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American Eagle Marine

Completes Salvage Job

A six-week operation to salvage the 900-ton supply vessel Galveston was completed by American Eagle

Marine, for Maitland Bros, of Penn- sylvania, 1.5 miles south of Venice,

La. With the former Penrod jack up drilling rig Zeus, the Galveston was "jacked up" from its resting position at the bottom of the river. A series of four 300-ton capacity link chains were directed and placed under the vessel's hull, each tied off to the deck of the Zeus. Then the tremen- dous amount of silt which had accu- mulated in the vessel since its sink- ing was removed, and the rig's dock and the wreck itself were "jacked" up sufficiently to bring theGalveston to the surface. The vessel is now safely moored in Venice, awaiting her final determination.

The Galveston collided with the 593-foot Panamanian freighter

Atticos in March 1993 and immedi- ately sank in 85 feet of water. Ameri- can Eagle Marine was called upon then to help recover missing crew and cargo and stabilize the wreck.

Japanese Ship Orders For

December Up 40 Percent

From Last Year

C. Raymond Hunt Designs

Pilot Boat For Los Angeles

C. Raymond Hunt Associates, Inc. has designed a 52-foot composite fiberglass-aluminum pilot boat for the Port of Los Angeles.

The deep-V hull will be a 52-foot by 16-foot fiberglass build, and the deck and superstructure will be welded aluminum. The new com- posite construction reportedly takes advantage of the best properties of both materials: below the hull, the fiberglass hull is non-corrosive, has great impact-absorbing and flexural properties and requires minimal maintenance; above deck, the welded aluminum structure allows customizing of the cabin and board- ing areas to fit the requirements of the L.A. pilots. Hardware, rails, etc. can be welded on, eliminating pen- etrations where leaks can occur.

Left largely unpainted, the designer says the superstructure requires little care. Scantlings will be to ABS standards with added reinforcement for pilot service. The boat will be a sister to other Hunt-designed pilot boats in service in the East and Gulf

Coasts. Deep-V hulls reportedly allow pilots to maintain service in any weather, including hurricanes and winter ice. Two 530 bhp 8V92

DDEC Detroit Diesels will provide a service speed of 22 knots and a top speed of 25 knots. A unique rescue system designed by the pilots will be incorporated, consisting of a two- part transom mounted platform.

Japanese government statistics reported total new orders of898,500 gt for December 1993. The figure is 11.4 percent lower than November's figure of 1,013,609 gt, and 41.6 per- cent higher than the same month in

FY'92.

Domestic orders included: one bulk carrier, two car ferries, one general cargo vessel, one oil tanker and two reefer vessels. Export or- ders included 17 bulk carriers, as well as one chemical tanker, two containerships, one general cargo ship, two oil tankers and two pure car carriers. A total of seven domes- tic orders were placed, and 25 or- ders for export, for a total 32 orders.

Four vessels were paid for in dollars and cash, all others paid for in yen and cash. New orders this fiscal year total 5,412,262 gt, a 47.7 per- cent increase over FY '92. i need highly durable ballast tank coatings - in light colours - for a variety of surface preparation standards - and formulated with respect for the environment,

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Chevron To Christen

Newest Tanker

The newest tanker in Chevron's fleet will be christened March 1 in

Brazil as the Chevron Employee

Pride. Selected to christen the tanker are five employees who rep- resent the diversity and breadth of talent among the 43,000 people of

Chevron. Each of the five indivduals has received a Chairman's Award for a significant cost savings plan or process improvement with broad im- pact on the company. The addition of the new 149,000-dwt double- hulled vessel, built by Ishikawajima do Brasil Estaleiros S.A., brings the number of vessels in Chevron's fleet to 39,11 of which are double-hulled.

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