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Operate machinery continuously? Want 24 hour protection? vibration monitors Free information tells how to get an early warning of developing mechanical trouble before breakdown, lets your men schedule maintenance and stay on- stream. You can guard new and existing pumps, com- pressors, turbines, etc. Request book to learn how made-to-match Mechanalysis Monitors protect expensive machines. IRD MECHANALYSIS, INC. SUBSIDIARY OF H. H. ROBERTSON COMPANY 6150 HUNTLEY RD. COLUMBUS. OHIO 43229 PHONE: 614/885-5376 CABLE ADDRESS: IRDMECH. USA A Lcuiqe S- Modem Reel of STEEL BARGES Transportation of Coal and Oil in New York Harbor and Vicinity 1 Broadway M.&J.TRACY, Inc. zt™ LeToumecru To Build $9.5 Million Rig For Fluor Drilling Services Ross McClintock, senior vice president of Fluor Corporation and president of Fluor Drilling Serv- ices, Inc., has announced the sign- ing of a contract with LeTourneau Offshore, Inc., for construction of a 300-foot, self-elevating jack-up drilling rig costing $9.5 million. The new rig is being designed to operate in 300-foot water depths and is initially scheduled to work in the Gulf of Mexico. Diesel-elec- tric power will supply a total of 8,800 hp, the greatest horsepower yet installed in a rig of this type. Construction will start immediate- ly at LeTourneau's Vicksburg, Miss., yard. The rig is scheduled to be operational in May 1972. Fluor Drilling Services is the in- ternational drilling subsidiary of Fluor Corporation. Newport, R.I. Shipyard Offers Two Brochures Newport Ship Yard, Inc., of New- port, R.I., has announced that the 137-year-old firm has two recently produced brochures available to those in the marine industry inter- ested in their facilities and services. Famous as the "Home of Amer- ica's Cup Defenders and Challengers" since the 1930s, the shipyard has dynamically faced the ever-increasing needs of commercial, military and pleasure craft customers. An expan- sion program has enabled Newport Ship Yard recently to establish a Custom Boatbuilding Division with capability in aluminum, steel and wood. Those desiring the company bro- chures may write to 379 Thames Street, Newport, R.I. 02840. Blue Water Marine Publishes New Bulletin An eight-page, two-color Bulletin 571 describing the services and lines of equipment and supply is available from Blue Water Marine Supply, Inc., P.O. Box 5457, Houston, Tex- as 77012. Major categories included in the bulletin containing 22 photographic illustrations are specialty and pollu- tion control items, towing, fishing, dredging and work boat equipment and supplies, and equipment packag- ing for offshore operations. Also featured is a table showing anchor chain, wire rope and cordage sizes required for given breaking loads of from 25 to 1,200 tons. MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016 MUrroy Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1 st and 1 5th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc., with executive, advertising and editorial offices at 107 East 31st Street, New York, N. Y. 10016; publishing office at 41 First Street, Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Controlled Circulation postage paid at Hoboken, New Jersey 07030 Member BPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. 10 Volume 33 SYNCROLIFr THE WORLD'S MOST MODERN DRYDOCKING & TRANSFER SYSTEMS A Patented Product of PEARLSON ENGINEERING CO. i, P.O. BOX 8 • 8970 S.W. 87th COURT • MIAMI, FLORIDA 33156 PHONE: 305/271-5721 • TELEX: 051-9340 • CABLE: SYNCROLIFT 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 WHATEVER YOUR NEEDS are for drydocking, transferring, or launching vessels, our engineers will help determine the best answers to those needs...will prepare estimates... even visit your yard, anywhere in the world, at no cost or obligation. Write today for literature: 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
