MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS f m » Hi. <tj;'®c:.. * Paul A. Wronowski New Wronowski Tug Propellers '81 First In U.S. Powered By -A Preview- MAY 15,1981 Cummins KTA-3067M Engines (SEE PAGE 22) (SEE PAGE 10) penco PENCO & BLENDER-ACE FUEL SAVINGS FOR DIESEL OPERATORS Diesel Oil Heavy Oil Service TANK Service TANK I; f Blender- Ace H h t + PROVEN BY To Generator Engine ON-BOARD TEST! To Main Engine ® Existing Marine Diesel Oil Line Heavy fuel oil is not suitable for operating ship's generators and other small engines, and yet marine diesel oil is too good, and too expensive. Various (2) Existing Heavy Oil Line devices are available for the purpose of mixing these two grades of oil in order to provide a suitable and economic fuel. FEATURES OF THE BLENDER-ACE is unique among these devices in that it is simple, easy to BLENDER-ACE install, has virtually no moving parts, and is easy to maintain. • Static Mixing Unit Our system makes use of a Static Mixing Unit, direct fuel feed, variable ratio • Direct Fuel Feed control, to realize these advantages. Extensive field testing aboard the ships of "Showa Line, Ltd." fleet have proven BLENDER-ACE to be without • Adjustable Mixing Ratio peer in economy, reliability, ease of operation, and space efficiency. • Power Requirements • Ease of Installation • Ease of Maintenance SHIP CARE BEGINS AND ENDS WITH PENCO Division of Hudson Engineering Company 1114 Clinton St., Hoboken, N j. 07030 (201) 659-2600 • (212) 349-0890 • Telex: 12-7373 May 15, 1981 Write 161 on Reader Service Card Arietta Livanos, the largest tanker ever to come into the New York harbor, 285,000 dwt McAllister Brothers, Inc. Towing and transportation. 17 Battery Place. New York, N. Y. 10004 (212) 269-3200 Baltimore (301) 547-8678 • Nortolk (804) 627-3651 Philadelphia (215) 922-6200 • San Juan (809) 724-2360 May 15, 1981 Write McAlliste161 on Reader Service Card r Pelham Marine Seeks Title XI On Two Boats To Cost $8.5 Million Total Pelham Marine, Inc., New Or- leans, has applied to the Maritime Administration for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two 180-foot tug/ supply vessels intended for oper- ation in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. 600 kva Skinner Steam Engine installed early in 1980 at Lord No proposed shipbuilder was Corporation in Erie, PA, will shave named, but the applicant indi- power peaks, supply low pres- cated a December 1981 delivery- the sure steam and pay for itself in was desired. first three years. The requested guarantee is for $6,356,000, which is 75 percent of the estimated cost of $8,475,- name in 436 for the two vessels. Hyundai Gets Contract To Build $100-Million Rig steam For SEDCO Joint Venture Hyundai Shipbuilding & Heavy Industries Company Ltd. of Ul- san, South Korea, has been engines... awarded a $100-million contract to build another SEDCO 700 type semisubmersible drilling rig for a joint venture company formed by SEDCO, Inc. of Dallas and Ranger Oil Ltd. of Calgary, Can- emerging ada. To be named SEDCO 714, the rig is designed to operate in wa- ter depths up to 1,500 feet and drill down to 25,000 feet. It will leader be owned 50/50 by SEDCO and Ranger, and will be contracted to the latter company for a mini- mum of five years following de- livery in July 1983. Hyundai now has orders for in steam three drilling rigs. The SEDCO 714 brings the Dallas company's Skinner single or current building program to four multi-stage mechanical drive turbines can provide semi-submersibles and nine jack- efficient use of excess steam and up rigs. reduce the need for expensive outside power. turbines MarAd Study Predicts Yesterday's graduate or Skinner about using steam mechanical drive turbines. The today's veteran consultant recog- engines to meet power needs Skinner family of turbines covers Good Tanker Market nize the Skinner Engine name efficiently and dependably while every drive application to 4500 The Maritime Administration and rank it number one among applying "free" waste steam to HP (3357 KW). has released a report predicting steam engines. Skinner has been heating, air conditioning and a good future market for petro- around longer, has the most process requirements. 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Call Bethlehem for answers: (212)558-9500 Bethlehem's seven major shipyards in the United compliance options available. If you like, we'll States add up to strong experience in Poth the develop suitable concepts for retrofitting any of Puiiding and repairing of tankers. And there is also your tankers, and design and engineer the changes our design arm, CTD. Bethlehem's Central Technical required. Then, where scheduling permits, we'll Division is world renowned for its innovative ship- quote the job at one of our yards. systems' engineering and its Pold advancements Must act now, or... in ship design and construction technology. CTD June 1,1981, the first deadline for compliance has already developed retrofit concepts that with the new rules, is not far away. Ship owners and satisfy the new Coast Guard rules for Bethlehem- operators who schedule retrofitting now may Puilt tankers. Our repair yaras are well aPle—and choose a layup time of convenience; those who are set—to handle the actual joPs of retrofitting. wait may have to take the time slots that are left. But more! We'll gladly interpret the new rules If any! applicable to your tankers and explain the many Call Bethlehem now. BethShip betwehem Bethlehem Steel—Shipbuilding Ship Repair Sales Office: One State St. Plaza, New York, NY 10004 Cables: BETHSHIP New York • Telex: 222-847 or 421-605 • Phone:(212)558-9500 Drydocks in Baltimore, New York, Boston, Los Angeles, and San Francisco Harbors, and at Beaumont, Texas. May 15, 1981 Write 118 on Reader Service Card Write 497 on Reader ServiceCard 5 Megasystems To Supply Brownsville, Texas. The tugboats processor. "This will allow a na- fitting systems on larger ocean- will be owned and operated by tural expansion in the future to going vessels since 1975. 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These units mark the intro- Using Seamatic II Systems." and generator controls for eight The Megasystems' equipment duction of Megasystems into the Write 25 on Reader Service Card oceangoing tractor tugs to be built will feature LED digital displays small boat market. The company by Omni Fabricators of Port driven by a marine-proven micro- has primarily been engaged in Southern Drilling Seeks Title XI On Two Rigs To Cost $55 Million Total Southern Drilling Company, a subsidiary of Marine Drilling Company, Corpus Christi, Texas, has applied to the Maritime Ad- WITH ATLAS- ministration for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- ONE SCREEN IS ALL YOU struction of two jackup drilling ATLAS 8500 A/CAS RADAR WITH ARPA rigs. Being built by Bethlehem It's the most advanced microproces- changing ranges, either tne fully automated Atlas Collision Steel, Beaumont, Texas, the two sor controlled radar system available.