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PACTOW HOSTS DILLINGHAM TUGS—A historic meeting took place recently as Long Beach, Calif., became the crossroads of the Pacific for four Dillingham Maritime tugs. Flanked bv PacTow's revolutionary tractor tug Pacific Escort, which is stationed in Long Beach, is the Moana Hele, operated by Dillingham Tug and Barge in Hawaii. The Moana Hele arrived from Honolulu to tow a container barge from Long Beach back to Hawaii. The Barbara Foss, from Foss Company in Seattle, was on her way to Louisiana to pick up two barges. The tug Drew Foss was completing a voyage from Ocean Transportation Services in Houston, Texas, to Seattle, Wash. Dillingham Maritime offers coastal, harbor and ocean tug and barge service. For additional information, Circle 41 on Reader Service Card New Full-Color Brochure Available From PACECO PACECO, Inc., a subsidiary of the Fruehauf Corporation, has recently published a new full-color brochure describing in detail its newly ex- panded, computer-integrated man- ufacturing facility located in Gulf- port, Miss. Originally built in 1971, the facili- ty was expanded in 1981 at a cost of $30 million to include a 400,000- square-foot, under-roof fabrication facility; a 58,000-square-foot, envi- ronmentally controlled blast and coating facility; and a 44,000- square-foot engineering and admin- istration center, which is equipped with CAD/CAM. PACECO, formerly Pacific Coast Engineering Company of Alameda, Calif., has specialized in contract manufacturing since 1923, and is well known in the maritime industry for its giant container cranes. For a free copy of the new bro- chure, Circle 70 on Reader Service Card New 16-Page Brochure From Caterpillar On Six Diesel Series The manufacture of the highest quality engines and engine systems is the subject of a new 16-page, full color brochure. "Caterpillar En- gines, An Industry Standard of Ex- cellence" discusses all elements of the company's engine program. Nu- merous photographs show research and engineering, foundry technolo- gy, production, quality control, and parts distribution capability at com- pany locations. Also described are basic specifications of six series of Caterpillar Engines ranging from 85-6,000 hp (63 kw to 4,500 kw) for use in a broad variety of truck, marine, agricultural, electric power generation and industrial applica- tions. To obtain a copy of the brochure, Circle 71 on Reader Service Card Daewoo Gets $425-Million Contract From Sonat For Six Semisubmersible Rigs What is said to be the largest-ever order for offshore drilling rigs, a contract for six semisubmersibles worth $425 million, has been placed by Sonat Offshore Drilling of Hous- ton with Daewoo shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. of Korea. The six rigs will be constructed to a design based on Gotaverken's GVA 4000, and will be capable of drilling in waters up to 3,000 feet deep and operating almost anywhere in the world. Deliveries are scheduled from late 1986 to 1989. Sonat Drilling, with a current fleet of 21 offshore mobile rigs, also has two other semisubmersibles un- der construction. One was ordered in partnership with Wilh. Wilhems- en Enterprises Ltd. of Oslo, and will be long-term chartered to Norsk Hydro. The other was ordered by Sonat on speculation; it is under construction at Mitsui's Tomano Works in Japan with delivery sched- uled for 1985. Total cost of these two rigs is about $145 million. Whalen Joins Huthnance As Vice President -Operations Bill Huthnance, president of Huthnance Drilling Company, has announced that Herb Whalen has joined the company as vice presi- dent—operations. Mr. Whalen has extensive expe- rience in both operations and man- agement. While attending Texas A&M University, he worked as a roustabout and roughneck while studying petroleum engineering. Af- ter graduation he began as a drilling engineer for Tenneco. He next served as manager of operations for Teledyne Moviable Offshore and later as vice president of worldwide operations for Diamond M Drilling Company. In 1980, he formed Whalen Drilling which operated three inland barges before he sold the company three years later. Mr. Whalen will supervise operations for Huthnance Drilling from the company's New Iberia, La. office. New Transmission Accessories Bulletin Offered By Twin Disc Twin Disc, Inc., has just re- leased an updated 12-page bulle- tin covering accessories available for its line of marine transmis- sions in the 52 to 1,193-kw (70 to 1,600 bhp) range, suitable for die- sel engines. New information includes speci- fications on input hub assemblies designed to fit Vulastik torsional couplings. The bulletin also con- tains basic capacity and dimen- sional data on the company's standard and multi-pump PTO's, top PTO's, live PTO's, indicating gauges, output shaft flanges, troll- ing valves and heat exchangers. To obtain a copy of Bulletin 319- P-AC, Circle 77 on Reader Service Card o€ DEL GAVIO MARINE HYDRAULICS, INC. 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