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Get Rid Of Steel Face Wires For Good! • • - •

Since the late 1980's we have pioneered the use of these high strength ropes on the river. Today they are widely used and accepted as an integral part of safety programs, reducing the risks and injuries associated with using and handling wire rope.

Shaver Transportation "Deschutes" pushing grain barges on the Columbia

River using 1-1/4" diameter Mooring

Master™ D-7. Photo by Hugh Ackroyd.

APPLICATIONS: • Face and Wing Wires

BENEFITS: • 85% lighter than wire rope of the same diameter with equal or greater strength • Flexible and lightweight (floats) • Fewer crew needed for line handling duties • Reduced risk of accident or

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION

AmSteel® is a twelve-strand braid having similar strength to wire rope in the same diameter and is identified by its steel grey color.

AmSteel®-Blue is also a twelve-strand braid but has approximately 45% higher strength and better abrasion resistance than AmSteel®. Identified by its distinctive blue color.

Mooring Master™ D-7 is a unique construction with seven load-bearing braided cores with a protective jacket of braided nylon. injury jsm^

Contact us for a copy of our "Inland River Guide."

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DSM High Performance Fibers B.V ' AMERICAN GROUP 2090 Thornton Street Ferndale, WA 98248

Phone: (800) 227-7673 or (360) 384-4669

Fox:(360) 384-0572 www.theainericangroup.com

Smith Berger Marine, Inc.

The leader in deck hardware for over 60 years.

Fairleads arid Deck Sheaves are IN STOCK at the following locations:

PACIFIC Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Seattle, WA

NORTHWEST 1-800-227-7920 FAX 1 -206-762-5003

CALIFORNIA Waterman Supply Co., Inc. - Wilmington, CA and TEXAS 1-800-322-3131 FAX 1-310-522-1043

GULF Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Belle Chasse, LA

COAST 1-504-392-0442 FAX 1-504-392-0107

Call for competitive prices and immediate delivery on Smith Berger

Fairleads and Deck Sheaves. Also call for: • Pedestal Roller Fairleads • Four Roller Fairleads • Flag Blocks • Chain Stoppers • Towing Pins Stern Rollers • Custom-engineered equipment to your specifications

Newpark has leased a heavy lift barge to drydock the rig.

Galaxy II Departs Keppel

FELS On Time

Jack-up rig Galaxy II has been delivered to Santa Fe Intl. Corp., departing on schedule from Keppel

FELS Ltd.'s Pioneer Yard in

Singapore. The rig was towed to

Halifax Harbor, Canada where it it will commence a five year gas development project with the

Sable Offshore Energy Project.

Galaxy II is the second Universe- class jack-up rig on order by Santa

Fe from Keppel FELS. Galaxy III is currently under construction, scheduled for delivery in 1999.

OMI Finalizes Tanker Sale

Tanana, a 141,720-dwt.

Suezmax tanker was sold by OMI

Corp. of Stamford, Conn, to

Knutsen OAS Shipping of Norway for $45.5 million. OMI Corp. cur- rently operates a fleet of 26 ves- sels, with two Suezmax tankers and two product carriers on order.

Ulstein Contracted For Four

SDM Z-Drive Systems

Hvide Marine has awarded

Ulstein Maritime a contract to supply its 1650H Z-Drive units for four more Ship Docking Modules (SDM). The Ulstein Z-Drives will be rated for 2,000 hp at 1,000 rpm.

They will be mounted fore and aft and offset to provide 100 percent of their thrust in any direction. The units will also be fitted with

Ulstein's PTO steering pump drive, which eliminates drive belts and electric motors for the hydraulic steering system.

Deliveries are scheduled for early 1999.

R&B Falcon To Provide New

Semisubmersible For Shell

R&B Falcon Corp.'s wholly owned subsidiary, RBF

Exploration Co., and Shell

Deepwater Development Inc. have executed a five-year contract for the provision of a new generation ultra deepwater moored semisub- mersible, the RBS-6. The design builds on concepts pioneered in the construction of the semisub- mersible Jack Bates which was also contracted to Shell. RBS-6 will have a variable deck load of 6,000 metric tons and can operate in a moored configuration in up to 8,000 ft. water depth. The contract is expected to provide revenues of approximately $345 million against an expected construction cost of $255 million, exclusive of capitalized interest and other non-

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Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 516 S. Chicago Street Seattle, WA 98108 1-888-726-1688 206-764-4650 FAX 206-764-4653

E-mail: [email protected] BALANCED HEAD FAIRLEADS MODELS MD-610, MC-622 AND MD-665

Bender Awarded Contract on the S/S Guayama

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co. Inc. has been awarded a con- tract for the dry-docking, repair and modifications of the S/S

Guayama. The ship, a 700 ft. (213 m) RoRo vessel, serves the U.S.

East Coast and Puerto Rico. The contracted work undertaken by

Bender will include structural repairs, modifications and coat- ings, as well as mechanical and boiler work. hardware costs. Shipyard delivery is scheduled for November 1999.

Newpark Awarded Hercules

Rig Drydocking

Hercules Offshore Corporation has awarded a contract to

Newpark Shipbuilding for the dry- dock and repair of its Rig 21.

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