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360 PARK AVENUE SOUTH NEW YORK SUBLEASE 4,000 SQUARE FEET IMMEDIATE ONE TO FIVE YEARS JUST BUILT LOW RENTAL PLANS AVAILABLE BROKERS PROTECTED CALL DAVID R. ARONSON The Beaugrand-Fisher Group, Inc. REALTORS FOR AMERICA'S FOREMOST CORPORATIONS 200 PARK AVENUE, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 CABLE: BEAUFISH, N.Y. 212/661-5549 Authorized Marine distributor for Westinghouse Turbine Renewal Parts, Port Electric maintains a complete stock of replacement parts in its own warehouse for immediate delivery. Authorized Marine Distributors for: Westinghouse: Turbine, Controller and Motor Renewal Parts Cutler-Hammer: Controller Parts Clark: Controller Parts Also available: Replacement Parts for Monitor. Reliance, Crocker Wheeler, and others. PORT ELECTRIC Turbine Division OF PORT ELECTRIC SUPPLY CORP. 155-157 Perry Street, New York, N. Y. 10014 Call (212) 255-4530 SHIP SERVICE OUR SPECIALTY The vessels are each equipped with 40-ton electric towing and barge connector winches manufactured by Beebe Bros. The winches are controlled by remote control from the pilot- house, or manually on deck. Construction of the towboats is of steel, transversely framed and with double chines. Thickness of plating for the deck and side is jMs-inch, of headlog is -Hs-inch, of corners is 1- inch, and of bottom is 3/2-inch and ^-inch. The vessels are also equipped with Konel KR33BB and KR 150 radios, Decca RM916 radar, intercom systems, two each 14-inch car- bon arc Carlisle Finch searchlights, and one each Kahlenberg T-l horn with whistle light. Halter Marine shipbuilding facilities are in New Orleans, La.; Moss Point, Miss., and Lockport, La. Warrior & Gulf Navigation Company is headquartered in Mobile, Ala., and operates towboats on the Warrior and Tombigbee river system in Alabama and on the Gulf Intra- coastal Waterway. HUGE OBO FROM SUMITOMO: Sumitomo Shipbuilding & Machinery Co., Ltd., recently delivered the M/V Avon Bridge, a 1 42,000-dwt ore/bulk/oil carrier, from its Ura- ga Shipbuilding Yard in Yokosuka, to H. Clarkson and Company Limited of the United Kingdom. The new vessel measures approximately, 846 feet in length, 1 44 feet in breadth (molded), and 80 feet in depth (molded), and carries Lloyd's UMS (Unattended Machinery Space) qual- ification. She is powered by a Sumitomo-Sulzer Diesel Engine 10 RND 90 MCR 29,000 bhp at 122 rpm, providing a service speed of 15.55 knots. Besides this Avon Bridge, Sumitomo Shipbuilding & Machinery Co., Ltd., has orders for three OBO carriers, totaling about 430,000-dwt, from the Seabridge Group. Halter Marine Services Delivers Three New Towboats To Warrior & Gulf Navigation The hull configuration of the Tombigbee, shown above, and her sister towboats is of special design to insure optimum maneuverability on the rivers of Alabama. Three new and identical river towboats have been built and delivered by Halter Marine Services, Inc., New Orleans, La., to the War- rior & Gulf Navigation Company, Mobile, Ala. The new vessels are the Alabama, Tombigbee, and Muskogee. They are in operation on the Warrior-Tombigbee rivers system and Gulf Intracoastal Waterway of Alabama. Each new towboat is powered by two Gen- eral Motors 16149NA diesel engines with 7:1 Twin Disc MG540 reduction gear. Two 4-blade stainless steel 80-inch-diameter propellers of special design to permit efficient and full absorption of horsepower in astern, as well as ahead conditions, turn on 7>4-inch-diameter forged steel propeller shafts with Damon Ceramalloy liners. The towboats are each equipped with hydraulic steering with full fol- low-up for two steering and four flanking rud- ders manufactured by Skipper, Inc. Barges- IN STOCK FOR IMMEDIATE SHIPMENT ANYWHERE For Sale! WESTINGHOUSE TURBINE RENEWAL PARTS Our business is barges and we design, build and deliver to suit you. Stock designs or custom de- signs, single units or a fleet — Hillman builds 'em. The quality is tops, your dead- lines will be met and the price will please you. Let us tackle your next barge assignment. Iman BARGE & CONSTRUCTION CO. GRANT BUILDING, PITTSBURGH, PA. 15219 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
