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Spanish Ferry Company

Adds Second Jetfoil In

Canary Islands Service

Compania Trasmediterranea of

Madrid, Spain, has purchased a second Boeing Jetfoil hydrofoil for passenger service on their route between Las Palmas and

Tenerife in the Canary Islands.

The Jetfoil will be delivered in

October of this year. Trasmed began Jetfoil service in August 1980, and in the first six months of operation carried more than 100,000 passengers on the 52- mile route. "The Jetfoil has proven very successful for us in the rough water of the Canaries," Trasmed president Don Federico Esteve, said. "When the service started, we knew it would be a challenge for both our company and Boeing

Marine Systems," he said, adding that "performance has been ex- cellent and we are buying a sec- ond Jetfoil."

Value of the 294-seat Jetfoil sale is approximately $13.1 mil- lion. The state-owned ferry com- pany also holds an option on a third Jetfoil. Trasmed provides passenger, auto, and freight serv- ice in Spain with a fleet of 34 larger ferries.

The Trasmed sale brings the number of announced Boeing Jet- answer.

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Walter Gregorek Joins

New York Sales Staff

Of Midland Marine

Walter J. Gregorek

James A. McQuilling, president of Midland Marine Corporation, has announced the appointment of Walter J. Gregorek to its New

York sales staff. Mr. Gregorek is a 1966 graduate of the United

States Merchant Marine Acad- emy, and has a master's degree in business from Fairleigh Dick- inson University. His experience includes ship operation, engineer- ing management, and ship repair marketing. His last position prior to joining Midland Marine was assistant vice president for mar- keting in the New York office of

Curacao Drydock Company.

ASNE Section Meeting

Held At Naval Submarine

Base In New London

More than 90 people attended a recent meeting of the Southern

New England Section of The

American Society of Naval Engi- neers held at the Submarine Base

Officer's Club, Naval Submarine

Base, New London/Groton, Conn.

Ronald Provencher from Naval

Sea Systems Command gave a presentation describing the de- sign, material, fabrication, and test of a titanium personnel sphere for the Navy's Deep Sub- mergence Vehicle (DSV) Sea Cliff.

This new sphere will replace Sea

Cliff's original steel sphere in- stalled during construction ap- proximately 12 years ago. With the new sphere, Sea Cliff will be capable of operating to depths of 20,000 feet.

The acquisition of the sphere is managed by the Naval Sea

Systems Command, construction by Mare Island Naval Shipyard, material procurement and test- ing by David Taylor Research and Development Center. The

DSV is operated by Submarine

Development Group-San Diego. 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News