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MAN B&W Diesel A/S

Changes Name And Logo fman\ I b&w 1

Previously referred to as M.A.N.-

B&W Diesel A/S, the Copenhagen company has changed its name and logo to MAN B&W Diesel A/S.

With this new logo, the company presents itself as a member of the new, larger MAN Group, which is the result of the merger of M.A.N.

Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurn- berg Aktiengesellschaft and GHH,

Gutehoffnungshutte Aktienverein into MAN Aktiengesellschaft.

Drewry Predicts Growing

Demand For Larger

Products Carriers

London-based Drewry Shipping

Consultants Ltd. foresees a 40-per- cent increase in the refined oil prod- ucts trade, from 250 million metric tons in 1985 to 350 million metric tons by 1990. This would raise de- mand for products tankers by 7 mil- lion dwt, the report states.

The principal growth in the trade will be between refiners in the Mid- dle East and North Africa, and im- porters in Northern Europe and on the U.S. East Coast. This changing trade pattern will find larger prod- ucts carriers sailing on these routes, as the bigger ships are more eco- nomical for the long- and medium- haul products trades. Tankers of about 80,000 dwt will become more common, Drewry said.

The most popular size for prod- ucts tankers has been about 30,000 dwt; 50 percent of the total world products tanker fleet of 38,744,000 dwt are carriers in the 25,000 to 40,000 dwt range. At the end of June this year, vessels in the 65,000 to 90,000 dwt range accounted for 26 percent of the world orderbook. In 1982, only six percent of products tankers on order were in this range.

OMI Bulk Receives $32.2-Million Contract

For Tanker Time Charter

OMI Bulk Transport Incorpo- rated, New York, N.Y., is being awarded a $32,196,623 modification exercising an option under a pre- viously awarded contract for the time charter of M/V Rover, a U.S.- flag tanker. The contract period is 17 months, with two additional 17- month option periods. Four hundred fifty bids were solicited, and ten offers were received. The

Military Sealift Command, Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting ac- tivity (N00033-86-C-1704).

October, 1986 35

Kamatics Offers New

Free 22-Page Catalog

On KAron® Bearings

Kamatics Corporation, home of- ficed in Bloomfield, Conn., is offer- ing a free, full-color, 22-page catalog on their line of KAron® Bearings, including spherical, rod end and journal configurations.

The KAron bearing system is gen- erated by swaging a metallic sleeve around a spherical ball creating a non-uniform cavity between the sleeve and ball. The KAron materi- al, a homogenous composite matrix of a polyester resin base with poly- etrafluorethytlene (PTFE) and oth- er solid particles, is then injected into this cavity, conforming 100 per- cent to the ball while bonding itself to the sleeve. Through the use of a non-uniform cavity, a mechanical lock is created ensuring liner reten- tion.

The Kamatics publication lists the features of the KAron bearing system as: minimal liner wear; self lubrication; 100 percent liner to ball conformity; zero backlash; low pre- dictable torque; excellent corrosion resistance; and reduced liner deflec- tion.

Configuration drawings and spec- ification charts are included in the catalog.

For a free copy of this catalog from Kamatics,

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One oil rig worker thanked us for saving his life after a hurricane-driven 50-foot wave swept him into the sea for over 20 hours. In another documented case, our Suits enabled four men to survive nine hours in 35°F water and 25 hours on a frigid beach. A pilot who put an Imperial Survival Suit on before he ditched his single-engine plane was rescued in the icy North

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