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- Bethlehem Steel's Huge Drydock At New Sabine Yard In Texas To Be Operational In Spring '85 Maritime Reporter, Dec 15, 1984 #47
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's new Sabine Yard on Pleasure Island, Port Arthur, Texas, will be operational in spring 1985 following the installation of one of the largest floating drydocks in the country.
The announcement by David H. Klinges, vice president of Bethlehem's marine construction group, came after the signing of all lease and operational documents with the City of Port Arthur, owner of the Pleasure Island property, and the Port of Port Arthur, owner of the drydock.
The new Bethlehem facility on the Sabine- Neches Ship Channel will be devoted primarily to the repair and inspection of off-shore oil drilling and production facilities.
The location of the new yard will give rig operators ready access to and from the Gulf of Mexico.
The channel width and depth at Bethlehem's 100-acre Pleasure Island location is 1,200 feet and 40 feet, respectively.
The U.S. Navy surplus drydock (AFDB-5) is currently berthed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, and will arrive at the Sabine Yard in late December 1984.
The seven-section open-ended unit has selfdocking capabilities and a lifting capacity of 56,000 tons.
In addition to electrical generating equipment, utility capacity and cranes, it is equipped with machine, carpenter and electrical shops.
The seven buoyancy chambers contain galley and mess facilities, bunk rooms and bath facili- ties and the wing walls house over 25,000 square feet of potential office and shop space.
The sectional steel dock can be configured to provide a clear docking area of either 362 feet by 310 feet or 825 feet by 122 feet, depending on the size and shape of the incoming vessel. This unique flexibility will accommodate semi-submersible, mat-supported and independent leg jackup rigs.
The new Sabine Yard will be located downriver from the Beaumont Yard which has been operated by Bethlehem since 1947.
Ownership of the drydock was transferred from the U.S. General Services Administration to the State of Texas to the Port of Port Arthur.
The port will own the drydock, but will allow Bethlehem to use it through an operating agreement approved by the federal agency and the port authority.
Employment at the new yard will grow to approximately 750 persons in the initial development phase, with additional employment opportunities as phases two and three are implemented.
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- Bethlehem Steel Dedicates Its New Sabine Yard In Port Arthur, Texas Maritime Reporter, Dec 1985 #18
. The keynote speaker, Walter F. Williams, Bethlehem's president and chief operating officer, said that despite current depressed conditions in the industry, the new yard is in a good position to be profitable and to provide badly needed employment in the Port Arthur area. The Sabine Yard is the only
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- RIBs: Turn Up the Power Marine News, Dec 2020 #12
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 38operational autonomy of the BP re? nery, two miles from the Port of Castellón in Spain. up to eight hours, providing an ef? cient and non-polluting solu- Using its electric line handling tug Castalia, Consulmar towed tion for mooring operations. In addition to mooring, the mul- the steel mooring lines from
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 31and thereby be able to carry more turbines on the vessel,” says Kanstrup. “If, for example, a 3,200t crane can handle a load of 2,000t within a radius of 55m, a 4,000t crane might be able to handle the same load within a radius of maybe 68m. So, the desire to be able to carry more turbines on the
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 29. Navy photo by Bill Mesta/released U.S. Navy photo by Ryan Carter Rear Adm. Philip Sobeck, Commander, United States Navy’s Military Sealift Command, visits USNS Patuxent (T-AO 201) for a tour of the ship at Naval Station Norfolk, Va., November 20, 2023. ENDLESS SUPPLY OF MARINE HARDWARE ! &"$)$?""?!!&"$l •
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 28for the Mis- sile Defense Agency, and it travels with its support ship, the MV Hercules. For our Service Support ships, we have the two hospital ships, USNS Mer- cy and Comfort; two rescue and salvage ships; two submarine tenders; and the Sixth Fleet ? agship, USS Mount Whit- ney, that has a combined
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April 2024 - Maritime Reporter and Engineering News page: 27RADM PHILIP SOBECK, MILITARY SEALIFT COMMAND With COVID, we had to make some hard choices for our Do your CIVMARs have upward mobility? mariners because we couldn’t rotate. Many of our mariners The Navy has Sailors who become “Mustangs,” and work found other employment, and were able to use their skills
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