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Deck Machinery & Cargo Handling Equipment Review

HAWBOLDT DECK

MACHINERY DELIVERS ATTENTION ELLIOT LIFERAFT OWNERS

If you have an Elliot Liferaft manufactured between January 2,1992 and January 31,1994, please contact your nearest United States

Coast Guard approved Elliot service station as soon as possible. Corrective action by an authorized service technician may be required on your raft. You can find the date of manufacture on the metal nameplate which is affixed to the raft container.

We regret any inconvenience this may cause you, but your safety is our primary concern. If you have any questions or need the name of your nearest authorized Elliot service facility, please call 1-800-531-7238 on the East Coast or 1-206-575-2660 on the West Coast. We urge you to contact your service station as soon as possible.

ELLIOT

INFLATABLE RAFTS

ELLIOT INFLATABLE RAFTS 3874 Fiscal Court

Riviera Beach, FL 33404 (800) 531-7238

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Circle 215 on Reader Service Card

McElroy Machine & Mfg. Co.

Circle 104 on Reader Service Card

McElroy Machine & Mfg. Com- pany, Inc. of Gulfport, Miss., spe- cializes in the manufacturing of cus- tom winches and other deck ma- chinery for marine applications.

McElroy's engineering and design capabilities allow the company to offer a diverse range of equipment to meet its customers' specific re- quirements. Two newly-introduced products include paddlewheel drive systems designed and furnished for riverboats for the cruise and gam- ing markets and oil containment boom storage reels. McElroy is cur- rently working on paddlewheel drive systems for three new gaming ves- sels being built, five anchor winches for a U.S. towing company and sev- eral mooring capstans, windlasses and deck machinery items for vari- ous customers.

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

Lee-Eaux, France, is reported^ the primary producer of chains (espe- cially manufactured for marine use) in France.

Marit is represented in North

America by Davaine Chain U.S.A. of Saugus, Mass.

Stud link anchor chain and com- ponents are manufactured in grades

U2, U3 and ORQ in diameters of 14 mm (.55-in.) and 102 mm (4-in.).

Classification society certification is available and quality is of primary importance.

Open link chains are also avail- able for buoy mooring lines and for special applications such as: marine railway hauling chain and other sprocket wheel applications.

Marit manufactures chafe chain and components for single point mooring systems (SPM) and has pro- vided various grades of chains ac- cording to the latest 1993 OCIMF

Recommendations, for major oil com- pany installations located in the Far

East, Arabian Gulf, Venezuela and

Nigeria.

Markey Machinery

Circle 103 on Reader Service Card

For almost 90 years, Markey

Machinery Co., Inc. has built ma- rine deck machinery including cap- stans, windlasses, mooring winches, towing, research and tractor tug hawser winches. Last year, Markey supplied the Foss tugs Lindsey Foss and Garth Foss with type CYP-80 stern capstan, WYWD-20 bow winch/windlass, DUSS-56 hawser winch, and complete controls/drive units for each machine.

The DUSS-56 was built for high- line speeds and includes two large automatic drum brakes with 500,000-lb. braking capacity at full drum. Continuing a tradition of quality, a TDSD-32 double drum diesel tow winch was built for the

Bouchard Transportation Company tug Robert J. Bouchard. For Otto

Candies, Inc., a TYS-32 hydraulic single drum tow winch and two hy- draulic clinching hooks were pro- vided for the new Sidney Candies.

Markey Machinery also offers refurbishment services to help ex- tend the life of existing equipment.

The P&H Superstacker

Mannesmann Demag

Gottwald

Circle 99 on Reader Service Card

The present manufacturing pro- gram of Mannesmann Demag

Gottwald includes 13 different heavy duty mobile harbor cranes with capacities of six to 120 t SWL and radii of 26 ft. (8 m.) to 164 ft. (50 m) for handling general cargo, heavy loads, containers and bulk material in ports. Maximum mobil- ;H77 from PPM Cranes. ity and versatility enable operation at any accessible point in a port. The company's latest development is its

Automated Transport System for horizontal transport of any cargo.

The first practical realization of this new idea is the fully automated con- tainer transport in a container ter- minal between the quay cranes and the stockyard by driverless AGVs (Automated Guided Vehicles). Ac- cording to the company, integrated computer intelligence, autonomous navigation, high accuracy position- ing and 24-hour operation help to guarantee performance.

Manitowoc Engineering

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Manitowoc Engineering Co.,

Manitowoc, Wis., designs, manu- factures, markets and supports a full line of lattice-boom cranes well- suited for handling containerized, bulk, andbreakbulk cargo. Liftcrane capacities range from 54.4 metric tons (MT) to 1,300 MT; clamshell capacities range from 6.8 MT to 45.4

MT. Mountings include crawler, truck, pedestal and RINGER®. Spe- cialized container handling attach- ments have been developed for the 4100W Series-2,4600 Series-3,4600

Series-5 and M-250 Series-2.

Marine Equipment Inc.

Circle 101 on Reader Service Card

Marine Equipment, Inc. and its

Louisiana representative, Menge

Marine Equipment, recently deliv- ered what is reportedly the first

SOLAS 1983 U.S. Coast Guard-ap- proved Freefall Lifeboat to be in- stalled in a U.S.-flag ship, under construction in Amelia, La.

The Fassmer Freefall is fully equipped for fire protection and im- mediate evacuation of up to 34 pas- sengers. The Freefall Lifeboat will be installed on the stern of the ves- sel on a Davit International Model

D-FH-70 hydraulic/gravity Freefall

Davit complete with hydraulic winch and self-contained power pack.

Marit/Davaine Chain

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Marit, located in Saint-Amand-

Represented by Menge Marine - New Orleans and Manufacturers Agency - Houston

M.T. Point Chebucto, the newest addition to the fleet of ECTUG, relies on Hawboldt deck machinery.

WINCHES • CAPSTANS • WINDLASSES

Call Toll Free 1-800-636-2227 ^^ Hwy 3, P.O. Box 80 ^ 7 Chester. Nova Scotia mmirnswes

A? m FAX (902) 275-501'

We commonly work under extreme conditions - snow, ice and freezing temperatures - that push equipment to the limit. We demand the best and Hawboldt deck machinery has delivered.

John Neatby

Superintendent of Engineering

Eastern Canada Towing Ltd. (ECTUG)