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Marine Machinery

Association Meeting Set

For Washington, April 30

The Marine Machinery Associa- tion will hold their next meeting at the Sheraton Washington (D.C.)

Hotel on Wednesday, April 30.

The program is scheduled as fol- lows: 9-9:15 Welcoming remarks, D.A.

Marangiello, executive direc- tor, MMA. 9:15-10:15 Major General Joe

Morgan, USAF, executive direc- tor for quality assurance, Defense

Logistics Agency will describe programs being implemented by

DLA to improve quality. 10:30-11:30 RAdm Roger B.

Home, Jr. USN, deputy com- mander for industrial facilities, 2nd Management, Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, will discuss cur- rent status of industrial material improvements of NAVSEA. 11:30-1:30 Reception and Lun- cheon. Keynote speaker: Honor- able Les Aspin, member of Con- gress, 1st district of Wisconsin,

Chairman of the House Commit- tee on Armed Services.

Afternoon Session—Restricted 1:45-2:30 Robert McClory, re- tired veteran of 20 years service in

Congress from Illinois will explain how to conduct better liaison and more effective communication with elected officials in Congress. 2:40-3:00 Business meeting—estab- lishment of working committees. 3:00-4:00 Individual committee working sessions.

Registration fees for the meeting are $75 for members, $200 for non- members. The Sheraton Washing- ton will honor guaranteed rates of $110/single or $130/double from

Tuesday April 29 through Saturday

April 5 for those attending the

MMA meeting. For hotel reserva- tions, call (202) 328-2000 no later than April 11.

For further details on the April 30 meeting or on the Marine Machin- ery Association, contact the execu- tive director, MMA, 1700 K St.,

NW, Washington, DC 20006 or call (703) 553-1821.

U.S. Naviation Names

Capt. Frank Bullen

Operations Manager

Frank M. Cangemi, president of U.S. Navigation, Inc., has named

Capt. Frank Bullen operations manager, covering the U.S. for both liner and tramp/tank operations.

Mr. Bullen replaces Ian Cairns who will join Hapag-Lloyd (Ameri- ca) shortly. Mr. Bullen brings to his new position many years of ex- perience in the handling of conven- tional and RO/RO tonnage.

U.S. Navigation, Inc. recently purchased by Biehl & Company, are general agents in the U.S. for The

National Shipping Company of Sau- di Arabia, America-Africa Line and

Scindia, and are deeply involved in tramp/tank operations in New

York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Nor- folk, and the West Coast.

FAST Systems Offers

Free Brochure On

Oil/Water Separators

FAST Systems, Inc., St. Louis,

Mo., is offering a free eight-page brochure on their PACE SM-Series oil/water separators.

The publication details the con- struction, operation, equipment, de- sign, capacity and certification of the PACE marine oil/water separa- tors. The brochure comes complete with an application data chart with standard marine unit dimensions and data. The chart lists the model number, FAST Systems rated ca- pacity, USCG/IMO rated capacity, dimensions, weights, maximum suc- tion lift, maximum oil discharge head and pump motor horsepower.

According to the manufacturer,

PACE (Positive Accelerated Coal- escense of Emulsions) oil/water sep- arators break true emulsions. PACE units convert gray emulsions into clear water and black oil. The water is suitable for legal discharge, and the oil is concentrated to the point where it will support combustion.

As an added feature, the brochure contains a detailed flow diagram of the workings of the PACE system.

The diagram is numbered for simple reference to accompanying explana- tory remarks.

For a free copy of the eight-page publication from FAST Systems,

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WHERE THERE'S

WORK ON THE

WATER

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