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Petroterminal De Panama Selects EMH To Construct Tanker-Loading Buoys EMH, Paris, France, will build two CALM — Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring — buoys for Petro- terminal de Panama, SA. (PtP). The turnkey contract was award- ed through Morrison-Knudsen, acting as agent for the pipeline company. The two SPMs will be built by EMH at the Tamese yard in Spain and installed off the East Coast of Panama in mid-1982. They will be anchored in 80 feet (24 meters) of water, and ea:h will be capable of loading cruie at up to 60,000 bhp into a 150,000-dwt tanker. According to Jean Alleaurre, EMH president, his firm already is building two CALM units sim- ilar to those ordered by PtP. 0:ie will be installed late in 1981 in the Rospo Mare field in the Adri- atic for ELF-Italiana. A second buov is being constructed for Total-ABK and will be installed off Abu Dhabi in the Abu A1 Bu Khoosh field. The PtP project will improve the distribution link between the North Coast Alaska oil fields and Atlantic ports. Currently, Alaska crude is shipped by supertanker to the Pacific terminus of the Panama Canal, transferred to canal-size tankers, shipped through the canal, then retrans- New, improved Doppler Speed Logs and Docking Systems from Straza *s> f m • 104 <; i . I -r> i m WcPH O Qm • £ ft a. jj cam 4 BHS Y ® • /as 9 Ifl 1 II M(? m it HEH T m m .... WD MRQ-401 2D Single Axis Speed Log with Echo Sounder MRQ-401 5D Dial-Axis Speed Log with Echo Sounder IMPROVEMENTS: • Microprocessor based system —improves control and adds Functions to system • RS422 serial interface—provides direct input to ship's computer. Also allows up to 1200 ft. cable lengths for remote displays. (Bow display for SBM) • Bright, easy-to-read LED digital display • Depth sounder included in logs • Completely sealed front panel SAME: • The transducer, proven accuracy and reliability, and same 1980-81 system prices. CONCLUSION: Ametek-Straza continues to meet the maritime industry's needs with improved systems—at no increase in pi ice! Remote Wing and Bow Display A Contact: Marketing Department, AMETEK, Straza Division, 790 Greenfield Drive, P.O. Box 666, El Cajon, CA 92022. Telephone: (714) 588-3380. Telex: 69-5436. 1METEK ferred to large tankers for trans- port to the final destination. When the pipeline is opera- tional, the crude will be pumped overland at a rate of approxi- mately 800,000 bpd, bypassing the Canal completely. There will be tank farms at both ends of the pipeline, dock-unloading facilities at the Pacific terminus, and the EMH-built buoys on the Atlantic side. EMH also has under construc- tion a fixed-column SPM — Sin- gle Point Mooring — that will be installed at Cayo Areas off the Mexican Coast late in 1981. Op- erated by PEMEX, it will load tankers of up to 350,000 dwt. Halter To Build Supply Vessel For Pelham Marine Halter Marine, Inc., New Or- leans, La., was recently awarded a contract by Pelham Marine, Inc., also of New Orleans, to construct a 180-foot supply boat. The con- tract will bring to an even dozen the number of Halter-built boats to operate under the Pelham flag. The vessel will be powered by two Caterpillar D399 diesel en- gines and will operate in the Gulf of Mexico. It will be built by Halter's Moss Point, Miss., divi- sion and is schedeuled for com- pletion in December 1982. Halter Marine, Inc. is the world's largest builder of supply boats for the offshore oil and gas industry. Name Peter West VP Of Transway Operations Peter J. West has joined Trans- way International Corporation, New York, N.Y., as vice presi- dent-operations, a newly created position, it was announced re- cently. Peter J. West Mr. West has corporate staff responsibility for marine trans- portation, truck trailer manufac- turing, and liquefied petroleum gas operations, said John W. Wolcott, president and chief ex- ecutive officer of Transway. Mr. West most recently had been senior vice president-opera- tions at UMC Industries, Inc., a diversified industrial company in Stamford, Conn. Transway Inter- national is a diversified transpor- tation and distribution company whose operations also include sev- eral freight-forwarding and re- lated cartage companies. 6 Write 539 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
