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McDermott, Brown & Root Form Scottish Yard McDermott Scotland, Ltd. and Halliburton's Brown & Root Energy Services have combined forces to form an equally owned company, Brown & Root McDermott Fabrica- tors. The new company will merge yards at Ardersier and Nigg, North Sea fabrication yards in the High- land Region. Brown & Root McDermott Fabri- cators possesses the capability of providing a fully integrated range of construction services for the North Sea, combining the engineering, pipelay, subsea and fabrication skills of Brown & Root with the design, transportation, and installation of offshore pipelines and subsea facil- ity functions of McDermott. McDermott has also entered into an agreement with Oryx Energy Com- pany to build the Gulf of Mexico's first spar production facilities. For more information Circle 131 on Reader Service Card Rolla Selects U.S. Repair Facility Philip M. Rolla, director of Italy's Rolla SP Propellers SA, has announced the appointment of The Machine Works at Essex, Conn., as the repair facility for all Rolla pro- pellers. Over the past year, The Machine Works at Essex has worked closely with Rolla to repair propel- lers that owners did not wish to send back to Italy or that had been im- properly reconditioned by other machine shops. For more information on Rolla Circle 151 on Reader Service Card Smit Tak Completes Removal Smit Tak has completed the re- moval of the 64,000-dwt wreck Sea Transporter on the coast of Goa, India. The vessel sank after being grounded in mid-1994 in a monsoon storm. The wreck was removed be- cause it posed a threat to a tourist center in Fort Aguada, and was towed north to a scrapyard at Alang. For more information on Smit Tak Circle 129 on Reader Service Card Mitsui And NQEA In Agreement To Produce Catamarans Mitsui Engineering and Ship- building Co., Ltd. (MES) and NQEA Australia Pty. Ltd. (NQEA), Queensland-based builder of alumi- num high-speed craft, have an agree- ment to produce Mitsui's semi-sub- merged catamaran (SSC) locally in Australia. The SSC, also known as SWATH, or small waterplane area twin hull, comprises two torpedo- shaped submerged lower hulls which take up most of the displacement, joined to the upper structure with streamlined struts. The unique hull form combined with fin stabilizers gives the craft a structure less af- fected by waves, reducing by up to 50 percent the pitching and rolling motion of conventional craft. MES has built 13 SSCs. MES and NQEA are seeking the possibility of ex- panding their collaboration to in- clude production of other high-speed craft. March, 1995 17 Tyner Appointed Manager At Raytheon Raytheon Marine announced the appointment of Madeleine Tyner as customer service manager for all marine divisions. Ms. Tyner will be responsible for overseeing activ- ity in the customer service depart- ment for the Raytheon, Apelco and Autohelm product lines. For more information on Raytheon Circle 127 on Reader Service Card PSY Considers Sole Contractor Proposals The Port of Portland has received nine responses from shipyard com- panies expressing interest in be- coming the sole contractor of the Portland Ship Yard (PSY). PSY is planning to move away from the multi-contractor system. Port management is examining pro- posals from nine potential sole con- tractors, in an attempt to reorga- nize PSY. The companies who have ex- pressed interest in operation and management of PSY are: Metro Machine Corp., Halla Busi- ness Group, Todd Pacific Shipyards Corp., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Cascade General, Inc., Babcock Fa- cilities Management Division, Na- tional Steel and Shipbuilding Co., Zidell Marine Corp., and Dolphin Industries. It is the Port's intention to select a sole operator in the first half of the year. Bollinger... redefining your idea about new construction and repair. Bollinger P.O. Box 250 • 8365 Highway 308 South • Lockport, LA 70374 Phone: 504/532-2554 • Fax: 504/532-7225 Bol'lin'ger\bal-in-jer\ n. Synonym for quality and service; also known as "The Boat People;" see also: COMPLETE MARINE SERVICE. 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