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MarAd Releases Report

On Cavitation Erosion

The Maritime Administration has released a technical report titled "An Investigation of Meth- ods to Reduce or Eliminate Cavi- tation Erosion of Ship Propellers," recounting experiments conducted by Bell Aerospace Textron to de- termine the effects upon the ero- sive nature of ship propeller cavi- tation caused by rotation through a wake.

Experiments were performed with a three-bladed model pro- peller in a water tunnel at the

David Taylor Naval Ship Re- search and Development Center.

Commercial protective coatings were evaluated, as well as the effects of ships' wakes.

The report makes a number of conclusions concerning the ef- fect of characteristics of wakes upon erosive impact intensity of cavitation. The report recom- mends that additional research be conducted to further deter- mine the critical wake character- istics affecting cavitation erosion, and that further research into protective coatings should be per- formed.

The report is available from the National Technical Informa- tion Service, 5285 Port Royal

Road, Springfield, Va. 22161, for $5.50 per copy. Its order number is PB268899/AS.

Argentine Shipyards

Get Boost From Spain

The Argentine shipbuilding in- dustry has received a $250 mil- lion line of credit from the Banco

Exterior of Spain.

The president of the Banco

Exterior, Jose Garcia Hernandez, met with officials of the Argen- tina National Development Bank in Buenos Aires recently to sign the agreement. The funds will pay for new ship construction.

Argentina has added two ships to its rapidly expanding merchant fleet — the Almirante Storni, a cargo vessel, and the Ciudad de

Ensenada, a grain and mineral carrier.

The country's state-owned ship company, ELMA, also announced it expects to add six more vessels to the fleet in the near future to handle an expected increase in shipping.

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Another time and money saving feature is the "Dog

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The Fastloc® can be installed safely and speedily to the bottom of a container before it is lifted aboard the ship. This bottom lock feature, together with a pole- activated handle, eliminates the need to have men climbing atop the containers.

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