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Nichols To Build

New Seattle Fireboat

Seattle's new fireboat, designed by Nickum & Spaulding Associ- ates, is being built by Nichols

Brothers Boat Builders of Free- land, Wash., and will carry an

A.B.S. classification when com- pleted in mid-1984.

The 96-foot by 23-foot by 7-foot aluminum hull and superstructure is capable of 28 knots powered by three GM 16V92 TI engines through twin-disc Omega MG530M, 3:13 to 1 gears with 42-inch-diam- eter by 55-inch-pitch propellers.

The three 2,500-gpm fire pumps are driven off the front P.T.O. of each main. There are three man- ual controlled monitors: two 4-inch, one 6-inch and one 8-inch. Also in- cluded in the seawater fire-fight- ing system are two forward 4-inch underwharf monitors as well as a stern thruster P/S. The boat also contains 300 gallons of foam for fire fighting.

The boat is also equipped for rescue with a small boat stored in a ramp built into the stern and an emergency medical room with a setup equal to on-shore first-aid mobile units.

Casteleyn Appointed

At American Hoist

International Corporation

James V. Casteleyn

James V. Casteleyn has been named director of international sales for American Hoist Interna- tional Corporation, a subsidiary of

Amhoist, American Hoist & Der- rick Company of St. Paul. In his new position, Mr. Casteleyn will report to John Wessel, vice pres- ident of American Hoist Inter- national.

Mr. Casteleyn joined American

Hoist International in January 1980, as managing director for

Asia, working out of the com- pany's Singapore office. Prior to joining Amhoist, he spent 16 years in a variety of international sales and management positions. "With 19 years of international sales and management experience,

Jim Casteleyn's knowledge of the international marketplace brings an added dimension to our corpo- ration." Mr. Wessell said.

Vickers Orders World's

Largest Syncrolift"

Pearlson Engineering Company,

Inc., Miami, Fla., has begun work on one of the world's largest Syn- crolift shiplifts which is to be in- stalled at Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Limited, Barrow- in-Furness. When completed, the 161.8-m (530 feet) long by 21.7-m (71 feet) wide Syncrolift will form part of the new submarine facili- ties project where Vickers, a mem- ber of British Shipbuilders, will be constructing nuclear and conven- tional submarines. The 24,000-ton maximum lifting capacity shiplift will raise or lower a full capacity vessel at a continuous speed of 20 centimeters per minute. It will in- corporate 108 hoists of 270-ton ca- pacity each and is scheduled for completion in 1986. R.T. James and Partners, London, are the con- sulting engineers.

The Vickers installation is the latest addition to the Syncrolift family which now includes 158 in- stallations in 58 countries. Pearl- son Engineering is a member com- pany of Northern Engineering

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