Maritime Reporter, April, 1991

<BODY> <div> M/V CHOCTAW Equipment List Main engines (2) GM Reduction gears . . Twin Disc Generator sets . . . . . . Detroit Diesel Engine controls . . Kobelt Keel cooling .... Fernstrum Shafting Aquamet Propellers Kahlenberg Bilge & freshwater pressure pumps . . . . Peabody Barnes L/O & dirty oil stripping pump Viking Air compressors . . Quincy Steering system . . . . Custom Hydraulics Searchlights .... . . . Carlisle & Finch Compass Danforth Windshield wiper . . . American Bosch Radar Furuno VHFs President Antennae Shakespeare SSB radio Motorola Loudhailer Apelco Winches NABRICO Balehi Marine, Inc. of Lacombe, La., recently delivered the second of two identical 1,800-hp steel-hulled towboats, the M/V Choctaw, to Conoco Oil Company. The Choctaw, which is based on Balehi Marine's standard 1,800- 2,400-hp towboat design, has a length of 81 feet, beam of 28 feet, depth of 11 feet and draft of 7 feet 6 inches. She has a fuel oil capacity of 42,200 gallons, lube oil capacity of 337 gallons, dirty oil capacity of 337 gallons and freshwater capacity of 14,700 gallons. The vessel is pow- ered by twin GM 16V-149 diesel engines driving a pair of four-bladed stainless steel Kahlenberg propel- lers via Twin Disc MG 540 reduc- tion gears with a reduction ratio of 7:1 with 7-inch-diameter Aquamet shafting. Keel cooling is provided by Fernstrum Grid coolers in recessed pockets. Electrical power is supplied by two GM-4-71 diesel-driven genera- tor sets rated at 50 kw at 1,200 rpm, 220 V-AC, three-phase, 60 cycle. The Choctaw, which provides quarters for a crew of six, is fitted with two 40-ton electrohydraulic NABRICO winches. Electronics, searchlights, horns, air compressors, steering, fendering, air conditioning and other major equipment were fit- ted according to the customer's specifications. For a free eight-page brochure illustrating the standard vessel de- signs available from Balehi Marine, Circle 28 on Reader Service Card * JOYSTICK * DP * TRACKLINE * MAIN STEERING * * TOW LINE CONTROLS * GYROS * * DISC NAVIGATION * CONTROLS AND MORE FOR Research Balehi Marine Delivers Second Of Two GM-Powered Towboats For Conoco Oil Company Circle 213 on Reader Service Card 10 Oceandril Executes Bareboat Charter For Grace Offshore I Oceandril, Inc., Houston, Texas, recently executed a bareboat char- ter contract for the Grace Offshore I with Gabring A/S. The Grace Off- shore I is a 1979-built Baker Marine BMC-100-IC designed cantilever jackup rig rated from 12 to 115-foot water depths. The rig, which will be renamed Nueces, is available in state waters offshore Freeport, Tex- as. Oceandril provides rig manage- ment services to the offshore indus- try under time charter, bareboat charter and labor contracts. The company is refurbishing two other jackup rigs—the Ghana Na- tional Petroleum Company-owned Production Pioneer and the Norwe- gian KS company-owned Bigfoot Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Military Oil Field Dredges ROV Support Survey Diving Support ALL SELF-PROPELLED VESSELS ROBERTSON MARINE SYSTEMS, INC. 3000 Kingman Street Suite 207 Metairie, LA 70006 USA Tel. 504-455-9988 FAX 504-455-9795 Two Singapore Yards Report Profit Growth Singapore's Jurong Shipyard Ltd. and Sembawang Shipyard Ltd. both reported a profit for the year 1990. Sembawang posted a profit after tax and extraordinaries of $30 mil- lion, or 28.6 Singapore cents a share in 1990, an eight-year high. This compares with 28 Singapore cents a share in 1989. A unit of government-controlled Sembawang Holdings Pte. Ltd., the yard said it expects even better per- formance this year since the cessa- tion of gulf hostilities. A record profit after tax of $26.3 million, or 50.4 Singapore cents a share, was posted by Jurong Ship- yard in the year through last De- cember 31. That compares with 33.3 Singapore cents a share a year ear- lier. Jurong attributed the record earnings to a strategic concentration on ship conversions, tanker repairs and long-term contracts. Long-term contracts now account for about 30 percent of the shipyard jobs. BOATS & BARGES Biehl & Company, Inc., one of the largest steamship agencies on the Gulf of Mexico, has announced the appointment of Leigh A. Phillips to vice president. Mr. Phillips will continue as general manager, East Gulf services, from the agency's New Orleans office. Mr. Phillips joined Biehl in 1973 in New Orleans, where he was re- sponsible for dealing with Biehl shipping line clients and with gov- ernment agencies. He was trans- ferred to the agency's Houston headquarters in 1978, where he served in a sales capacity for 12 years. He returned to New Orleans in 1990 to assume his present posi- tion. Biehl & Company Names Leigh A. Phillips VP Balehi Marine's GM-powered towboat Choctaw is the second of two identical vessels deliv- ered to Conoco Oil Company. </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>