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Enterprise was launched at NNS in 1960, and was the first nuclear- powered aircraft carrier to join the

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Suezmax Tanker Repair manufactured what the company touts as one of the largest and heaviest anti-friction bearings ever made for Sofec Inc. Weighing 46 tons with a diameter of 34 ft. (10.3 m), the bearing is intended for converter tanker Vidal de

NegreireS, which is stationed in the Albacora oil field off the coast of Brazil, and operated by

Petrobras SA. A Floating

Production Storage Offshore ves- sel (FPSO), Vidal de Negreiros doubles as an oil extracting opera- tion and an intermediate store from which raw oil is transferred to tankers. The advantage of this process is that oil-extraction can continue uninterrupted.

Pictured is the Hoesche Rothe Erde anti-friction bearing, to be installed on tanker Vidal de

Negreiros. 3470 Martinsburg Pike, P.O. Box 98

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Harland and Wolff Shiprepair and Marine Services was sched- uled to complete Repair work this month on Suezmax tanker Sea

Empress, which^was severely dam- aged after running aground off

Milford Ha^en. In addition, according to Yard Manager Jim

Eccles, tSe yard is actively seek- ing further work on the conversion of FPSOs, and is taking the oppor- tunity to re-enter the cruise and passenger ship repair market.

Tire recent conversion of FPSO

Glas Dowr was also carried out by

Harland & Wolff with the assis- tance bf the company's Repair divi- sion. The project included major engineering work and the com- plete fabrication and installation ofahelideck. "It is a well-known fact that there will be a growing demand for these large floating production and storage vessels to serve the mar- ginal oil fields which cannot justify the huge expense of fixed or semi- submersible platforms," said Mr.

Eccles. "We are already a provider of services to the offshore industry, and'" the yard's position makes it i<$sal for repairing the larger vesssels servicing the deep- water terminals of Port Talbot,

Milford HaA ren and Sullom Voe." \

Hoesche Rothe Erde

Manufactures Giant Bearing

For Brazilian Tanker

Hoesch Rothe Erde GmbH has

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