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Companies Form Tank Container Lessors Assoc. A group of six companies recently agreed to form the International Tank Container Lessors Associa- tion (ITCLA). The six companies — which hold a substantial share of the world's tank containers — are: Cronos; Ermewa; Eurotainer; Stolt-Nielsen Leasing; Trans- america; and Trans Ocean. The first item of business was to adopt Acceptable Container Conditions (ACC), which will enable compa- nies to agree on the conditions under which tank containers are transferred among lessees, lessors, depots and others. For more information Circle 65 on Reader Service Card New Book Focuses On Marine Technology Computational Mechanics has made available a new book entitled Marine Technology and Trans- portation. The book contains the papers presented at the first International Conference on Marine Technology (ODRA '95), which was held in Szczecin, Poland, in September 1995. For information on the new book Circle 66 on Reade Service Card Zodiac Expands Line Zodiac, a manufacturer of inflat- able boats and liferafts, expanded its line of U.S. Coast Guard- approved liferafts with the intro- duction of a new series of Inflat- able Buoyancy Apparatus (IBAs). The new product is designed for use by inshore fishing boats and excursion vessels. The chief attrib- utes of the new product are the use of copolymer-coated fabrics and the unique techniques used in con- struction. For more information on the new line Circle 67 on Reader Service Card New Alabama Yard Gets USCG Business Dohrman Machine Production of West Point, Neb., has been award- ed a contract to design and build a series of 65-ft. (19.8-m) self-pro- pelled buoy tending barges for the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG). Accord- ing to Travis Short, president of Dohrman, the buoy tenders will be built in Bayou LaBatre, Ala., at Dohrman's recently acquired facili- ty. The Gulf Coast operation will be known as Owen-Short Marine, a division of Dohrman Machine Pro- duction, Inc. Overing Yacht Design of Ocean Springs, Md., was tapped to perform the design and provide working drawings for the project. From 1987 to 1993, Dohrman Machine Production manufactured modular cargo delivery systems for the U.S. Naval Sea Systems Command, and recently delivered a series of powered mooring and towing hawser reels to Avondale Industries for installation on the USCG WAGB icebreakers. The West Point facility will manufac- ture the shafting and steering sys- tems for the USCG self-propelled buoy tending barges. For more information on Owen-Short Circle 69 on Reader Service Card WB96 Stolt Comex Seaway Awarded Contracts Stolt Comex Seaway was award- ed its first-ever contracts in Mexican waters. A contract from Pemex, the Mexican state oil com- pany, commenced in early Decem- ber 1995, and involves hyperbaric repairs to an offshore installation Circle 272 on Reader Service Card damaged by Hurricane Roxanne in September. Seaway Pelican, Stolt Comex's repair vessel, is commit- ted to a minimum of three months of work on this project. The other contracts for work in March 1996, have been awarded for Stolt Comex's Seaway Condor to under- take umbilical installation work for Agip on the East Breaks Development and for Mobil Yukon on the Green Canyon field. COnMERCIflL M H R 1 N E ENGINES k\ Mjl I '•••#• MfctU- sKK® * -4 it* V-i&l. • THERE ARE SEVEN WONDERS OF THE WORLD. HEEPING VOUR BORT RONNING SHOULDN'T BE THE EIGHTH. ia.JpS® j ff^HBSf. CATERPILLAR MARINE PROPULSION ENGINES RAN6IN6 FROM 8 S TO 8050 HHP. MARINE 8ENERAT0R SETS RAN6IN6 FROM 8 5 TO 4840 EKW. January, 1996 21C
