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Meeting Of SNAME Great Lakes/

Great Rivers Section Discusses

Fuel Additives And Hull Springing

The winter meeting of the Great Lakes and

Great Rivers Section of The Society of Naval

Architects and Marine Engineers was held at the Holiday Inn-French Quarter in Perrys- burg, Ohio.

The first paper, presented by Mike Bisail- lon of Aderco, Inc., Boisbriand, Quebec, was titled "Fuel Oil Additives: A Solution to Qual- ity Problems of Modern Fuels." The thrust of his discussion was to present a possible solu- tion to the problems encountered when match- ing availability of fuels to compatibility of modern equipment needs imposed by changes in the world market and refining. Evidence of the interest in this problem was apparent

Mike Bisail Ion Armin Trosch by the many questions following presentation of the paper.

Prof. Armin Trosch of the University of

Michigan presented a paper titled "Effects of

Non-Linearities on Hull Springing." He dis- cussed the unique design challenge presented to the marine community by the long, flexible hulls and low draft/beam ratios of 1,000-foot bulk carriers on the Great Lakes, and the springing encountered in moderate seas. The occurrence of this springing caused the design agencies and regulatory bodies to re-evaluate the existing strength standards for Great

Lakes vessels. An active question and answer session followed this presentation also.

Following a coffee break, students from the department of Naval Architecture at the Uni- versity of Michigan presented their senior de- sign project. Presenting some unusual designs dealing with contemporary problems were:

Paul Kopp and Tom Allen, "Modern Com- muter Ship"; John Hardiman, "Multi-Use

Commercial SWATH"; and Paul Rauten- berg, "Advanced Submarine Concept Design."

Following lunch the attendees toured the

MarAd Great Lakes Fire-Fighting Training

Center.

Drew Ameroid5 Marine Introduces

Four Additions To Product Line

Drew Ameroid8 Marine of Boonton, N.J., recently hosted a customer reception to intro- duce four new products to the marketplace.

Among the Drew Ameroid Marine executives present at recent customer reception in New York were (L to R): T.A. Cuomo, group vice president, worldwide marine operations: J.R. Wolf, regional vice president, North and South America; R.K. Flem- ing, vice president, marine marketing; and G. Bray, account manager.

T.A. Cuomo, group vice president, world- wide marine operations, remarked, "We are grateful to all those who would devote their own time to share with us the introduction of our exciting new products. These additions to our product line are prime examples of our continuing efforts to meet the needs of the marine industry through research and tech- nology and a commitment to superior service."

Representatives of the shipping community near the Port of New York were the invited guests. Among the attendees were represen- tatives of Admanthos, Alcoa Steamship, Alpro

Maritime Agencies, Atlantic Maritime, Avior

Shipping, Brokerage & Management, Cove

Shipping, De Laval Turbine, Delta Naviga- tion, Exxon International, J.H. Winchester,

Maersk Line, Maritime Overseas Corporation,

Marine Transport Lines, Military Sealift

Command, Mobil Oil, Navcot Corporation, Or- ion & Global, Sanko Kisen, Sea-Land Service,

Solar International, Southern Star Shipping,

Teh Tung Enterprise, United States Lines,

Universe Tankship, Venezuelan Lines, Yama

Maritime, and Zim Lines.

The products—Amergize1" deposit modifier/ combustion improver, Ameroid OWS quick- separating degreaser, Ameroid one-step cleaner, and Amerseal11 10 mechanical seals— are newly developed and critically acclaimed additions to the Ameroid product line.

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