Maritime Reporter, July 1985

<BODY> <div> jority of the Alaskan VLCC fleet utilizing Dry Dock 4, one of the larg- est floating docks on the West Coast at 982 feet long and 185 feet wide, with a lift capacity of 81,000 tons. In addition to inspection and re- pair work, Dillingham Ship Repair has perfected installation of propel- ler ducts, a fuel saving energy con- servation device. The Port of Portland's other ma- jor ship repair contractor, North- west Marine Iron Works, has com- pleted several multi-million dollar projects in the past year for the Mil- itary Sealift Command, and has also attracted maintenance and drydock warranty work on Holland America Cruise Line vessels. In an effort to secure more Navy and military ship overhaul con- tracts, 11 craft unions working for Dillingham and Northwest Marine voted to reduce the basic hourly wage as well as reduce overtime, weekend and night shift bonuses on project agreements for military and other ship repair work. Based on these agreements, Dillingham Ship Repair was the low bidder on a $20- million project to convert a former container vessel to crane ship ser- vice for the Military Sealift Com- mand. During the year, Lockport Marine Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, Burbank, Calif., became a new ship repair contractor at the Portland Ship Re- pair Yard. Lockport will concen- trate on Navy and other military projects. Portland's major diversification of shipyard product lines has been in the field of constructing oil and gas production modules for the oil fields of Alaska's North Slope. ARCO has sited two projects at the Portland Ship Repair Yard: one by Brown and Root for construction of six 450-ton drill site modules and four 80-ton pipe bridge structures. The other by Daniel International, for seven larger modules for ARCO's Lisburne oil fields. Another Alaskan North Slope project completed at the yard was a 250-ton $5-million mobile oil rig ser- vice unit built by Nordic Well Ser- vice. To facilitate what the Port of Portland is planning to be a highly diversified and growing business volume, it has undertaken an $11 million rehabilitation of the older part of the Portland Ship Repair Yard. The rehabilitation is about one- third complete including total reha- bilitation of one berth, several cranes, and start-up of the rehabili- tation of a second berth. The Port of Portland also has revised its tariff schedule to provide contractor incentives and make the Portland Ship Repair Yard among the most competitive on the West Coast. TRIPLE A SHIPYARDS Circle 29 on Reader Service Card Triple A Shipyards provides gen- eral ship repair and drydocking ser- vices at two facilities, one at Hunt- ers Point (San Francisco) and the other in San Diego. The Hunters Point facility can accommodate ships up to 1100 feet in length with a maximum beam of 144 feet and a draft of 40 feet. This facility offers multi-drydocking ca- pabilities as well as the largest grav- ing dock on the West Coast. In addi- tion the yard has six 1,000-foot long deep-water repair berths. The San Diego facility can accom- modate vessels up to 389 feet, with a maximum beam of 52 feet and a draft of 17 feet. Both facilities offer large and highly versatile alongside weight- handling capabilities. The shipyards' complement of fully-equipped shops allows a wide range of ser- vices. These include: machine shops, plate area and welding shops, sheet metal shops, paint shops, electrical and electronic shops, pipe shops, joiner and lofting shops, valve shops and staging shops. The yard has published a full- color, 4-page brochure describing the two facilities' capabilities in ship repair, conversion and construction. Production systems for ships, barges ana offshore structures. Beam line. Panel line at Bath Iron Works. If you Ve looking for productivity, you should talktoTTS. TTS specializes in solutions that offer immediate increases in productivity for your yard. Shotblast and paint lines. Panel lines. Beam lines for N/C cutting and marking of stiffeners. Heavy lift and ship transfer sys- tems. Material handling systems. Proven, flexible, custom-designed to suit any size shipyard, any existing facility. Give us your particular production prob- lems. Let us propose how to reduce material handling costs, mechanize production and increase productivity We are just a phone call away.. SYSTEMS INC. 813 Forrest Drive PO. Box 6127 Newport News, Virginia 23606 Telephone: (804) 595-5153 TWX 710-880-0003. NEWPORT NEWS • LONDON • BERGEN • OSLO • HALIFAX Circle 139 on Reader Seivice Card July 16, 1985 1 1 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>