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Vecom Takes Over Marine

Division Of Houseman

The Marine Division of the Brit- ish company, Houseman (Burnham)

Ltd. has been acquired by Vecom

B.V. of Maassluis, Netherlands.

Aiming at strengthening its water treatment operations in specific geographical areas of the industrial market, Houseman wanted to res- tructure its International Division.

This offered Vecom the opportunity to expand its business in the inter- national marine market with regard to water treatment, maintenance products, and technical services. All

Houseman personnel involved and offices are included in the deal. The

British firm has been involved in water treatment since 1876.

Vecom, a member of the German

Benckiser Group, has produced chemical cleaning and maintenance products for the marine market since 1953. Water treatment is also one of its specialties.

The acquisition is seen as giving

Vecom a much stronger U.K. base and providing important support for its most recent division, Vecom

Technical Services. That division specializes in optimizing engine room machinery efficiency by use of electronic monitoring techniques and support equipment.

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Todd-Pacific Receives $21.7-Million Contract

For Ship Modification

Todd Pacific Shipyards Corpora- tion, Galveston Division, Galveston,

Texas, was awarded a $21,686,820 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract for modifying a Seabridge class con- tainer ship to a T-AVB-4 aviation logistics support ship. This modifi- cation also provides for shore-based spare for the T-AVB-3 and T-AVB- 4.

The work will be performed in

Galveston and is expected to be completed in August 1986. The

Naval Sea Systems Command,

Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-84-C-2046).

Belgian Line Appoints

Rausch Vice President,

Operation Services

John Rausch

Henry X. Diercxsens, execu- tive president/CEO of Belgian Line

Incorporated, general agents in the

USA for CMB (Compagnie Mari- time Beige, Antwerp, Belgium) and

SITRAM (Societe Ivoirienne de

Transport Maritime, Abidjan, Ivory

Coast), has announced the appoint- ment of John Rausch as vice pres- ident, operation services.

Captain Rausch came to this country in 1979 as operations man- ager of Atlantic Overseas Corpora- tion and was heavily involved in the promotion of the West African trade. Prior to that, he sailed on sev- eral Belgian vessels and was also an advisor on SITRAM training ships.

Aqua Signal Opens

Subsidiary In Chicago —Literature Available

Aqua Signal, manufacturers of lighting and electronic equipment for the marine offshore and recrea- tional industry, has opened a sub- sidiary in the U.S. under the name of Aqua Signal Corporation, based in Chicago.

In addition, Aqua Signal Corpora- tion has taken over the Browning

Marine Organization.

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