Maritime Reporter, June 1993

<BODY> <div> fresh water makers onboard! Circle 186 on Reader Service Card The "Diamond Island Ferry," recently built and delivered by Adams Boat Co. Adams Boat Co., Inc., a Madison, Ind.-based custom boat builder, re- cently delivered a 40-foot by 12-foot ferry tender to Jumbo Barge Co. of Evansville, Ind. Named "Diamond Island Ferry," it will be used to push a 20-foot by 70-foot ferry flat to Dia- mond Island, Ky. on the Ohio River. It will carry farm and oil drilling equipment. The hull is constructed of 5/16- inch plate with three watertight bulkheads. It is powered by a single Detroit 671 engine and turns a 30- inch four-blade propeller through 2.5:1 gears. Steering is hydraulic and there is one steering rudder and two flanking rudders. A sister ship is under construc- tion for Gough Farms of Henderson, Ky. For more information on the boat building capabilities of Adams Boat Co., Circle 65 on Reader Service Card Japan's MHI To Build VLCC For Mitsui OSK Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has agreed to build a VLCC for major Japanese shipping com- pany Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Ltd. The tanker will be a single-hulled, 240,000-dwt tanker. It will be com- pleted in early 1996 and will be hired by Mitsubishi Oil Co. to carry its crude oil. The value of the ship was not disclosed, but a VLCC of this size generally costs around $90 million. MHI won an order in March of 1993 to build a similarly-sized tanker for Japan's Navix Line Ltd. 136 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Simship Offers Consulting/ Training To Maritime Industry Simship Corp. is a marine con- sulting and training firm serving the maritime industry and naval community. The firm offers a range of products and services to improve the safety and effectiveness of ma- rine and naval operations. Several products are offered to support ship- board and shoreside personnel and operations, including: full-scale simulator training and certification services; turnkey desktop systems for in-house training and evalua- tion; productivity analysis and de- sign of shipboard and ship-shore operations and organization; and forensic studies and demonstrations of ship operations and performance. Simship presently offers one of the world's most advanced and com- prehensive marine simulation fa- MAXIM n evaporators are "on board" every 90-10 copper nickel construction provides type of commercial and military ship, excellent corrosion resistance, offshore platform and fishing vessel around Dependable, trouble-free operation over the world. For more than fifty years, we have the long haul...easy maintenance, even in been providing fresh water wherever it's cold water or heavy silt...few names have ever needed. been better known than MAXIM for quality A wide range of MAXIM standard designs and dependability and we back it lip with are available for quick delivery anywhere in service and support anywhere, anytime, the world. Stock sizes range from 200 to Beaird Industries, P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, 12,000 gal/day. For larger fresh water LA71130-1115, Phone 318-865-6351, requirements, we custom design units to Fax 318-868-1701. meet your needs, whatever the size. Available in single effect, multi-effect or multi-stage flash type designs, these units can be operated directly on steam as well as jacket water, eliminating any need for a secondary heat exchanger. Our single shell design affords optimum space savings and the cilities, the Simulation Training and Research (STAR) Center located in Dania, Fla. For more information on Simship, Circle 47 on Reader Service Card Castrol Introduces Advanced Grease For Marine Use Castrol has recently introduced Castrol Spheerol SX2, a high-per- formance calcium sulphonate com plex base grease. Specifically devel oped for use in the highly aggressivi conditions in marine and offshori environments, Castrol Spheerol SXi is suitable for a wide range of appli cations including wire ropes, oper gears, small to medium sized rollei bearings, fairleads, chain drives, etc Extensive in-service and labora- tory trials have proven the advanced properties of Castrol Spheerol SX2. These characteristics give optimum lubrication and corrosion protection over a wide operating temperature range of - 20 degrees to + 150 de- grees C. The NLGI rating of this solvent free grease is 2 and drop point in excess of 300 degrees C. For more information on Spheerol SX2 from Castrol, Circle 57 on Reader Service Card Adams Boat Co. Delivers Ferry Tender To Jumbo Barge </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>