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Sea-Land Purchases Five USL Containerships For $80 Million Sea-Land Corporation recently paid $80 million at auction for five former United States Lines (USL) containerships. Sea-Land outbid the Maritime Administration for the vessels, which were sold by the U.S. Marshal as part of the Chap- ter 11 bankruptcy proceedings for USL. The USL containerships involved in the auction were: the American Puritan, built in 1980; the American Pioneer, built in 1979; the American Entente and American Envoy, both built in 1972; and the American Merchant, built in 1973. The first four containerships have 1,708-TEU capacities, while the last has a 964- TEU carrying capacity. Sea-Land bid $26.5 million for the Puritan, $24.5 million for the Pio- neer, $12 million each for the En- tente and Envoy, and $5 million for the Merchant. The company plans to use the five ships in its trans-Pacific trade routes, in a loop from California to Hawaii, Guam and Taiwan. —pAy. Nas n i ••* fe-jfcS-. Artist's conception of the S.S. Monterey after the completion of her conversion at Wartsila- Helsinki. The U.S.-flag ship will be delivered in the spring of this year. Transformation Of S.S. Monterey Into Luxury Cruise Liner Underway At Wartsila-Helsinki Commander Bearings Offer Excellent Performance In Harsh Environments —Literature Available According to Jim Murphy, se- nior vice president of Georgia Transporter, Panama City, Fla., Cutless® Commander™ water-lubri- cated bearings from L.Q. Moffitt offer a distinct improvement over some other bearings in the gritty, silty waterways that his pushboats operate. Georgia Transporter operates a fleet of seven pushboats and haulers on the Appalachicola River and oth- er inland waterways as far as New Orleans. According to Mr. Mur- phy, these rivers are gritty and full of silt giving bearings a severe test, especially in vessels designed to handle heavy service. Cutless Commander water-lubri- cated bearings were selected for Georgia Transporter's new push- boat Goldilocks when she was com- missioned last year. The L.Q. Mof- fitt composite shell bearings were selected for the Goldilocks, after an older sister ship, the Nancy Jane, performed well with Commander bearings. After four months of oper- ation on the gritty river, the Nancy Jane's bearings showed no signs of wear when inspected. The performance of the bearings in the Nancy Jane was one of the major reasons that they were select- ed for the Goldilocks, according to Mr. Murphy. For free literature on L.Q. Mof- fitt's Cutless Commander water- lubricated bearings, Circle 60 on Reader Service Card The rebirth of the passenger/car- go ship S.S. Monterey, idled since 1978, as a modern 660-passenger luxury cruise liner is in full swing at Wartsila Marine Industries' Hel- sinki yard. The Helsinki yard is performing all the outfitting and interior work on the U.S. flagship, which includes the repair and upgrading of existing machinery and equipment, and in- stallation of new sewage and waste- handling plants, a bilge water sepa- rator and bowthruster. Addition- ally, Wartsila is refurbishing the Monterey's existing passenger cab- ins, as well as installing 127 new cabins, some of which are suites and minisuites. The crew compartments are also being modernized and 23 new cabins are being installed to handle the expected complement of 265. Space for the new cabins was created by the enlargement of the superstructure to the fore and aft of the ship. Some of the new cabins FOWL' WEATHER GOT YOU DOWN? WHY NOT TRY5UNNY CURACAO. THE BEST WEATHER. THEBEST DRYDOCK. THEBEST CHOICE. ANY OTHER DRYDOCK IS FOR THE BIRDS. CURACAO DRYDOCK CO. YARD : P.O. BOX 3012 CURACAO, NETHERLANDS ANTILLES TEL: (599-9)78333 TLX: 1107, 3HH3 CD/A NA FAX: (599-9)79950 US/CANADIAN AGENT! CURACAO DRYDOCK (USA) INC. 26 BROADWAY NEWY0RK, N.Y. 100CH TEL.' (212)9^13-0122 TLX! m0555,
