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NKK To Build $56-Million Offshore Platform Jacket Off Australia NKK (Nippon Kokan) will build a $56- million jacket for a conventional offshore platform off the northwest coast of Aus- tralia. According to NKK officials in New York, the contract was signed with Wood- side Petroleum Development Pty. Ltd. of Aus- tralia. The company is the operator of a joint venture, which also includes Shell, Broken Hill Proprietary Company, Ltd., British Pe- troleum, and California Asiatic Oil Com- pany. This joint venture is conducting oil development operations in Australia. The offshore platform, one of the largest of its type in the world, will be installed at the North Rankin Gas Field off the north- west coast of Australia. NKK's responsi- bilities will include steel procurement, fab- rication of the jacket, load-out, and tie-down on the seagoing barge for transport to Aus- tralia. All the steel materials for the jacket, which will require some 20,000 tons of steel, will be manufactured by NKK. The jacket will be fabricated at NKK's Tsu Works, and will be delivered in April 1982. The jacket will measure 146.5 meters high (481 feet) —124.5 meters submerged depth (408 feet)—and the rectangular base formed by the eight legs will measure 67.4 meters by 82.9 meters (221 feet by 272 feet). SECOND CRANE FOR RICHMOND — A second 37-ton, A-frame container crane is now operational at the Port of Richmond, Calif. The new crane, built and erected by Paceco, is capable of handling 20- to 40-foot containers; it has a 110-foot boom outreach and a 31-foot backreach over the terminal. It will almost double container loading and unloading rates, making ship turnaround times at Richmond competitive with other container ports providing service from the U.S. West Coast to Southeast Asia. Gladwell And Soose Appointed Managers At Dravo Mechling Dravo Mechling, the subsidiary barge line of Dravo Corporation, has appointed David M. Gladwell as St. Louis regional sales man- ager and Harry J. Soose Jr. as manager, accounting. David M. Gladwell Harry J. Soose Jr. Mr. Gladwell, who joined Dravo Mechling in 1976, was most recently manager, cus- tomer services. Mr. Soose joined Dravo in 1974, and was previously the supervisor of operations anal- ysis at Dravo Mechling. Dravo Mechling, one of the nation's larg- est barge lines, provides common and con- tract towing on the river system and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway. OTHER SHIPOWNERS HAVE PAID FOR THIS UNIT IN ONE VOYAGE After that, it's pure profit! Mag Satellite Navigator The Magnavox MX-1105 Satellite/Omega Navigator offers the best of both worlds, the world-wide precision of Satellite Navigation and the continous high seas coverage of the Omega system. After two years of extensive testing, one major tanker operator has documented typical savings of 80 miles per voyage representing as much as $50,000 per year per vessel. This is above and beyond the savings achieved through the use of a conventional single channel set. With savings of this type, the MX-1105 is much more than an aid to navigation, it is a very good economic investment. With equipment this important you want the best reliability and performance available. Magnavox has produced over 3,000 Satellite Navigators with over 10 million hours of actual operation. An impressive record! For support that matches Magnavox's reliability, Nav-Com is ready to respond to your needs with prompt, efficient, and competent service. Nav-Com offers the full range of Magnavox Satellite Navigators for every application and budget. For your next requirement, let Nav-Com prepare a professional, engineering level proposal at no cost or obligation. NAV-COM Inc., 711 Grand Boulevard, Deer Park, New York 11729 (516) 667-7710 Telex: 645744 NAVCOM NY DEER , J fit d "/rs ate mersAr,-. - MY OLD TOKT/NA srom / '' 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
