Maritime Reporter, July, 1978

<BODY> <div> Mo ran Towing And Crowley Maritime Form Ocean Salvors Two leading tug firms in the United States, Moran Towing Cor- poration of New York, N.Y., and Crowley Maritime Corporation of San Francisco, Calif., have an- nounced the formation of Ocean Salvors Company (OSC), a joint venture, to provide marine salv- age, oil pollution control, wreck removal and ocean engineering services on a worldwide basis. Thomas E. Moran, president of Moran Towing, and Leo L. Collar, executive vice president of Crow- ley Maritime, stated that Peter S. Barracca, who formerly headed the Merritt Division of Murphy Pacific Marine Salvage Company, became president of the company effective July 1, 1978. Mr. Bar- racca served as an officer in the United States Coast Guard, and was a marine salvage executive with the Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation prior to joining Murphy Pacific. Ocean Salvors Company will initially station salvage/oil pollu- tion strike teams in Miami, Fla., and Hampton Roads, Va. These stations will be equipped with an DASIC CRUDE OIL WASHING... Dasic is ready for C.O.W. (IMCO INERT GAS/COW) with an unbeatable range of machines for tank washing and gas freeing. PROVEN IN SERVICE Dasic equipment is currently in service with 46 million tons of INTERNATIONAL SHIPPING. POWER JET Single nozzle, high capacity machine to IMCO specifi- cation. Spiral wash pattern and selective arc. Standard unit lengths from 3 metres to 5 metres. Easy-read nozzle indi- cators are standard fittings. JET STREAM MODEL A' Twin nozzle medium/high capacity washer suitable for oil or water washing. Proven in operation over many years. Ships of twertty different flags including:- JAPAN, U.S.A., CHINESE REPUBLIC, EASTERN BLOCK, GREECE, SCANDINAVIA, MIDDLE EAST and EEC COUNTRIES This is engineering to the highest British Standards. Built for reliability and performance. There are Dasic Units for all fitting and retro-fitting layouts. JET STREAM MINI A' (Bronze or Stainless Steel) A smaller twin nozzle machine of medium capacity. JETFAN 125 A high capacity, portable, water driven dual purpose fan. Developed specifically for super-efficient gas freeing operations. As a deep penetration unit the Jetfan displaces up to 15,000 m3/hr and reaches to depths of 30 metres without extension chutes. One man operation with purpose built trolley Unit Capacity m J per hour Weight. Fitting Jet Length Power Jet 60-160 290kg Standard Tank wash opening 318mm (12'/i" diam 1 20m-40m Jetstream "Model A' 50-200 50kg 15m-35m Jetstream 'Mini A' 15-50 25kg 5m-15m Position in Company . INTERNATIONAL LIMITED V Winchester Road, Romsey, Hampshire, England. N Telephone: Romsey <0794) 512419 Telex: 47548 USA: Dasic International Corp., 1035 Southeast Ninth St., Portland, OR 97214 Phone: 503/238-0399 TWX: 910-464-8085 improved model of the Coast Guard-type ADAPTS pumping units, conventional salvage pumps, air compressors, beach gear, div- ing equipment and other salvage and oil pollution gear. The equip- ment will be palletized and loaded on trailers for quick movement by air, ship or truck, to the scene of a casualty. Each strike team will be headed by an experienced salv- age master, and includes a salv- age foreman, pump engineer, div- er and oil pollution specialist. Moran operates tugs ranging up to 6,000 horsepower in ports from Texas to New England, as well as coastwise and in Puerto Rico. Crowley operates worldwide, but in the Gulf and Caribbean alone maintains a fleet of 26 tugs, mostly in the 9,000-horsepower class, together with a fleet of 23 oceangoing barges. These tugs regularly operate from the south- ern United States to Puerto Rico, Venezuela and the Dominican Re- public, providing substantial salv- age coverage in the Gulf and Caribbean. Ocean Salvors will have priority call on all the assets of both organizations to provide salvage and oil pollution services unmatched anywhere in the world. Pending outfitting of the com- pany's New York City offices at Two World Trade Center, the headquarters staff will be located in the offices of Moran Towing Corporation, One World Trade Center, Suite 5335, New York, N.Y. 10048. Around-the-clock dis- patching services will be provided by the Moran operations group. Excess Insurance Appoints CMI, Inc. The Excess Insurance Compa- ny, Ltd. of London, England, has appointed Capacity Managers In- ternational, Inc. of New Jersey as its agent for excess casualty in- surance in the U.S., according to William Griffiths, director of the company. Capacity Managers Interna- tional, Inc. (CMI) is a managing general agency which, together with its subsidiary companies in New York, N.Y., Chicago, 111., and Los Angeles, Calif., also op- erate as Excess and Surplus Lines brokers. In making the announcement, Mr. Griffiths stated the "Excess Insurance Company is particu- larly pleased to have established a relationship that promises a broad underwriting base that reaches across the continent." James P. Craig, president of the agency, was joined by Daniel F. Maher, executive vice presi- dent, in noting that "the entry of the Excess Insurance Company into the U.S. specialty casualty market is one of the most signifi- cant demonstrations of new sup- port in the past three years for a sector of our industry whose capacity problems are legion." 8 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>