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Harland And Wolff

Awarded Bluewater FPSO

Conversion Contract

Harland and Wolff Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries Ltd.,

Belfast, Ireland, has been awarded a major contract by Bluewater to convert double-hulled oil tanker

Glas Dowr into a Floating

Production, Storage and Offload- ing (FPSO) vessel. Harland and

Wolff will be responsible for marine conversion, including: moonpool fabrication and turret installation; fabrication and instal- lation of an elevated process facili- ties deck and flare tower; removal of redundant equipment and the installation of additional equip- ment; upgrading of existing sys- tems and accommodation to U.K.

North Sea standards; and installa- tion of offloading equipment to enable the transfer of crude oil from FPSO to shuttle tanker.

Work on the vessel was scheduled to begin immediately and to last approximately 24 weeks.

Following conversion, the 105,000-dwt oil tanker will have an oil storage capacity of approxi- mately 660,000 barrels, and a process plant with a maximum output of 60,000 bhp. The vessel will be leased by Amerada Hess from Bluewater for use in its

Durward and Dauntless discover- ies in the central North Sea. "We are delighted to have secured this major conversion con- tract in the face of strong interna- tional competition involving a number of yards worldwide. This contract consolidates the position of Harland and Wolff as an FPSO contractor for both major conver- sions and newbuildings," said Per

Nielsen, chief executive of Har- land and Wolff.

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Walz & Krenzer Awarded

Multiple Cargo Access Door

Contracts

Walz & Krenzer, Inc., located in

Locust Valley, N.Y., has been awarded several contracts for cargo access doors. The company delivered two sideports and a stern door to Todd Pacific Shipyard of

Seattle, Wash., for Alaska High- way ferry M/V Taku. Halter

Marine of Pascagoula, Miss., has also contracted for the design and supply of sideports, hinged deck sections and personnel access slid- ing doors for an Alaska Highway ocean class RoRo. Currently on the design board are 18 x 12-ft. (5.4 x 3.6-m) multi-panel fire doors and 18- x 18-ft. weathertight doors being supplied to Avondale

Shipyard of New Orleans, La., for its new Construction Sealift

Program. Hydraulic cargo hatches are also being supplied to the yard for the U.S. Coast Guard Ice- breaker program.

The Long Island company is also busy in the self-unloading vessel field. A three shipset contract from

Seabulk Systems Inc. of Richmond,

B.C., has been received for the design and supply of conveyor belt sliding doors and personnel access sliding doors for three ships being built by Jiangnan Shipyard in

China. Walz & Krenzer and

Seabulk Systems will be working jointly on both the design and sup- ply of these state-of-the-art convey- or belt doors. In addition, two shipsets of watertight conveyor belt doors are being supplied to the

Stephens-Adamson Division of

Sveaala Industries Canada, to be installed on vessels operating in the China Sea.

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Court Ruling Victory For

Lykes

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. chalked up a victory on May 8 when Chief Judge Alexander L.

Paskay ruled against a motion filed earlier in the same week by a secured creditor group holding pre- petition claims of approximately $13 million against Lykes. Earlier,

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Fill the plastic tank with 50 gallons (400 L) of water. Add from 1 to 10% industrial grade salt (NaCI). Immerse the cell into the saline mixture as illustrated. Activate the DC power supply. To increase the monatomic chlorine concentration (measured in ppm or mg/L) increase the amount of salt and the time of operation, until all of the salt has been electrolyzed. Chlorine concentration can be into the thousandths.

MAINTENANCE:

Eventually a white crusty layer of calcium will form upon the perforated electrode. To dissolve the calcium, simply immerse the cell into a 35% concentration of hydrochloric acid (HCI). In most cases, the procedure only takes a few minutes.

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SEPARATING SALT WATER

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PLASTIC TANK SHOWN: 50 gallons (200 liters)

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