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Samson Given $4-Million

Navy Contract For Rope

Samson Ocean Systems, Inc.,

Suffolk, Mass., is being awarded a $4,047,280 firm fixed-price con- tract for rope with link and thim- ble assemblies. Work will be per- formed in Shirley, Mass. The Na- val Supply Center, Norfolk, Va., is the contracting activity. (N00 189-81-C-0226)

Esgard Introduces Gel

Corrosion Preventive

For Ballast Tanks

Esgard Inc. of Lafayette, La., manufacturer and distributor of rust and corrosion preventives, has announced development and production of a new rust preven- tive ballast tank coating. Bio-Gel is designed primarily for ballast tank use in new construction of ships, oil rigs, barges and other vessels where long life is desired.

Like its maintenance-oriented sis- ter product Bio-Kote, Bio-Gel con- tains no petroleum oils or sol- vents, is bio-degradable, and prac- tically nontoxic, according to the manufacturer.

Bio-Gel's unique property is its ability to be applied easily by spraying to a minimum thickness of 20 mils. It is said to provide rust protection for about five years. The noncombustible liquid gel is available in five-gallon pails or 55-gallon drums.

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Allis-Chalmers Named

U.S. Licensee For B&W

Slow-Speed Diesels

The Allis-Chalmers Corpora- tion of Milwaukee, Wis., has be- come the licensee for slow-speed diesels in the United States for one of the world's major design- ers and builders of this type of diesel engine. The agreement with

B&W Diesel A/S of Copenhagen,

Denmark, grants to Allis-Chalm- ers full responsibility for the man- ufacturing, marketing, and serv- icing of slow-speed diesels rated 4,000 to 48,000 bhp used primar- ily for marine propulsion and sta- tionary power applications. "This step is essential in es- tablishing Allis-Chalmers as a major supplier of such engines," said John R. Mills, general man- ager of the company's recently formed Marine Diesel Division. "This agreement with B&W Die- sel offers Allis-Chalmers very im- portant long-term opportunities.

We feel that, due to our extensive experience in making large ma- chinery and to our growing ex- perience with slow-speed diesels, we are ideally suited to serve the

United States market, maintain- ing B&W Diesel's high quality standards."

Slow-speed diesels have become increasingly popular for United

States marine propulsion appli- cations because of their improved efficiency as compared to tradi- tional steam turbine drives. Allis-

Chalmers already is completing the manufacture of three slow- speed marine diesels which are the first of this type built in the

United States. These engines, which will be installed in ocean- going containerships under con- struction at Avondale Shipyards for American President Lines, are being built under a manu- facturing agreement with Sulzer

Brothers Ltd. of Switzerland.

B&W Diesel A/S has been a diesel builder since the earliest days of such engines. In 1897 it was authorized to build its first diesel by Rudolph Diesel, origi- nator of this design. The first oceangoing ship powered by a diesel, M/S Selandia, was de- signed and built by B&W and delivered in 1912. Among its oth- er accomplishments it pioneered successful turbocharging of two- stroke, slow-speed diesel engines.

Today, the firm has 25 licensees in 17 countries, including the new agreement with Allis-Chalmers.

B&W Diesel A/S, formerly known as Burmeister & Wain

A/S, is now an autonomous Da- nish operation owned by M.A.N. (Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-

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