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Premier Steels

Helping Shipyards Cut Casts

Tidewater Wins Nine-Vessel Contract In Venezuela

In the drive for U.S. shipbuilders to be competitive on an interna- tional level, product and service suppliers will play a big role in the transition of the U.S. industry to a commercial mode. Premier Steel of

Englewood Cliffs, N.J. is a firm which believes it offers the product and experience to help yards cut costs. "We firmly believe that the U.S. shipbuilding industry is capable of being competitive in the interna- tional market," said Norman Can- tor, Premier's executive vice presi- dent. "In the last two years there has been a dynamic attempt on be- half of the shipyards to change to compete," he continued, citing a change in internal structures and the adoption of more of a team ap- proach. Mr. Cantor foresees 1995 as a very active year for commercial work in U.S. yards, and "right through the year 2000 the U.S. will be fairly active in the commercial

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Premier Steel is the U.S. agent of

Fundia Norsk Jernverk AS, a lead- ing producer of shipbuilding pro- files. The steel manufacturer claims a 40 percent share of the European shipbuilding profile market, and its mill located on the Atlantic coast of

Norway is reportedly the only one in

Europe concentrating on the pro- duction of shipbuilding profiles.

Premier Steel is a carbon steel

Ameron PSX™ 738 Resists 2,000° F Of Heat

The patented coatings line PSX

Siloxane™ from Ameron of Brea,

Calif, is based on technology that reportedly incorporates multiple performance characteristics for any given coat, and Ameron says the technology will spur on a line of new coatings.

PSX 700 is reportedly suited for offshore oil and gas applications such as platform superstructures, barges (topside), under insulation on equip- ment and pipe exteriors, and more.

Reportedly, PSX 700 provides long

UV and corrosion resistance, gloss and appearance retention, cures under ambient conditions does not require a high temperature bake — and PSX 738 can resist heat of up to 2,000° F. PSX 700 is 92 percent solids and can be applied by brush, roller or spray at packaged consis- tency without thinning.

Ingalls Chooses MagneTek

For LHD 6's Transformers

Ingalls Shipbuilding, a division of Litton Industries, Inc. of

Pascagoula, Miss., has chosen U.S.

Navy QPL (Qualified Products List)- approved transformers from

MagneTek, a power technology de- velopment leader in Gardena, Ca- lif., for installation on board the

June, 1994 distributor and coordinator of

Fundia's North American bulb flat stocking program situated in Hous- ton, Texas. Mr. Cantor and his partner Steve Bergman brought a cumulative 38 years of experience in the steel industry when Premier

Steel was formed. In addition to steel product expertise, Premier blends steel import knowledge and project financing capabilities in or- der to present a package approach to the yards. Regarding technical support, the firm works with

Fundia's technical consultant K.K.

Christensen of OMCI. Based in

San Diego, Mr. Christensen offers more than 50 years experience in the U.S. and European market, and is available as a consultant to ship- yards and engineers.

Fundia Norsk Jernverk AS offers a wide range of products including bulb flats (ranging from 100 to 430mm); L-sections and angles; and universal flats . The mill delivers the profiles in steels of all major grades of shipbuilding qualities and is certified by all leading classifica- tion societies. The quality assur- ance system in Fundia Norsk

Jernverk AS is approved in accor- dance with the ISO 9002 and equiva- lent standards.

For more information on Premier

Steel,

Circle 99 on Reader Service Card latest LHD amphibious assault ship,

LHD 6. MagneTek QPL transform- ers are also currently installed on

LHD 1 through LHD 5. Under the terms of the new contract, ship- ments of the transformers will be- gin in November 1994. MagneTek currently supplies QPL transform- ers to the U.S. Navy for DDG Aegis destroyers; CVN aircraft carriers;

AOE fast combat support ships;

MHC coastal minehunters; as well as Trident-class, 688-class, and

Seawolf submarines.

Barber Chosen By USCG

For Reported Largest

Spill Simulation Ever

Barber International, under a national Preparedness Response

Exercise Program, has become the first major shipmanagement com- pany to coordinate with the U.S.

Coast Guard (USCG) in an emer- gency oil spill drill. One of the

USCG objectives was participation by one domestic and one foreign shipowner/manager. The exercise took months to plan and was de- signed to test the emergency plans of private industry, the USCG and spill contractors. The drill com- menced at 5:53 a.m. New York time on April 14, as the Barber ship MT

Advance approached the entrance of New York Harbor. Shortly after, the ship was involved in a mock

Tidewater Inc.'s Venezuelan sub- sidiary, Tidewater Marine Services,

C.A. has signed a five-year contract for nine of its vessels to service oil and gas operations on Lake

Maracaibo in Venezuela. With this new agreement, Tidewater will be operating 31 vessels on the lake.

The contract, signed with Ven- ezuelan company Lagoven, S.A., a subsidiary of Petroleos de Venezu- ela, S.A., calls for Tidewater to pro- vide five 3,000- to 3,200-hp towing supply vessels and four 1,500- to 2,250-hp tugs. Three of the

Maracaibo-bound towing supply vessels are being redeployed from

West Africa, and two will come from collision with the tug Heidi Moran and the barge Texas. The scenario included spillage of 750,000 gallons of oil from the two vessels, which both grounded after the collision.

The results of the drill are to be analyzed and discussed, but initial reaction indicates all procedures during the 14-hour drill fully com- plied with Barber's Vessel Response

Plan. As the first international participant in a drill this size, Bar- ber received not only the USCG's thanks, but also confirmation of its official preparedness and the effec- tiveness of its Vessel Response Plan.

Alfa Laval Hong Kong Unit

Wins Contract

Alfa Laval Hong Kong won an order to supply replacement fuel treatment components for the off- shore supply vessel Nan Hai 212, owned by China Offshore Oil Nanhai

West Shipping Co., the engine room of which was damaged by fire dur- ing preparations for drydocking in

Hong Kong. Alfa Laval supplied two manual MOPX 205 units with

Heatpac EHS heaters and one with automatic controls. The Nan Hai 212 has a Wartsila Wichmann 6AXAG main engine and was origi- nally equipped with three purifiers, two of which suffered major fire damage.

New England Trawler

Becomes Exclusive Agent Of

Seattle Crane & Equipment

New England Trawler Equip- ment Co. is now the exclusive East

Coast dealer for Seattle Crane &

Equipment Co.'s line of hydraulic marine cranes.

Seattle Crane designs and manu- factures hydraulic box boom type cranes (knuckle, telescopic or fixed) for the general marine, fishing and petroleum industries. Seattle Crane also markets under the trade name of Alaska Marine Crane, and can reportedly obtain American Bureau of Shipping or American Petroleum

Institute Certification for many of its crane models. New England

Trawler is also an Ingersoll Rand/

Beebe distributor.

Mexico. Three of the tugs are al- ready on Lake Maracaibo, and the fourth will mobilize from West Af- rica. Tidewater Inc. owns and oper- ates a fleet of vessels serving the international offshore energy indus- try, owns and operates one of the largest fleets of natural gas and air compressors in the U.S., and also owns a shipyard in South Louisiana.

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