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MARITIME REPORTER & ENGINEERING NEWS Editorial & Executive Offices 118 E. 25th St., NY, NY 10010 Tel: (212) 477-6700; Fax: (212) 254-6271; e-mail: shipedit@ix.netcom.com Advertising Sales Information Telephone: +21 2-477-6700 C YOU BET! IT CAN ALSO GET YOU A FREE SPORTS RADIO WORTH ABOUT TWENTY BUCKS. You may be sitting on a time bomb and not even know it. Did you know that over 50% of diesel engines are equipped with viscous vibration dampers? Even experienced engine people may not know that regular fluid testing is the only way to assure your dampers are providing the protection you need. By using our test kit to draw a sample of the silicone fluid in your ship's viscous dampers, you could save your engines from costly damage or failure. Holset will provide you with a free test kit and instructions. Simply draw a sample and send it back to us for a complementary analysis. Then we'll send a labora- tory report of your damper condition and include your free Sports Radio. Take advantage of this limited time offer from the world's leading specialists in the manufacture, repair, and maintenance of viscous dampers...Holset Engineering, 1320 Kemper Meadow Drive, Suite 500, Cincinnati, Ohio 45240. U.S.A. Call us today! HOLSET 800-852-6648 FAX: 513-825-2967 INTERNATIONAL SALES OFFICE Charles E. Keil, Vice President, International Operations 980 N. Federal Highway, Ste. 206-19, Boca Raton, FL 33432 Telephone: +407-368-1021; Fax: +407-368-1161 Representatives Gulf Coast MR. JAMES N. McCLINTOCK Simpson Corporate Park, Indigo House, Suite A 206 South Tyler Street, Covington, La. 70433 Telephone: (504) 893-5099; Fax: (504) 893-5024 Scandinavia MR. STEPHAN R. G.0RN AB Stephan R.G. 0m, Box 184, S-27100 Ystad, Sweden Telephone:+46 411-18400; Fax: +46 411 10531 United Kingdom MR. MICHAEL J. DAMSELL Euromedia Ltd., P.O. Box 122, Hayward's Heath West Sussex RH161YF, England Telephone: +441 444 417360; Fax: +441 444 417360 Italy/Switzerland Ediconsult Internazionale Piano Fontane Marose, 3-16123 Genovo, Italy Telephone: +39 10 583684; Fox: 39 10 566578 France MR. DANIEL S0LNICA Ediconsult Internazionale,, 25 rue Saulnier 75009 PARIS Telephone: +33 1 4246 957; Fax: +33 1 4246 8508 Vice President Gregory R. Traulhwein EDITORIAL Editorial Director Gregory R. Trauthwein Senior Editor/MarineLink Webmaster Dan Maniotis Associate Editor Bridget A. Murphy Assistant Editor Nina D. Miller Editorial Consultant James R. McCaul International Editors Alan Thorpe, Graeme MacLennan Contributing Editors Carol Fulford, Andy Smith PRODUCTION Production Manager Patricia Kennedy Asst. Production Manager Jean Wanamoker Circulation Manager Dale L. Barnett SALES Regional Sales Manager Lucia Annunziata Regional Sales Manager Christopher Goldsholl Regional Sales Coordinator Jean M. Vertucci Atlantic Marino And Alabama Shipyard Team Up For Offshore Conversion Atlantic Marine, Inc. and Alabama Shipyard, Inc. of Mobile, Ala., will join forces to perform tfie major conversion of Diamond Offshore's 528- ft. (164.5 m) drillship Ocean Clipper. Diamond Offshore, headquar- tered in Houston, has been involved in the offshore drilling industry for more than 25 years. The drillship will be converted from a convention- al mooring to a dynamically positioned deepwater drill rig, capable of drilling in ultradeep water depths. Alabama Shipyard will be performing derrick substructure renewals, cellar deck modifications and two pedestal crane additions. It will also be adding five thruster units and fabricating and installing sponsons for extra floatation. Atlantic Marine, Inc. will be performing major machin- ery modifications, including segregation of the engine room into two separate watertight compartments and installation of mudpumps. New SCR drives will be installed, as well as a dynamic positioning system. Most of the equipment on the drillship will be upgraded to allow it to drill in deeper water. Ocean Clipper will also undergo routine drydocking repairs and services while on Atlantic Marine's drydock Alabama. The vessel will be classed to ABS standards, and will be at Atlantic Marine for approximately eight months. Atlantic Marine, Inc. and Alabama Shipyard, Inc. are wholly owned subsidiaries of Atlantic Marine Holding Company of Jacksonville, Fla. For more information on Atlantic Marine Circle 54 on Reader Service Card For more information on Alabama Shipyard Circle 55 on Reader Service Card 1996 Circle 217 on Reader Service Card 6 Maritime Reporter Online http://www.mai'inelinlc.(om
