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Cordon International To Supply Equipment For Three LNG Ships Cordon International Corpora- tion, 12011 San Vicente Boulevard, West Los Angeles, Calif. 90049, has announced that it has received a contract valued at approximately $2 million from Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, Oakland, Calif., to produce specialized equip- ment for use aboard three liquefied Time spent in dock is time wasted. To keep your vessels running 24 hours a day, seven days a week, we've developed the Syntron "Face Type" Marine Shaft Seal for the tail shafts of new or exist- ing ocean going and fresh water vessels. The "face type" stern seal has a stand-by inflatable ring providing a temporary seal while repairs are made with vessel afloat. Other exclusive features include: Split seal housing; no dynamic contact with shaft—sealing takes place on surface of housing; seal cavity designed to accept stan- dard packing in an emergency. Syntron "face type" seals are supplied complete, ready for in- stallation and can be applied to natural gas (LiNG) transport ships to be 'built by Avondale Shipyards, Inc., New Orleans, La. The equipment consists of cryo- genic piping, flanges and related controls used for handling the LNG flow within the ships' storage ves- sels, which Kaiser is producing. Each of the three ships will house five specially insulated aluminum tanks which will store the LNG at minus 260 degrees Fahrenheit. John J. Connolly, Cordon chair- tail shafts of from 3%" diameter and up. Send us your specs and we'll be glad to submit recom- mendations for this application or another Syntron Marine Shaft Seal: man and president, said his firm's Cosmodyne Division, Torrance, Calif., will perform the manufac- turing. "This contract is especially sig- nificant as it represents our first major order for cryogenic equip- ment specifically to be used aboard LNG ships," said Mr. Connolly. "The market for similar orders looks promising, as numerous LNG ships will ibe needed to transport this energy resource to the United Bulkhead Seals —with split face seal advantages. For shaft diam- eters of 4" and up. "Cartridge Seals" —for oil or water lubricated stern tubes. Shaft diameters up to 15". "STS" System—a complete pack- age for oil-filled stern tubes. On Board Pump Seal —designed to eliminate the leakage around the shafts of rotating equipment. Rudder Stock Marine Seal—split construction allows installation without the removal of rudder stock. For shaft diameters of 6" and up. For detailed information, contact: FMC Corporation Parts and Material Handling Div. Homer City, Pa. 15748 (412) 479-8011 74MS-1 States and elsewhere around the world." Avondale is building these three 900-foot-long tankers for subsid- iaries of El Paso Natural Gas Com- pany, which will transport LNG from Algeria to the U.S. East Coast. Cordon has provided cryo- genic equipment and systems for numerous LNG import and export facilities and satellite and peak shaving plants throughout the world, and for nuclear power plants. In addition, the company provides logistical air support services to international petroleum companies. Todd San Francisco Appoints Harrison Rowe Harrison G. Rowe Harrison G. Rowe has been ap- pointed general manager, San Francisco Division, Todd Ship- yards Corporation, effective Janu- ary 1, 1974, it was announced by Angel Garate, general manager. Mr. Rowe has 'been employed at the San Francisco Division located at Alameda for 25 years, and since 1971 has served as assistant to the general manager. Mr. Rowe's serv- ice at Todd has included marine structural design and analysis, esti- mator, contract administrator, and technical supervisor. A veteran of the U.S. Navy, with service in World War II, Mr. Rowe is a native of San Francisco. He is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where he received a B.S. degree in mechani- cal engineering in 1943. He is a member of The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers, The Society of Port Engineers, The Propeller Club of San Francisco, and is a registered mechanical en- gineer in the state of California. German Cruise Ship Bought By Russians The 25,000-gross-ton cruise ship Hanseatic has been sold 'by her West German owners to Russian shipping interests who plan to place the vessel in service as the Maksim Gorkiy. The vessel was built in 1969 for German Atlantic Line as the Ham- burg. The company renamed the ship the Hanseatic shortly before ending passenger operations sever- al months ago. The newly acquired Russian ship will fee represented in the United States by March Shipping Passen- ger Services, which also represents other Soviet cruise lines, including the Mikhail Lermontov and the Al- exandr Pushkin. Fluid Control Equipment 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
