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Gulf of Mexico host of other navy combatant and sup-port vessels ? its yards are currently building two of the more high-profde commercial projects ? the AMCV cruise ships at Ingalls and the ARCO tankers at Litton Avondale ? in the U.S. today. The AMCV project is significant on many counts, and has garnered gen-erous coverage in these pages. But to recap, the cruise ships will be the largest ever built in the U.S. and represent the first cruise ship construction in more than 40 years. To say that all eyes are on Pascagoula is a gross understatement, as supporters and pundits alike watch the ships develop. In New Orleans, the first of the technically advanced Millennium class tankers is nearing completion for ARCO. The ships, which offer redun-dant systems throughout, are considered to be one of the more technologically advanced tanker projects in the world. Ingalls Shipbuilding was able to make significant in-roads during the last off-* * * * * * can never be surpassed. (But luckily that hasn't stopped us from trying). For almost half a century MCT Brattberg's ^^^ modular system for pipe and cable transits has set the industry standard. For oil platforms and large ships,even US Navy vessels, Nils Brattberg's ingenious invention from 1952 has been the obvious choice. An idea, often copied but never surpassed. ?MCT BRATTBERG MCT Bratlberg Inc. P.O. Box 374 Spring Tx 77383 USA Phone: +1 (281) 355 8191 Fax: +1 (281) 355 8393 E-mail: [email protected] See us at Workboat Show, booth 2954. Circle 295 on Reader Service Card Now we're introducing AddBlocks with plugs and U-blocks. Thanks to these additions, we've added flexibility to the modular concept. With nine AddBlocks you can build transits for 45 different dimensions. The plugs are there when you need a zero block. And U-Blocks are the short cut to flexible outer dimen-sions. Needless to say, the new additions to our concept meet the same stringent demands as the original MCT Brattberg system. Perfection in practice. We feel confident that even Nils Brattberg would have approved. ...the Best Available Technology for Safe Tanker Escort in the Gulf of Mexico. Puget Sound/ Prince William Sound/Alaska. Scandinavian and Shetland Oil Terminals Voith Water Tractor... - the Safety Concept -Revolution in Shiphandling Voith-Schneider Propeller the Ideal Controllable Pitch Propeller Voith Schiffstechnik GmbH & Co. KG Postfach 2011, 89510 Heidenheim (Germany) Tel. +49 (73 21) 37-6595. Fax +49 (7321) 37-7105 E-mail: [email protected] Voith Schneider America Inc. 121 Susquehanna Avenue. Great Neck. N.Y. 11021 Tel. (516) 4665755. Fax (516) 46653 80 Progress in Safety shore vessel and rig building boom, and is well positioned to weather the market downturn while being prepared for the fast ramp up. It's work in this area included eight months of outfitting and final prep work on the 100,000 ton Dis-coverer Enterprise. Work included lift-ing the 2,250 ton substructure drill floor onto the drilling ship, and conducting test and trial to ensure the ship was "drill ready" for Amoco. (Continued on page 105) One Piece At A Time Haley Marine Gear has prospered in the business of selling high quality propulsion products for installation on workboats in the 1,000 to 6,000 hp range for nearly 27 years. While the company was "built one day, one piece at a time" and founded largely on mechanical and engineering expertise, Kyle Haley accu-rately points out that "we're not just a bunch of wrench turners ... we are orig-inal equipment manufacturers."Haley Marine Gear has positioned itself as a one-stop-shop, manufacturing clutches, couplings and gears to create a unified power package. Ray Haley, who found-ed the business and comes from a diesel engine business background, sought to build a company, which not only built and delivered the highest quality prod-ucts, but built long-term relationships with its customers by servicing these products with the same quality and attention with, which they were built: anytime, anywhere. The attitude is clear-ly evident in the first question asked of potential new employees to gauge their technical aptitude. "I ask 'can you tear down a Detroit Diesel engine and rebuild it back up so that it will run?' If they can, I'll send them out in two years by themselves on a job," Haley said. The company, which includes Haley Marine Gear, Haley Clutch & Co. and Haley Marine Gears Intl. has operations around the world. This global position-ing is evident in the company's recent agreement with ATA Gears of Finland ? a large supplier of parts for Z-drives ? which will position Haley to service the burgeoning number of boats with this propulsion system. The Haley hallmark, of course, is being selected for inclusion on techni-cally challenging jobs, as it was on the current newbuilt Vera Bisso, under con-struction at Bollinger. (See MR/EN, October 1999, p. 40). Vera Bisso fea-tures the "total Haley concept," in that it includes Hatch & Kirk engines with the Haley-make flywheels, the Haley HRC Torsional Coupling; the Haley TR Clutch; the Haley FMC Series gearbox; and a Haley shaft. Circle 196 on Reader Service Card Circle 356 on Reader Service Card