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Workboat Division Of MonArk Boat

Changes Name To SeaArk Marine—

Key Personnel Changes Announced

Robert L. Trammel John H. Smith Willie Brennon

Zach McClendon Jr., founder and chairman of MonArk Boat

Company in Monticello, Ark., re- cently announced that the Work- boat Division of MonArk has changed its name to SeaArk Marine,

Inc.

MonArk Boat Company sold its

Recreational Boat Division to the

Brunswick Corporation, which also acquired the trade name MonArk,

Mr. McClendon said. The Work- boat Division was not a part of the

Brunswick transaction. "We will continue to sell and manufacture high equality mid- range workboats from 20 to 60 feet in length to our commercial, govern- ment and industrial customers throughout the world. The only change will be the name on the side,

SeaArk," Mr. McClendon said.

The company also announced the appointment of a new president and promotion of two other longtime employees.

Robert L. Trammel of Little

Rock, a certified public accountant, has been named president of

SeaArk; John H. Smith has been named vice president, sales and marketing of SeaArk and will be responsible for the sales and mar- keting of the standard boat product line and direct sales of custom ves- sels to domestic and foreign com- mercial and government accounts; and Willie Brennon has been pro- moted to vice president of manufac- turing.

James G. Eoff, formerly vice president of finance with MonArk, will remain in the same position with SeaArk.

SeaArk will continue to manufac- ture workboats in the same Monti- cello, Ark., facility. For free litera- ture giving full information on

SeaArk Marine,

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FULL SPEED AHEAD—The battleship USS Wisconsin (BB-64) steams under her own power for the first time in 30 years during sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico. The battleship, which was deactivated in 1958, recently completed modernization and reactivation under a $221.7-million contract at the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries, Pasca- goula, Miss. She will be recommissioned into the active fleet later this month.

Norcontrol Simulation

Wins French Order For

Ship-Control Simulator

Norcontrol Simulation a.s. of

Norway recently won an order from

Thompson CSG, a French company, for the supply of an advanced ship- control simulator. The first stage of the contract is valued at 16 million

Norwegian kroner (about $2.4 mil- lion).

The order for a ship-control simu- lator is expected to be extended in 1989-90 to include additional facili- ties for the simulation of engine room and cargo-handling opera- tions.

Norcontrol is considered to be one of the world market leaders in the supply of maritime training si- mulators

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Columbian Rope Co. Offers

Free Literature Detailing

New Fiber Rope For Marine Use

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The Columbian Rope Company,

Guntown, Miss., is offering a num- ber of free brochures, bulletins and literature on their new Columbian

Eureka® Karat®, Columbian Yan- kee® Blend Karat® and Columbian

Yankee® 101 Blend Karat® thermo- plastic ropes as well as its other series of cordage and ropes for the marine industry.

The newly published literature from Columbian Rope provides ex- tensive details and data, as well as specifications on the fiber EStalon®, which is used in the Columbian Eur- kea Karat, Yankee Blend Karat and

Yankee 101 Blend Karat series of thermoplastic ropes. A strength-to- weight ratio chart of rope fibers is provided, as well as a detailed rope specification table.

According to the company, ESta- lon is the result of many years' intensive research and develop- ment. Its highly sophisticated for- mulization combines a specially ex- truded blend of polyester and poly- propylene synthetic. The unique

EStalon split-film yarn results in a rope with remarkable strength to weight qualities.

Columbian reports that along with tremendous strength, EStalon characteristics include a higher melting point, superior abrasion re- sistance, great flexibility, ultraviolet stability, low elongation, no water absorbency, and a specific gravity of less than 1—which means that ES- talon floats in salt water.

Columbian manufactures Eureka

Karat rope from 100 percent ESta- lon, while Yankee Blend Karat and

Yankee 101 Blend Karat are made of Estalon and another fiber.

Both Yankee Blend Karat and

Yankee 101 Blend Karat are excel- lent for use aboard tugs, workboats and barges because of their high surface friction resistance, strength, durability, light weight and han- dling features.

In addition, Columbian also has introduced Eureka® Karat® mooring lines, and the company is offering literature fully detailing the prod- uct.

According to the company, Karat mooring ropes have been used by one major U.S. shipowner since 1984. The Karat synthetic mooring ropes, 7-1/2-inch and 7-inch-diame- ter lines, have replaced 1-1/4-inch and 1-1/8-inch wire ropes.

Eureka Karat rope is an arrange- ment of polyester polymers and polypropylene polymers in a com- bined extruded form.

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