin Disc office in Harvey, La., will handle marine transmission sales and applications in commercial, military and plea- sure boat markets in the Gulf Coast and Inland Waterways systems.

Twin Disc's new facility is located at 1556 Destrehan Avenue, Harvey,

La., 70058. Tel: (504) 348-4666; fax: (504) 348-2200.

Bollinger Completes Vessel

Conversions For NRC

Bollinger Machine Shop & Ship- yard, Inc. Lockport Repair Division, recently completed a major conver- sion project for the National Re- sponse Corporation (NRC) of Hous- ton, Texas. The project began on

June 14th and was completed Au- gust 16th, enabling NRC to have all nine vessels within their assigned ports by August 18th, as required by

OPA 90. The work consisted of converting five 110-foot utility ves- sels and four 198-foot oil barges into oil recovery vessels. The conversion included installing hydraulic power packs, oil skimming gear, deck cranes, boom storage reels, ballast

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Kvaerner Wins $40 Million

Ferry Order

Kvaerner Industrier AS has won a $40 million order for two high- speed Foil Cat passenger ferries from Far East Hydrofoils Co. Ltd. of

Hong Kong. Reportedly the

Kvaerner yards in Norway and

Singapore have won orders for 16 aluminum-hulled catamarans over the past 16 months.

Tidewater Launches Barge

For Norfolk Dredging

Tidewater Equipment Corpora- tion of Chesapeake, Va., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tidewater Con- struction Corp., recently launched the first of two 4,000 cubic yard- capacity, split hull hopper barges for Norfolk Dredging Company, also of Chesapeake. The vessels, which measure 250 feet long, 54 feet wide and 21 feet deep, will be used to support East Coast dredging opera- tions. Marine Technology, Inc. pro- vided the barge design and Rexroth the hydraulic system. Four Remco

Hydraulic, Inc. 500-ton cylinders are used to open the barge for cargo dumping. A keel-cooled Detroit Die- sel powers the 5,000-psi hydraulic system, which is remote controlled from the attendant tugboat. For more information on Tidewater

Equipment Corp.,

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Gladding-Hearn Wins NYC

Patrol Launch Contract

New York City's Harbor Unit has ordered a new patrol launch from

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The

Duclos Corp. Delivery is scheduled for April of 1994. The 55-foot, all- aluminum boat will be used as a station vessel, providing a large, stable platform and accommodations for 12-hour harbor patrols. The twin-screw vessel measures 15 feet abeam, draws four feet and is de- signed for rough-water operations.

It is powered by Detroit Diesel 12V- 71TA engines, each rated for 800 hp at 2,100 rpm, with a top speed of 30 knots. The engines drive two 34- inch nickel-bronze propellers via

Twin Disc 2:1 reverse/reduction gears and stainless steel shafts.

Engine water will be circulated un- der the decks to keep them ice-free in the winter. For more information on Gladding-Hearn's capabilities,

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