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Lloyd Werft To Refit

Stena Sealink Ferry

Under $11.7-Million Pact

Lloyd Werft, Bremerhaven, Ger- many, recently received an $11.7- million contract to refit the 7,836- gross ton passenger/car ferry St. Co- lumba from Sealink Stena Line.

Under the refit contract the Ger- man ship repairer will refurbish two passenger decks. The work is sched- uled to take 60 days.

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Reis Appointed

Director Of DARPA

Secretary of Defense Dick

Cheney recently announced the appointment of Victor H. Reis to the position of Director of the De- fense Advanced Research Projects

Agency (DARPA).

Prior to this appointment, Mr.

Reis served as Deputy Director of

DARPA; special assistant to the di- rector, Lincoln Laboratory, MIT; senior vice president for strategic planning, Science Applications In- ternational Corporation; and in se- nior level positions at the Office of

Science and Technology Policy, Ex- ecutive Office of the President; and other positions in industry, academ- ia and government.

Expansion Of Cosco's

Trans-Pacific Service

Is Virtually Complete

China Ocean Shipping Co. dou- bled its ship capacity across the

Pacific over the past 16 months, deploying five large new container- ships built in Germany and Scot- land at a total cost of $200 million.

The Gao He, last of the new ships, arrived in New York on its maiden voyage recently and is currently en route to the Far East, where it will join Cosco's weekly service to and from the U.S. West Coast. Like its four sister ships, the Gao He has a capacity of 2,700 twenty-foot con- tainers (TEUs).

Cosco's volume and market share have grown in line with its capacity.

In the third quarter fo 1990, Cosco ranked 10th in international con- tainer volume among all carriers serving all U.S. ports; its quarterly volume of 79,871 TEUs was 62 per- cent above the figure for the corre- sponding period of 1989.

According to Liu Songjin, presi- dent of the Beijing-based line, the expansion of Cosco's trans-Pacific service is virtually complete.

SpillStop® Technique

Prevents Oil Spillqge

After Tanker Accidents

An active inert gas-controlled sys- tem utilizing vacuum technique (SpillStop™-Patent Pending) from

Western Products, Ventura, Calif.,

February, 1991 19 drastically reduces or totally pre- vents oil spill from tankers after an accidental rupture of the hull.

Existing inert gas systems in- stalled are modified to provide un- derpressure in tank ullage space during the voyage so that if tank rupture occurs, oil spillage above the line of the rupture is prevented.

The actively and dynamically con- trolled underpressure is set to in- sure that pressure forces inside and outside the tank are equalized at the line of the rupture and there is no inducement for flow to occur.

The underpressure requirement is generally moderate (2 - 4 psi) and is within the structural capability of the tankers. Also, hazardous opera- tions resulting from loading/unload- ing cargo that can cause explosions are strictly under the control of the existing inert gas system designed primarily to prevent such acci- dents.

The system, in conjunction with the existing inert gas system, can be used as a primary oil containment device or as a backup to other costly approaches. It is a simple, practical approach that can be easily retrofit- ted in a timely manner into existing tankers at minimal costs and logistic impacts.

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CENTRICO

Westfalia is proud to be part of the ongo- ing construction program of the new and growing U.S. Navy.

Centrico, Inc., 100 Fairway Court, Northvale, NJ 07647 (201)767-3900

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Only Westfalia's On-Demand Purifying

System Removes M the Dirt and Water from your 1010 fuel.

Whether your fuel oil is heavier or lighter than water, only Westfalia's two-stage Unitrol/Secutrol system assures maximum purity even under widely varying feed conditions.

Here's why.

Other oil purification systems are timer-controlled, which means they de-sludge only at pre-set intervals. If heavy seas stir-up the "muck" in your fuel tanks, the intervals may be too far apart. Result: dirt gets into your day tank and fuel lines, causing disastrous engine wear...In the Westfalia system, a unique sensor continuously monitors de-sludging intervals, discharging dirt and water only when the sediment-holding compartment is full. So there's no chance for dirt to get into your fuel because of too few de-sludgings — or fuel wastage from too-frequent de-sludgings.

And either stage can be operated independently, thus adding even more flexibility.

With Westfalia's unique design, there's no way water can enter the clean fuel line. With other systems, this is a distinct possibility.

No matter how wide the variations in density or feed characteristics, you get the most efficient, reliable purification. Automatically, with no need for gravity disc changes.

For maximum reliability we've substituted simplicity for complex electronics and intricate circuitry. Thus Westfalia purifiers are more dependable and much less likely to break down than other separators. Contact

Centrico for the Westfalia system you need.