Maritime Reporter, June 1993

<BODY> <div> quently made three-vessel lifts, with a lifting capacity of 81,000 tons. Ships built in the lower yard move laterally toward the river and par- allel to the river in five positions and are side-launched. A Panamax dock is moored at the lower end of the outfitting docks for the repair of ships and to support the docking requirements of new construction. Avondale's metal fabrication, which is capable of fabricating up to 175,000 tons of steel per year, uti- lize three primary shops, the 178,000-sq.-ft. Plate Shop; the 27,700-sq.-ft. Tee-Beam Shop; and the 4,800-sq.-ft. Blacksmith Shop. Avondale maintains a full-ser- vice Engineering Department of more than 350 employees skilled in all disciplines. "The future of U.S. shipbuilding is becoming more competitive on the international markets, and the subsidies issue aside, U.S. yards must increase their productivity and quality to survive," said Mr. McAlear. To keep abreast of changes, Avon- dale has invested heavily in facility improvements, with a total of more than $258 million invested since 1970 and continuing investments of more than $3 million per year. In another effort to tap the inter- national market, Avondale contin- ues its technology transfer and in- vestment program, and has com- pleted its direct technology trans- fer program with Ishikawajima- Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI). The program was fully imple- mented in the construction of the T- AO 187 and LSD-41 class ships, including: extensive detailed ad- vanced planning; package unit and zone design; process lane fabrica- tion standardization; line heating forming techniques; the IHI system of accuracy control; heavy concen- tration in machinery and piping packaging; and post-outfitting by zone. The construction system is supported by the SPADES System of fairing and parts generation; CAD AM drafting system; COPICS material control system; and the diversified CIPREC Management Information System. NOL Shipyard Wins Contract To Build Three Clean Product Tankers Atlantis Engineering & Con- struction, a shipyard subsidiary of one of Singapore's largest shipping lines, Neptune Orient Lines Ltd. (NOL), announced it has won a con- tract for three clean product tank- ers worth an estimated $28.5 mil- lion. Work on the first of the 6,500- dwt vessels is under way, and deliv- ery is due early next year. The single-hull ships are designed for a 12-knot service speed. The yard has built three other tankers, including a pair of 4,000- dwt vessels for Meridian Shipping and a 4,500-dwt model for NepTank Bunkering Services. June, 1993 Brent Trans. To Transfer Tank Barge Registry Brent Transportation Corp., Greenville, Miss., has received the Maritime Administration's (MarAd) permission for the transfer to Pana- manian registry of the tank barge B- 123. MarAd previously approved the sale of the barge by Brent Trans- portation to Compania Central Financiera Importadora Y Exportadora S.A., a Panamanian corporation. The barge was built in 1966 in Tell City, Ind. Higher Accuracies In Crankshaft Work Offered By In-Place Machining In-Place Machining Company, Milwaukee, Wis., is now utilizing recently developed "Phase IV" equip- ment and instrumentation for refin- ishing engine crankpin and main journals in-place in the engine. "Phase IV" equipment, together with newly-developed instrumenta- tion, is also being utilized to produce higher accuracies when line boring diesel engines. 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