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"esentation of shipyards. Mr.

O'Boyle will continue to represent

SJorth Florida shipyards, which his irm has represented since 1979.

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French Yard Adopts FORAN

CAD/CAM Program

French shipbuilder Societe

STouvelle des Ateliers et Chantiers ie TAtlantique du Havre (ACH) has ;hosen FORAN, the integrated CAD/ 3AM system developed by Sener ingenieria y Sistemas of Spain, as ts system for ship design and pro- luction. The new version of FORAN, ?ORAN 30, was launched on the narket at tbe beginning of 1993 and las so far been adopted by 31 ship- yards. At ACH, the system will be ipplied for the first time to the pro- luction of three double-hulled 37,000-dwt chemical carriers for

Btolt Parcel Tankers of Norway. \CH started its evaluations of CAD/ 3AM software in 1994. The contract jetween ACH and Sener for FORAN s for the complete scope of FORAN ind includes training and technical issistance both in Spain and France.

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Mieeler Appointed Agent :or 15 Chinese Yards

Wesley D. Wheeler, president )f Wheeler Associates, announced he signing of an exclusive agree- nent with SMIEC — Shanghai

Machinery Import & Export Corpo- ration — to represent the company n the U.S. for repairs and conver- sions and other areas where there is 10 agent. The yards involved are 3heng Xi, Donghai, Haihua, ludong, Jiangman, Lifeng, Lixin,

Rinnan, Nantong, Quixin, Shang- lai Fishing, Shanghai Ocean, shanghai, Shenjia and Zonghua.

The largest drydock is 885.8 x

L57.5 x 54.8 ft. (270 x 48 x 16.7 m), it Nantong on the Yangtze River, vith a lifting capacity of36,000 tons >r about 150,000 dwt. The smallest

Irydock is 262.5 x 40 x 16.4 ft. (80 x

L2.2 x 5 m) at Donghai on the iuangpu River with a lifting capac- ty of about 1,000 dwt. Some of the rards are engaged in newbuilding.

Phe Yangtze and Huangpu Rivers ire entered directly from the East 3hina Sea. The major service agen- :ies are within the adjacent Shang- lai and Jiangsu provinces, includ- ng Sulzer, Sabroe, Hagglunds, ABB, £rupp Atlas, Nakashima Propeller, "Jorcontrol, ECO, etc. Among oth- ;rs Wheeler Associates represents ire Blohm + Voss, Germany;

Vstander, Spain; and Dakar Ma- ine, Senegal.

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Midland Systems Given FM,

ISA Intrinsically Safe Stamp

Midland Manufacturing Com- >any, manufacturers of vapor re-

July, 1995 covery and alarm systems for the marine industry, announced that its full line of alarm systems has been certified as intrinsically safe in both the U.S. and Canada by Fac- tory Mutual (FM) and the Canadian

Standards Association (CSA). Ac- cording to Gaston Barmore, di- rector of technical service, Midland systems have been approved as in- trinsically safe in several Canadian installations through either on-site inspections or through acceptance of U.S.-based FM certification, with- out retesting, by the CSA.

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PPI Releases Two

New Separators

PPI has released two new ma- chines in its Solid Bowl range of separators. The SB-1200 and SB- 1300 represent further improve- ments in separation technology with increased capacity and greater effi- ciency. These machines represent the culmination of 10 years of re- search and development, and were displayed at the recent Nor-Ship- ping. PPI offers a brochure with full technical details.

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