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Harbor Tug & Barge Purchases Tug For

San Diego Operation

Harbor Tug & Barge purchased the tugFeather

River, a newly upgraded vessel which will ser- vice coastwise in California. The vessel is con- structed of steel and is a pusher-style tug with twin screw, four flanking rudders and a stern towing winch. Feather River is propelled by twin

Caterpillar engines and a Kort nozzle. Rated horsepower is 1,250. Feather River will be used in barge moves, dead ship moves and short offshore coastal tows.

McDermott, Stolt Comex Consider

Combining Subsea Operations

Stolt Comex Seaway S.A. and McDermott

International Inc. have been holding discussions concerning the possible combination of

McDermott's subsea operations and those of

Stolt Comex.

Permea Maritime Finishing Membrane

Nitrogen Generator For Offshore

Permea Maritime Protection, a division of Air

Products A/S in Norway, put the finishing touches to what is reportedly the world's largest mem- brane nitrogen generation package for offshore use. The package is being built for Hamilton Oil

Co. Ltd. for the Liverpool Bay Development, and is destined for installation on the Douglas Ac- commodation Platform. The capacity is 2233

NM3/hr (2 million SCFD) of nitrogen with a purity of 95 percent.

The Douglas package consists of a PRISM®

Membrane Nitrogen System with two feed air compressors and a nitrogen receiver. The pack- age will be supplied as two skids, of which one will house two 20-ft. containers with the com- pressors and the other the PRISM system and the receiver.

The bulk of the nitrogen will be used for stripping of hydrogen sulphide from produced oil/water at the Douglas process platform. The nitrogen will also be used for inert purging and blanketing of tanks and piping systems, which is safer than inerting with methane. Additionally, the nitrogen will be used for purging dry seals on compressors and as back-up gas for purging the flare stack. PRISM systems generate nitrogen gas from air by means of PRISM Alpha mem- brane gas separators. The systems typically include feed air filters, feed air heater, PRISM

Alpha separators, piping, instrumentation and controls for automatic unattended operation.

About 140 systems have been ordered for ship- board use.

For more information on Permea Maritime

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Service Marine Industries Delivers

Royal Queen, Passenger/Dinner Vessel

Service Marine Industries, Inc. of Morgan

City, La. deliv- ered the Royal

Queen, a 103-ft. (31-m), 400 pas- senger capacity dinner cruise vessel to Win- ner Boat Tours of Wilmington,

N.C.

The vessel is powered by two

Cummins diesel engines, each rated at 300 hp, driving fixed pitch propellers. Electrical power is provided by two 75 kW John Deere marine generators, set up for parallel operation. A McElroy electric vertical capstan is provided to raise and lower the anchor.

The vessel is air conditioned with a 50-ton Car- rier central air conditioning system provided by

Marine Air Systems, Inc.

For more information on Service Marine

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ICOM Names Spencer Regional Sales

Manager, Marine Division

Ron Spencer was named regional sales man- ager, Marine Division, for ICOM America, Inc.

Mr. Spencer is responsible for managing Icom's marine dealer network for the West Coast, from

Alaska to Mexico. He coordinates sales training, advertising, merchandising, trade shows and overall product promotion for Icom's marine com- munications and navigational equipment. 619 Industrial Road

Carlstadt, NJ 07072 (201)843-4700 (201) 843-6470 Fax 2900 Main Street

Bldg. #140-C

Alameda, CA 94501 (510) 523-3100 (510) 523-3390 Fax 33 Rector Street

New York, NY 10006 (212)425-1996 (212) 363-3292 Fax

Anthony Del Gavio

President

DEL GAVIO

MARINE HYDRAULICS, INC.

HYDRAULICS * ELECTRIC * MACHINE WORK * VALVES * COMPLETE REPAIRS ON ALL TYPES OF ELECTRO-

HYDRAULIC STEERING SYSTEMS & DECK MACHINERY. * UL LISTED FOR FULL SERVICE ELECTRICAL REPAIRS ON

MOTORS AND GENERATORS IN HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS. * HYDRAULIC PUMP AND MOTOR REBUILDING. * HYDRAULIC CYLINDER OVERHAUL AND TESTING.

IDENISONI Hydraulics

Authorized Marine Service Center "Serving the Marine Industry for over twenty-Jive years"

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J.W. FISHERS ... where High-Tech dives

Everything for underwater search electronics & video

SSS-100K SIDE SCAN SONAR

A Sonar system with specs matching units twice as expensive.

PROTON 3-MAGNETOMETER

Ultra-sensitive marine magnetometer, vital for wreck finding. 1,500 + It. range.

ROV-REMOTE VEHICLE

An affordable Remotely Operated Video system for the professional living industry.

PULSE 12-TOWED METAL

DETECTOR

Highly sensitive all-metal piise detector unit, boat towed, 16 ft. detection range.

TOV-1 TOWED VIDEO SYSTEM

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Ideal for search missions. Up to 250 ft. cable, 4-lux camera, excellent ahead and look down vision.

PULSE 8X

Our top of the line hand held Pulse metal detector, u/w S land. 61/2 ft. detection range.

DV-1 DROPPED VIDEO SYSTEMS

Topside TV morttonng to 1,000 ft.tor wreck dners, salvage, search & rescue.

UA-2 U/W ALTIMETER

J.W. Fishers manufactures a comprehensive line of highly sophisticated underwater electronics equipment, including metal detectors, side scan sonar and remote video products. Meticulously engineered to meet the growing needs of the dedicated diver. J.W. Fishers dive and search equipment represents the ultimate in u/w performance and value.

Precision altitude control of irderwater equipment.

JW FISHERS MFG. INC. 65 ANTHONY STREET

BERKLEY, MA 02779 1(800)822-4744

IN MA (508)822-7330

FAX: (508) 880-8949 OR 822-1931

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BethShip To Drydock 11 Vessels

BethShip Sparrows Point Yard received con- tracts for 11 drydockings including two tankers, two container/reefer vessels and seven cruise vessels.

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The dry docking specifics are as follows:

Owner/Manager Vessel Name Arrival

Texaco Star Georgia August 29

Texaco Star Rhode Island Early November

Blue Star Ship Mgt Melbourne Star August 28

Blue Star Ship Mgt America Star Mid September

Royal Caribbean

Cruises, Ltd Monarch of the Seas September 7

Royal Caribbean

Cruises, Ltd Song of America November 1

Carnival Cruise Lines Fantasy October 4

Carnival Cruise Lines Sensation October 18

Dolph in Cruise Line Sea Breeze I December 6

Holland America Line Maasdam December 14

Holland America Line Statendam December 17 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News