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Trinity Industries Acquires

Aluminum Boats, Inc.

Crown Point, La., Yard Will Join Marine Group

Trinity Industries, Inc., Dallas,

Texas, has acquired the assets of

Aluminum Boats, Inc., a Crown

Point, La., shipyard specializing in the construction, conversion, and repair of commercial aluminum boats. The terms of the sale were not disclosed.

The announcement of the acqui- sition was made by John Dane III, president of the company's New Or- leans-based Trinity Marine Group.

Mr. Dane said that Aluminum

Boats, Inc., will become part of the marine group.

The Trinity Marine Group in- cludes Halter Marine Inc., ship- yards in Moss Point, Miss., and

Lockport, La., Moss Point Marine

Inc., in Escatawpa, Miss., Equitable

Shipyards, Inc., with shipyards in

New Orleans and Madisonville, La., and Gretna Machine and Iron

Works, Inc., in Harvey, La.

Aluminum Boats, Inc., was estab- lished in 1983, by Salvador J.

Guarino, its president, on the site of the former Camcraft, Inc. Em- ploying many of the former Cam- craft shipbuilders, Aluminum Boats

Inc., has delivered 35 new vessels, and converted or repaired 23 more since its founding.

The company occupies approxi- mately 10 acres in its suburban New

Orleans location and employs ap- proximately 50 persons with an esti- mated annual payroll of $1 million.

Mr. Dane said the acquisition was a "natural," as Aluminum Boats

Inc., had recently served as a sub- contractor on several Trinity proj- ects. He said other factors were the shipyard's high quality reputation, increasing demand for aluminum vessels, and the extensive business contacts of the shipyard's manage- ment on the East Coast and Middle

East.

Mr. Dane said Mr. Guarino will remain as general manager of the shipyard. Mr. Guarino had served as chief purchasing agent of Halter

Marine, Inc., from 1969 to 1978, and president of Marine Specialty and

Mill Supply Co., a wholly owned subsidiary of Halter Marine Inc., from 1978 to 1980.

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Donald Peck Appointed

Assistant Vice President,

Moran Towing Of Florida

Donald Peck has been ap- pointed by Thomas E. Moran, chairman and chief executive officer of Moran Towing Corporation, to the position of assistant vice presi- dent of Moran Towing of Florida,

Inc.

Mr. Peck started his tow-boating career with Moran's Baltimore sub- sidiary in 1964 as a tug dispatcher.

He was promoted to assistant opera- tions manager in 1975 and opera- tions manager in 1979.

Waugh To Supply TNF

Joiner System For

S.S. Azure Seas

The Waugh Co., Jacksonville,

Fla., has obtained the contract to supply the Rockwool TNF Joiner

System, consisting of floating floors, linings and partitions, continuous ceilings and doors, to be installed on board the Admiral Cruise Line's

S.S. Azure Seas.

The coordination of the design and purchase of the Rockwool TNF

System is being managed by the

Professional Design Group, and is to be installed by KDR Building Spe- cialties, Inc. of California.

The project involves complete re- novation of the deluxe suites, which include queen-size beds, living room and large bathrooms with sunken jacuzzi-type bathtubs, a new theatre and meeting room with seating ca- pacity for 60 people, and work on the promenade and boat deck casi- nos and stores. Great emphasis has been placed on the sound reduction characteristics of the Rockwool

TNF Joiner System, which will pro- vide the passengers with the equiva- lent comfort and quietness of a five- star hotel suite.

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Second 600-Berth Cruise

Ship Ordered From MHI

By Mitsui Osk Lines

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received an order from

Mitsui Osk Lines for a second 600- berth cruise ship. The vessel is scheduled to be delivered in the summer of 1990.

Intended for service on the West- ern cruise markets, the new vessel and her sister ship Fuji Maru (al- ready launched), are being built with loans backed by the Japanese

Government.

In addition to the two vessels mentioned above, Mitsubishi is also building a larger 960-passenger ship for Nippon Yusen Kaisha, Japan's largest owner, making a total of three Japanese cruise ship bookings by MHI.

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Sims Pump Valve Offers

Durable Composite Impellers

And Parts For Marine Use

New Literature Offered

Precision composite parts manu- factured by the Sims Pumps Valve

Co., Hoboken, N.J., have been suc- cessfully employed on seagoing ves- sels for nearly 30 years.

In 1955, Sims Pump Valve intro- duced a casing ring made of a com- posite material called Simsite. The highly innovative use of this com- posite material met with great suc- cess. Six years later, the first Sim- site impeller joined the already proven Simsite casing ring.

According to Sims, Simsite graphite impellers are hydraulically and mechanically superior to cast metal impellers. They are precision machined on both the outside and the inside of the impeller providing absolutely uniform vane character- istics and tolerances of .002 inches.

Fluid flow is, therefore, unaffected by casting imperfections, balance problems or rough surfaces.

The light weight of these impel- lers substantially reduces static de- flection and radial forces in a pump helping to provide much longer ro- tating element life expectancy.

Sims claims that Simsite will not corrode in salt or brackish water.

Because of these inherent advan- tages, the balance, performance and efficiency of pumps with Simsite impellers remains constant. These impellers can be custom designed to solve such troublesome problems as recirculation cavitation or radial reaction.

Engineered composite pump components designed and manufac- tured by Sims since 1919, include wear rings, casing rings and bush- ings, all of which exhibit low wear, corrosion resistance and enhanced

Impellers and casing rings and parts are made of a composite material called Sim- site, which offers durability, corrosion re- sistance, economy and diversified use. performance in shipboard applica- tions.

Simsite parts are used extensively in ships operated by such leading operators as Carnival Cruise Lines,

Sea Land and Chevron. Because of its unusual durability, Simsite is also being considered for use in decorative and structural elements.

Sims Pump Valve Co. was also recently involved in the installation of Simsite impellers at Florida's

Miami Seaquarium. The Sims ven- ture into handling large volumes of seawater on land occurred when it responded to an emergency call by the Seaquarium by replacing worn out metal pump impellers that serve the attraction's whale holding tank with Simsite impellers. Installed only one week after they were or- dered by the Seaquarium, the Sim- site impellers perform flawlessly in the 1,200-gpm pumps that move five million gallons of seawater dai- ly.

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