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Bethlehem Dedicates (continued) of events which got underway more than a year before. In the interim Bethlehem had acquired use of the U.S. Navy surplus drydock—a self- sustained floating shipyard—con- structed ancillary facilities for the drydock and dredged a portion of the ship channel to a depth of 60 feet to accommodate the drydock. Also, Bethlehem built office and equipment repair facilities and relo- cated two miles of a state highway which ran through the Sabine Yard property. The drydock had been berthed in Hawaii for more than 40 years when it was towed earlier this year to the Beaumont Yard for modification and reactivation work—a 14,000- mile journey. After several months at Beau- mont, the sections were towed to the Sabine Yard and assembled into the ship configuration mode in mid- July. For oil rigs, the sections can be arranged in two side-by-side bat- teries. This configuration provides a clear docking area of 414 feet by 362 feet. To accommodate drillships or other types of vessels, such as the four ships drydocked during the summer and early fall, the sections were lined up in tandem for a clear docking area of 829 feet by 122 feet. Lease and operational documents between Bethlehem and the City of Port Arthur, owner of the Pleasure Island property, and the Port of Port Arthur, owner of the drydock, were signed in November 1984. Ownership of the drydock was transferred from the U.S. General Services Administration to the State of Texas to the Port of Port Arthur. The port allows Bethlehem to use it through an operating agree- ment approved by the federal agen- cy and the port authority. For further information on Beth- lehem Steel, Circle 69 on Reader Service Card Totem To Acquire Controlling Interest In Interocean Steamship Corp. W. J. Amoss Jr., president of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. and Stanley H. Barer, chairman of Totem Resources Corporation of Seattle, Wash., jointly announced that an agreement in principle had been reached for the acquisition by Totem Resources Corporation of controlling interest in Interocean Steamship Corp., a Florida corpora- tion which is the parent of Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. The se- nior management of Lykes Steam- ship will continue their financial interest in Interocean. Totem Resources Corporation (TRC) is a privately owned compa- ny and the parent of Totem Ocean Trailer Express Company, Inc. ("TOTE") which operates Ameri- can-flag high-speed roll-on/roll-off liner vessels between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. operates a fleet of 32 American-flag vessels serving five continents and ports on the U.S. Gulf, West Coast, South Atlan- tic Coast and Great Lakes and in the St. Lawrence Seaway. "It is hoped that negotiations can be finalized along with fulfillment of certain conditions and necessary regulatory approvals by year end," Mr. Amoss said. Mr. Barer said: "Our acquisition will substantially broaden and in- crease TRC's investment in the fu- ture of the American-flag Merchant Marine. We believe in that future and that Lykes is ideally positioned to enhance its transportation activi- ty in both the Pacific and Atlan- tic." IIL JIM'S PUMP REPAIR INC. || ^incorporated 48.55 36th STREET, LONG ISLAND CITY, NEW YORK 11101 JIM LAGONIKOS, President Established 1974 Bob Mooney, Sales & Service Mgr. Reconditioned Coffin & Pacific Feed Pumps Service A-1 Condition Parts Available 24HRS TYPE • F-CG - DE - DEB - IND - T TLX-TWX 718-392-4444 TBA • 12 - 16 - 161/2 710-5824847JPRNYK Circle 130 on Reader Service Card OFFSIIORH BOAT SPECIFICATIONS Complete Information On Offshore Fleets DATA SERVICE Telephone (409) 569-0375 P.O. Box 2576 • Nacogdoches, TX 75963-2576 Circle 109 on Reader Service Card Milt Rose Named VP At Bay-Houston Towing Milt Rose The appointment of Milt Rose as vice president-Marine Division of Bay-Houston Towing Co. was re- cently announced by Cecil R. Haden, president. Formerly with Zapata Gulf Ma- rine Corporation and responsible for its operations in Central and South America, Mr. Rose will direct the activities of Bay-Houston's harbor, offshore and coastwise towing fleet. Facet Acquires Fram Filter Facility—Renamed Quantek —Literature Available The Fram Industrial Filter Cor- poration facility in Tulsa, Okla., has become a wholly owned subsidiary of Facet Enterprises, Inc., and will be part of the company's Industrial Filtration Division, according to an announcement by James R. Ma- lone, Facet president and chief ex- ecutive officer. The purchase was part of an acquisition by Facet which included three of Fram's in- dustrial filter manufacturing and marketing operations in Europe. The new facility, which had been renamed Quantek, designs, manu- factures and markets coalescing plate separators and packaged in- dustrial filtration systems used for the separation and recovery of oil and solids from oil/water mixtures. For further information on Quan- tek and its products, Circle 29 on Reader Service Card 20 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
