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McDermott Joins U.S. Shipbuilding Consortium, Inc. Ole Skaarup Ole Skaarup, chairman of U.S. Shipbuilding Consortium, Inc. (USSC), announced that McDermott, Inc., has joined the con- sortium as a member and partici- pant. In joining the consortium, Mr. Skaarup said that McDermott had pledged its "concerted effort and technical resources to help achieve the consortium's goal of a competi- tive U.S. Shipbuilding industry." McDermott International, par- ent of McDermott Inc., has approxi- mately 30,000 employees and $3.5 billion in revenue. "I am very, very pleased that McDermott is joining USSC," Mr. Skaarup said. "Our shipbuilding approach relies on highly innova- tive ship design and major changes in shipyard process and manage- ment design and thinking. Our long-term goal is to revitalize this industry and to create jobs by sell- ing ships." According to Rob Quartel, president of USSC, the agreement between USSC and McDermott cov- ers dedicated shipyard capacity and technical resources, consideration of facility capital improvements, productivity enhancements, use of the advanced SkarHar double-hull design for "green" tankers, and a commitment to a long-term ap- proach to shipyard revitalization. Loran-C Service Expansion Provides New Opportunities For Megapulse Action by IALA and the EEC Commission naming Loran-C as the preferred nationally-provided maritime radionavigation system has provided new impetus in the Loran-C equipment manufactur- ing industry. This action came as a result of the U.S. Coast Guard's announcement that it would dis- continue operation of its overseas Loran-C facilities by December 1994, and its offer to the host na- tions to assume ownership and op- eration responsibilities for the sys- tems. Under the auspice of IALA, Loran-C coordination and opera- tion groups have been formed for Northwest Europe and the Far East. Participating nations in Eu- rope are Norway, France, Denmark, Germany, Ireland, The Netherlands and The Commonwealth of Indepen- dent States. In Asia, the participat- ing nations are Japan, Korea, China and the CIS. These nations have reached agree- ment on station locations, coverage areas, repetition rate selection, chain control responsibilities and proce- dures, and on the handling of oper- ating costs. These new cooperatively established chains will become an integral part of each nation's radionavigation services. There is also negotiation underway for simi- lar agreements among some nations on the Mediterranean Sea. Megapulse, Inc. of Bedford, Mass., as a manufacturer of solid-state Lo- ran-C transmitters, has recently re- ceived contracts to provide eleven transmitters ranging from 250 kW to 1.1 MW peak power for these installations. Deliveries will extend over 18 months, beginnning in June of 1993. For more information on Megapulse, Inc., Circle 110 on Reader Service Card Trojan Battery Company Offers Full Line Of Marine Batteries The Trojan Battery Company of- fers the maritime industry a full line of deep-cycle batteries. Trojan bat- teries feature heavy duty, deep-cycle grids and a high-density oxide mix to extend battery life. Trojan batteries also feature ex- clusive Flexsil multi-rib separators to increase product life in motive power and heavy service equipment. This set up also helps reduce water consumption and resultant mainte- nance. Trojan's Pacer battery Double thick glass mats reduce plate wear to extend service life, and large, heavy-duty plates provide maximum efficiency and running time. For free literature on the entire line of Trojan Marine batteries, Circle 134 on Reader Service Card Kvaerner To Open Oily Water Treatment Plant Norway's Kvaerner Process Sys- tems (KPS), a unit of the Norwegian engineering, offshore and shipping group Kvaerner a.s., said it will de- liver an oily water treatment plant to the Troll Oil project. Reportedly "the largest of its kind in the North Sea," according to the manufacturer, the plant is the main component in an equipment pack- age ordered by Troll operator Norsk Hydro a.s. When fully operational, the plant is designed to clean up to 1,800-cubic meters of oily water per hour. Other components in the order include four small plants for seawater steriliza- tion, filtration and dosing with chemi- cals. All KPS equipment in the order will be built in Norway, and assem- bly is scheduled for completion by October 1993. Hudson Engineering Leads Study Of Wear And Corrosion Hudson Engineering Corporation, a subsidiary of McDermott, Inc., has unveiled plans for its Joint Industry Project on wear and corrosion on deepwater compliant tower struc- tures. The project is supported by Chev- ron Research & Technology Co., Exxon Production Research Co., NKK Corp. and Shell Oil Co. The primary objective of the project will be the development of data which supports safe and reli- able long term designs of the pile-to- jacket connections. Carbon steels and hardfacings will be included in the materials and corrosion testing phases. The project will focus on wear and corrosion rates and the potential for acceleration of these processes when occurring simultaneously. The Alli- ance Research Center in Alliance, Ohio, a division of McDermott's Babcock & Wilcox subsidiary, will carry out testing for corrosion rates and Stress Engineering Services, Inc., of Houston will carry out testing for wear rates. Hudson Engineering Corp. will provide the project man- agement, design and analyses ser- vices for the project. Rudder, stabilizer, deck machinery and Circle 242 on Reader Service Card March, 1993 101
