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,S. Army Corps Of igineers Seeks Builder >r Crane Barges

The director of the U.S. Army

Drps of Engineers' Marine Design enter (MDC) announced an Invi- ition for Bids number DACW61- 5-B-0035 for the design, construc- on, testing and delivery of three ieel crane barges for use in the f.S. Army Corps of Engineers laintenance and Repair Mission n the Inland Rivers Systems. Each essel is to be 150 ft. (45.7 m) long, 0 ft. (15.2 m) wide and 10 ft. (3 m) leep; with steel, welded construc- ion and special consideration given o crane stability and elimination of >ersonnel "pinch points." One ves- sel will be delivered to the New

Orleans district, one to the Rock

Island district and one to the St.

Paul district. Requests For Propos- als are available now. Bid opening

Is planned for May 18. For more nformation, contact: Commander ind District Engineer, U.S. Army jorps of Engineers, Philadelphia district, Wanamaker Building, 100 5 enn Square East, Philadelphia 'a. 19107; tel: (215) 656-6770; Attn :ENAP-CT (MS. Linda Toth) leference: DACW61-95-B-0024. (ice Debuts New Nozzle, 'ropeller

Rice Propellers Co. has a new lozzle and a new propeller design, lubbed Rice Speed Nozzle and

Speed Propeller, respectively. The lozzle has a hydrofoil section which s reportedly similar to an "orange seed shape," designed to be entirely lydrodynamic. A 64-in. Speed

Nozzle and a Kaplan Skewed Pro-

Deller was installed on the 86-fit. 26.2-m) trawlersStrike One, Strike

Two and Strike Three, vessels built jy J&J Marine of Bayou La Batre,

Ala. The trawlers are each pow- ered by a Caterpillar 3412 engine, vhich generates 540 hp @ 1,800 am.

For more information

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Trawler Specifications

Length 86 ft (26.2 m)

Beam 24 ft (7.3 m)

Fish hold 5,000cu.-ft.

Speed 10 knots

Auxiliary engines Caterpillar

Propeller Rice

Nozzle

Winch McElroy

Refrigeration LadineiyHard

INew Saab lankRadar [Reported A Success

The third generation Saab

TankRadar G3 has, in less than two

Imonths since its introduction, been •ordered for more than 30 ships, the •company reports. The ships are of

Ivarious type and size, ranging from |a VLCC to an FPSO for Shell.

For more information from Saab

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April, 1995 31

Shown Actual Size [And Almost Actual Weight]

Munters Offers Line Of Spray

And Mist Eliminators

Munters Corp. Gas Cleaning Div. offers a complete line of spray and mist eliminators for marine engine room and air conditioning air inlets.

Munters' eliminators consist of an array of specially designed fixed vanes in custom-built housing. Low maintenance is reportedly achieved via the fact that there are no moving parts. Munters' vane type elimina- tors have been used for more than 10 years.

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Jeamar Introduces New

Series Of Hauling Winches

Jeamar Winches introduced its new series of hauling winches with line pulls ranging from600to 20,000 lbs. This new line has been devel- oped specifically for application where rugged pulling is required.

The winches can be mounted hori- zontally or vertically and numerous options are available such as auto- matic braking, controls, grooved drums, rotary limit switches and explosion proof features.

For more information from Jeamar

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