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Wipers American Bosch

Seating Marine Interiors

Muffler Cowl

Paint Awlgrip

Paint Sterlin

Paint International Paint can Manufacturing Company by its

Quality Control Department, which consists of six full-time people whose only job is quality control.

This department is headed by a graduate textile engineer.

American Manufacturing Compa- ny, Inc. is one of the largest cordage manufacturers in the U.S. Founded in 1889, its ultramodern mill is located in Lafayette.

The company has an extensive network of rope distribution centers around the country. They are lo- cated in Elizabeth, N.J., Jackson- ville, Fla., New Orleans, and La- fayette, La., Houston, Texas, Signal

Hill (Los Angeles area) and Emery- ville, Calif. (San Francisco Area),

Seattle, Wash., and St. Louis, Mo.

For a free copy of the new specifi- cation sheet,

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Italmar Buys

AESA Astican Yard

In a recent joint venture, Italmar and Lavinia Corporation purchased the Astican ship-repair yard of

Spanish state-owned Astilleros Es- panoles S.A. The purchase price for the small Canary Islands facility was not revealed. • 1

YUKON QUEEN

Excursion Boat

Builder: Munson Manufacturing, Inc., Ed- monds, Wash.

Owner/Operator: Holland America Line-

Westours

Main Particulars:

Overall Length: 64 feet; Beam: 17 feet;

Draft: 2 feet 9 inches; Passenger capacity: 49.

Main Engines: Three six-cylinder, four-cy- cle, turbocharged, aftercooled Triple Lug- ger L6140A rated at 550 hp each at 2,100 rpm.

Equipment List:

Marine jets Hamilton

Generators Northern Lights

Engine controls Morse

Steering controls Wagner

VHF radio ICOM

Radar Furuno

Compass Coastal Navigator

Loran Morrow

Fuel filters Racor

New Rope Specification

Sheet Available From

American Manufacturing

American Manufacturing Compa- ny, Inc., Lafayette, La., recently published a new detailed rope speci- fication sheet.

The new specification sheet lists one of the highest minimum break- ing strengths for a given weight per 100 feet in the entire cordage indus- try. American is able to achieve these high strengths through its use of premium grade raw materials, extensive cordage-making skill and know-how, and complete line of state-of-the-art rope-making ma- chines, which give the rope engi- neers at American Manufacturing

Company, Inc. better control and uniformity in the rope making pro- cess.

Quality is maintained at Ameri-

January, 1989

Technology, creativity, efficiency.

To be a leader all over the world seas.

It's the strategic choice of a Company constantly seeking high quality and advanced technologic solutions.

With the conversion of Costa Riviera, Clodia and Ferruzzi bulk carriers and with the rebuilding of Costa Marina,

Mariotti is a leader in international ship's repairing.

Mariotti: an image of creativity, efficiency, perfect organization.

Since 1928 an efficient and flexible organization, the ability of Technicians, worker's teams highly skilled, have entailed Mariotti to be appreciated all over the world.

Repairs and conversions of all kind of ships.

General overhaulings of main auxiliary engines, mechanical equipments.

Dry dock works, installation of machinery and equipments.

Steelworks, pipeworks.

IMARIOT

Engineering workshop - Ship's repair and completing

Calata Chiappella, Genova (Porto) - Tel. 010/25.68.21 - Telex 270329 OMA GE - Telefax 010/25.72.1

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