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Turbo-Technik: Rescuing A "Prinsesse"
A summer day in July proved to be unfavorable for Color Line, whose passenger ferry, Prinsesse Ragnhild experienced a fire in its engine room en route from Kiel to Oslo. The vessel's fire was apparently caused by a defective fuel pipe. The job of
Reefership Within A Containership
Embodying a multi-tweendeck section for fresh farm produce in a hull otherwise given over to containers, a new generation of vessels for the Israeli fruit and vegetable trade could help shape the future of the palletized reefer sector. Highlighting
Storm Awards Contract To Bethlehem Beaumont Shipyard For Offshore Drilling Rig
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, shipyard has received a contract from Storm Drilling Company of Houston for an offshore drilling rig. This mat-supported jackup unit will have a drilling capacity of 25,000 feet and will be able to operate in water depths up to 250 feet.
R o w a n To P u r c h a se T w o ' G o r i l l a ' Rigs F r o m M a r a t h on
Gene M. Woodfin, chairman of the board and chief executive officer of Marathon Manufacturing Company, Houston, recently announced that the Rowan Companies, Inc. has committed to purchase two of the firm's new Class 150-88-C Gorilla jackup drilling rigs.
Marathon Launches 47th Rig From Vicksburg Yard
Marathon LeTourneau Company, Marine Division in Vicksburg, Miss., launched its 47th self-elevating "jackup" drilling platform March 1,1974. During 1973, Marathon's Vicksburg yard completed production and delivered three jackup drilling platforms,
New Jackup Drill Rig Christened At Beaumont Yard Of Bethlehem Steel
Bethlehem Steel Corporation's Beaumont, Texas, yard recently christened a new 200-foot water depth offshore drilling rig for Dixilyn-Field Drilling Company of Houston, a subsidiary of Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Company. The rig is the second