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Circle Seal Expands

Sampling/Bleed Valve Line —Literature Available

Circle Seal Controls, Anaheim,

Calif., has expanded its line of Sam- pling and Bleed valves to include both high-pressure and low-pres- sure miniaturized versions for use in airborne, shipboard and ground support equipment.

Their use, for taking samples of, or bleeding off excessive oils, hy- draulic fluids or gases, is extremely quick and easy. They feature a non- rotating, corrosion-resistant seal to assure minimum self-generated con- tamination. High-pressure versions, the P-500 Series, can be partially opened for metered delivery, or to full flow with a one-quarter turn of their knurled handle. Low-pressure versions, the HV-20 Series, are opened by simply pushing a button.

Both series close automatically for dead-tight sealing when hand is re- moved from valve.

For further information and free literature from Circle Seal Con- trols,

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Marco Seattle Names

Fernstrom Executive VP/

Chief Operating Officer

H. Allen Fernstrom

H. Allen Fernstrom has been named to the post of executive vice president and chief operating officer of Marco Seattle. He takes over the day-to-day management of the 35- year-old company from president and founder Peter G. Schmidt, who will be devoting increased time to the firm's foreign operations and new projects.

Mr. Fernstrom comes to Marco from his most recent post as presi- dent and chief executive officer of

American Shipbuilding Company in

Tampa, Fla. Prior to his 13 years there, he spent 10 years with the

Singer Company, his last position being operations director of the company's industrial products group.

Marco is an internationally recog- nized designer and builder of com- mercial fishing vessels, manufactur- er of hydraulic deck machinery and systems, and one of the world's lead- ing builder of oil spill recovery ves- sels. The company operates ship- yards in Seattle and San Diego, as well as shipyard,-manufacturing, or service facilities in Chile, Mexico,

Panama, Peru, Spain, and Dutch

Harbor, Alaska.

Hornbeck And OMI Agree

In Principle To Merger

Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and OMI Corp. recently announced an agreement in principle to a merg- er between Hornbeck and three

OMI affiliates—OMI Petrolink

Corp., OMI Offshore Marine Ser- vices, Inc., and Potomac Transport,

Inc.—following an exchange of shares. As part of this transaction,

OMI will purchase certain debt obli- gations of Hornbeck and restructure such notes. The merger is contin- gent upon the negotiation and exec- ution of a definitive agreement

Hornbeck, a publicly owned com- pany, is engaged in the operation of vessels which provide transporta- tion services for offshore oil and gas drilling, geophysical exploration and oceanographic research activi- ties and containerized cargo haul- ing.

The OMI affiliates are engaged in the lightering of tankers and the ownership and operation of vessels which provide transportation ser- vices for the lightering operations and offshore oil and gas drilling activities in the U.S. Gulf.

The merger would produce a com- bined fleet of 18 vessels, primarily supply/workboats and a division en- gaged in lightering operations.

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