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(Oslo, Norway). The vessel, one of the largest of its kind in the world, has an overall length of 728 feet, width of 138 feet, with a clear deck length of 423 and clear width of 138 feet. The deadweight capacity is 44,000 tons. Axel C. Eitzen, of Tschudi & Eitzen, shipowner of the Sibig Ven- ture, as well as a fleet of OBO car- riers, was present during loadout- operations in Long Beach. (The Tschudi & Eitzen families marked the 100th anniversary of their part- nership in 1984. Captain Henry Tschudi is the elder of the joint partnership.) Tschudi & Eitzen (Oslo) and I.T.C. Holland have been associated for many years, combining their re- spective talents as shipowners, ma- rine engineers and naval architects. Noble Denton & Associates of Houston, Texas, were the insurance surveyors assigned to the project. I.T.C. (USA) Inc., is also located in Houston, and headed by Ed- ward Punch, vice president. For additional free information from I.T.C. Holland on their ser- vices, Circle 340 on Reader Service Card I.T.C. Holland Engineers Its Third Double Rig Dry Transport On The Sibig Venture I.T.C. Holland B.V., Haarlem, Holland, the Netherlands, recently contracted the dry transport of two Rowan rigs from Seward, Alaska to Port of Spain, Trinidad. The Rowan Middletown was loaded aboard the Sibig Venture in Seward, Alaska. The vessel then proceeded to Long Beach, Califor- nia where the Rowan Alaska was floated onboard. The 15,000 mile voyage via the Strait of Magellan is projected to take about 50 days. The rigs, as well as the ship, are too large to transit the Panama Canal, which has a width restriction of 106 feet. The rigs are owned and operated by Rowan Companies Inc., Houston, Texas. The Rowan Middletown is a Marathon LeTourneau 116-C de- sign having 410 feet of legs installed and a total weight of 9,587 tons. The Rowan Alaska is a Marathon Le- Tourneau ML-84-S design having 410 feet of legs installed and a total weight of 9,200 tons. The Sibig Venture is owned and operated by Tschudi & Eitzen Hitachi Zosen Completes Two Power Generating Barges For Philippines Two power plant barges, NA- PORCOR Power Barges 3 and 4, built for the National Power Corpo- ration (NPC) of the Philippines, were completed recently at Hitachi Zosen's Osaka Works and subse- quently towed to their destination. These barges, the same type as the two power barges built for NPC by Hitachi in 1981, will be installed in two locations—one at Iloilo on Pa- nay Island and the other at Zam- boanga on Mindanao Island. Each barge will provide a total of 32 mw of electrical power at maxi- mum from four diesel generators. Manufactured by Hitachi, Ltd., each of the 8,000-kw generators is driven by an Hitachi/Sulzer 16ZV40 diesel engine with an output of 11,600 bhp. The engines were manu- factured at Hitachi's Sakurajima Works. The barges have an overall length of 213 feet, beam of 100 feet, depth of 23 feet, and full-load draft of 8.86 feet. Displacement at full load is 5,398 metric tons. One of two Hitachi-built power-generating barges under tow during trip from Japan to the Philippines. Each barge is fitted with four 8,000-kw diesel generators. YD RAU l_l MANUFACTURER SERVICE REPAIR PARTS CMH HELESHAW, INC. 201 HARRISON STREET HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY 07030 NEW YORK: (212) 267-0328 HOBOKEN: (201) 792-0500 TWX: 710-730-5224 CMH HBKN Circle 174 on Reader Service Card June, 1985 PA OF TAKES THE HIGH COST OUT 'EC FILTERS. S5K*>s|* SIS Hif, ."as5K- Parker Offers Many Designs Meeting the Demanding Requirements of Military Applications. • Custom designs meeting Mil-S-17849 (duple: • Commercial designs accepting elements conforming to Mil-F-24402 Mil-F-83860 Designed to Mil-F-81836 AN6235-4A meet MIL-S-901C Mil-F-27656 AN6236 and MIL-STD-167B Mil-F-5504 Call or write our Military Sales Manager for Catalog Packet E-39B. ^ - Parker Hannifin Corporation Filter Division 16810 Fulton County Road, No. 2 „ . . Metamora, OH 43540 -Fluidpower 419/644-4311 ^ Circle 191 on Reader Service Card 25 Left to right, during loadout operations of the Rowan Alaska at Long Beach, California are: Richard Haas, manager-compliance engineering and Lonnie Boyd, rig manager-Rowan Middletown, Rowan Companies; Michel Gorman, ocean engineer and surveyor, Noble, Denton & Associates; Axel Eitzen, shipowner, and Captain I. Karlsen, master-Sibig Venture, of Tschudi & Eitzen; Andre Hoek, naval architect and project coordinator, and Edward A. Punch Sr., vice president, I.T.C. Holland.