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Sea-Land To Repower

Huge Containerships

With MAN B&W Gensets

Sea-Land Service, Inc., Edison,

N.J., has signed a multimillion-dol- lar contract with MAN B&W Diesel

A/S, Holeby Diesel, Denmark, for repowering the generating sets on board its twelve 4,140-TEU Atlantic

Class containerships, formerly U.S.

Lines' Econships.

Under the contract, Holeby Die- sel will manufacture and install three diesel engines, model 6L28/32, ecr output 1,075 kw at 720 rpm, per vessel, or a total of 36 engines. The engines are to be coupled together with existing alternators, each of 1,000 kw.

The contract between Sea-Land

Service Inc. and Holeby Diesel is noteworthy because the installation of the gensets will be completed during the vessels' normal liner service on the U.S. East Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico prior to their trans-Atlantic voyage to Europe.

Both the shipowner and engine manufacturer believe that this com- prehensive repowering program is a remarkable feat and a milestone in the history of the merchant marine industry, since the project will be

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SNAME Names Kiss

New President

The Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) recently elected Ronald K. Kiss president of the society for a two- year term beginning January 1, 1991.

Mr. Kiss is the Deputy Assistant

Secretary of the Navy, Ships, Office of the Assistant of the Navy, Ship- building. Mr. Kiss will succeed Ar- thur J. Haskell, who has been the society president since 1988.

Mr. Kiss has made varied and substantial contributions to the ma- rine field, primarily in the area of ship design and construction.

Alfa-Laval Separation

Dedicates Headquarters

In Warminster, Pa.

Alfa-Laval Separation, Inc. re- cently held "Inauguration" cere- monies to dedicate the company's $20-million expansion and renova- tion of its Mearns Road facilities in

Warminster, Pa.. The ceremonies, which included a keynote address by Bucks County, Pa., Congressman

Peter Kostmayer, officially de- signated Warminster as the compa- ny's North America headquarters.

Alfa-Laval has also undertaken a massive overhaul of the manufac- turing operations within the War- minster plant.

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