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The Galveston Wharves cuts confusion by improving communications and our ability to solve problems. We assume the responsibility for key port operations, from railroads to container cranes and from custom-packing to warehousing. Most any foul-up would be ours . . . and we respect your business too much to make mistakes. "fO' ^ P. O. Box 328 ^ j Galveston, Texas 77650 'W Telephone (713) 765-9321 OSE's Order Backlog Up To $3.2 Million With New Financing Ocean Science and Engineering, Inc. (OSE), Long Beach, Calif., has reported that it has conclud- ed the placement with a group of private investors of approximately 2.3-million common shares at 25 cents per common share, provid- ing the company with up to $600,000 in equity capital accord- ing to an announcement by Ed- ward R. Lawlor, president. Mr. Lawlor also noted that OSE's order backlog has increased to $3.2 million, including a sharp increase in ship repair business, an order from a group of San Francisco Bay Area oil companies for OSE Air Deliverable Anti- Pollution Transfer and Storage System (ADAPTS), a number of ocean engineering and oceano- graphic development contracts, and an initial order for the con- struction of equipment modules for the petroleum production in- dustry. Brown & Roof Orders Pipelaying Barge From Rotterdam Dockyard Brown & Root, Inc. of Houston, Texas, subsidiary of Halliburton Company, has announced in Rot- terdam the signing of a contract with Rotterdam Dockyard Com- pany for a third generation pipe- lay barge. The barge-shaped vessel, with center lay configuration, will be 650 feet by 140 feet by 50 feet. It will be capable of laying un- derwater pipe up to 60 inches in diameter, and will be capable of laying pipe in water depths of 1,000 feet. The barge is designed for work in the northern waters of the North Sea under severe wind and wave conditions. Delivery is scheduled during the first half of 1976. Rotterdam Dockyard Company is a subsidiary of Rhine-Schelde- Verolme. LOCKHEED...the place to tie up for repairs ...especially when you can't afford to be tied up for long We go all out to get your vessel up, out, and back in business in the least possible time, at the lowest possible cost. Your ship is here today, gone tomorrow—ship- shape and seaworthy. Inside, outside, topside, or bottomside. That's Lockheed service. 24 hours a day, and 7 days a week if necessary. We can drydock your vessel or moor it for dockside repairs. And repair every- thing on everything, from tugs to tankers to Naval vessels. When your ship needs anything from top to bottom, please get a time and cost es- timate from Lockheed's manager of ship repair, Ext. 631. That's his line. SHIPBUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY 2929 16th AVE. S.W., SEATTLE, WASH. 96134 PHONE 206-623-2072 • CABLE L0CKSHIP 3 floating drydocks to 18,000 tons Shipways to 100 x 700 feet . Piers to 1,100 feet MARITIME REPORTER ENGINEERING NEWS 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10616 MUrray Hill 9-3266, 3267, 3268, 3269 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Is published the 1st and ISth of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Notice of application to mail at Controlled Circulation is pending at the Waterbury, Connecticut 66701 post office. Postmaster Send notification (form 3579) regarding undeliver- tible magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member BPA business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 14 Volume 36 4 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News