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MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS The El Audaz (foreground) And The Centauro Del Norte - Previews - Bender Delivers SNAME Spring Meeting Fourth Tuna Boat, And •§ I The El Audaz RTCM Assembly (SEE PAGE 4) (SEE PAGE 4) Supplies, installs and services diesel engine parts, accessories and marine systems NEW AND RECONDITIONED PARTS PLUS SERVICE SULZER • MAN * B&W AND OTHER MAJOR ENGINE PARTS GRINDING & SUPER FINISHING OF MAIN ENGINE CRANKSHAFT in place. Equipment and Crews Available for Service Anywhere in the World. PENCO and HUDSON ENGINEERING have been meeting the quick response needs of the marine industry for more than 50 years. Our complete facilities enable us to service and supply ships of any size. We carry in stock the equipment and parts most frequently needed for instant repairs ... and for the installation of safety, environmental, fuel efficiency and electrical systems as well as diesel engines. For the ship owner, that means efficient service, time savings and economical prices — all at one single point of contact and responsibility. SHIP CARE BEGINS AND ENDS WITH PENCO Division of Hudson Engineering Company Military Ocean Terminal Base (MOTBY) Building #15A Bayonne, New Jersey 07002 (201) 339-4200 • (212) 349-0890 • Telex: 12-7373 Write 215 on Reader Service Card BULK THAN ORTAHON TYP, MOVABLE. BIN SUPPORT E>IN COVER (TYP/) GEM. f PUMP USE. BULWARK 19'-81*" BIN -SIDE BHD P/SN CLEAT TYR BIN SUPPORTS- BEEBE ^TOWING WINCH PAD fys P/S- VOID VOID Kl A.FT WING TANK NO. 3 P/S 1 WING TANK NO.Z P/S i WIN© TANK NO. I PEAK ><f TANK 1 / P/S 1 I I ' - VOID <t TANK NO,2 <£_ TANK NO. I ANCHOR WINDLASS P/S MAIN prn PECK PRINCIPAL CHARACTERISTICS LENGTH, O. A. 309'- if" LENGTH, B.R 3 OO'-O" BREADTH 90-0" DEPTH 2 2- O" DRAFT, SUMMER 19-fi^ DRAFT LIGHT 3'-9|" DEADWT. <® I9-&S' II, 545 L.T CARGO BIN CAP'Y 600,000 FT3 CLASS -ABS+ A 1(E) BARGE OCEAN SERVICE-UNMANNED Barge available for charter. Suitable for coal,grain, phosphate and other dry bulk materials. McAllister Brothers, Inc. Towing and Transportation. 17 Battery Place, New York, N.Y. 10004. (212) 269-3200. Baltimore (301) 54.7-8678 • Norfolk (804) 627-3651 Philadelphia (215) 922-6200 • San Juan (809) 724-2360 San Francisco, LJT Marine Services (415) 777-1053 McAllister ~ Write 243 on Reader Service Card ON THE MARITIME REPORTER RIGHJWAY and Engineering News COVER Editorial and Executive Offices WINCHES 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016 Standard and Bender Delivers (212) 689-3266 Custom-Built Fourth Tuna Boat ITT Telex: 424768 MARINTI Units PAGE 8 PUBLISHERS John E. O'Malley Charles P. O'Malley 1983 RTCM Assembly — A Preview — VICE PRESIDENT PAGE 12 John C. O'Malley EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Capacities: Preview Charles P. O'Malley 500 to 50,000 Lbs. Available ELECTRIC • AIR • GASOLINE HYDRAULIC SNAME Spring Meeting/ EDITOR STAR Symposium Edward J. Quigley Manufactured to Your Exact Requirements PAGE 18 from Interchangeable Standard Components SENIOR EDITOR • Totally Enclosed Motor • All-Weather Use Thomas H. Phillips • Safety Brake • All-Steel Fabricated Winch Base MarAd Approves Charter ASSOCIATE EDITOR • Precision Gearing • Electric Motor Brake Optional Of APL Ship To MSC Kathleen Reagan • Free-Spooling Drum • Torque Limiter Clutch Optional The Maritime Administration EDITORIAL COORDINATOR Tell Us Your Needs.. We'll Send Appropriate Catalog! has approved an application by Lillian Irvine DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS OF MATERIAL HANDLING EQUIPMENT American President Lines, Ltd., TECHNICAL EDITOR to charter the 22,000-dwt Presi- TANSPEC CORP. L. Parke Adair, BSNA, PE 13600 DEISE AVENUE • CLEVELAND. OH 44110 • PHONE: <216) 451-9100 dent Adams to the Military Sea- (Outside Ohio: 1-100-321-3236) lift Command (MSC) for one INTERNATIONAL EDITOR year. Robin F. Burnett, MRINA, MNI, Write 761 on Reader Service Card The partial-container vessel's London, England operating-differential subsidy BUSINESS MANAGER (ODS) payments will be sus- John E. O'Malley FULL SERVICE pended at the termination of the ASHORE AND AFLOA T voyage preceding the charter. ADVERTISING SALES DIRECTOR ODS will not be resumed until John C. O'Malley of your REFRIGERATION and the ship is redelivered from the AIR CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT MSC. The vessel may not be sub- ADVERTISING PRODUCTION MANAGER chartered or operated in the do- Katherine St. Onge mestic trade without MarAd's • DESIGN SERVICES • ART DIRECTOR permission. Ellen Hemmer Full scope of HVAC engineering services from surveys, design, U.S.C.G./A.B.S./Navy submittals to as built drawings, Navy Awards Purifier Repair CIRCULATION MANAGER • SUPPLIES/PARTS • M. Sottile Inventory of refrigerants, controls and 0.E.M, compressor Contract To E. Elliott parts. 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(USPS 016-750) No. 6 Volume 45 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News / The port handles containers authorized by the Virgin Islands Gibbs & Cox Announces $23-Million Container, and trailers destined for St. Port Authority to market the Executive Appointments RO/RO Port Inaugurated Croix and also has 11 acres of services.of the port. bonded storage for transship- Claes Westring, director of Richard M. Ehrlich, chairman At St. Croix, Virgin Islands ments or relay services. The fa- Whitecap, said that the develop- of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York, cility is equipped with a Paceco ment of the port is the result a leading independent naval ar- The government of the U.S. 35-ton crane as well as a large of strictly local initiative by the chitectural firm, recently an- Virgin Islands and the island's warehouse, a 1,000-foot main Virgin Islands' government and nounced that the board of direc- Port Authority recently inaugu- dock, and two RO/RO ramps. Hess Petroleum. No U.S. tax- tors of Gibbs & Cox, Inc. has rated a new $23-million container Whitecap Management of payers money has been required. elected William K. Lyon con- and RO/RO port at St. Croix. Greenwich, Conn, and its associ- The port is not a part of the troller and division head-finance The port was turned over to the ates Merwin Shipping and Trad- $350-million U.S. aid package for and administration. It was also islands by Hess Petroleum, its ing Co., of St. Croix have been the Caribbean Basin Nations. announced that Clifford G. Prime developer. has been promoted to assistant division head-finance and administration. William K. Lyon joined Gibbs & Cox, Inc. over 30 years ago. Mr. Lyon served in various capacities, including his most recent position as assistant con- troller and assistant division head-finance and administration. Clifford G. Prime joined Gibbs & Cox, Inc. over 25 years ago, serving in various capacities, including his most recent position as administrative service manager-finance and administration. $12.5-Million Overhaul Contract Awarded General Dynamics For USS Fulton General Dynamics Corporation, Quincy Shipbuilding Division, Quincy, Mass., has been awarded a $12,537,760 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the overhaul, alter- ation, and repair of USS Fulton (AS-11). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024- 83-C-8538). ASEA Awarded $3.5-Million Order For Shaft Generators —Literature Available A contract worth approximate- ly $3.5 million for seven shaft generator systems has been awarded to the marine depart- ment of ASEA Inc., White Plains, N.Y., by Stolt-Nielsen, Inc., the Greenwich, Conn.-based owner and operator of one of the world's largest chemical tanker fleets.

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