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Comex Services

To Be Purchased

By Stolt Tankers/Terminals

An agreement was recently signed for the purchase of Comex Services

S A., a subsidiary of Comex S A., by

Stolt Tankers and Terminals. The purchase agreement is for $30 mil- lion in cash and 750,000 Stolt shares, plus the assumption of $37 million debt.

Comex Services S.A. is an underwater services contractor spe- cializing in the offshore market.

Comex's presence is reported to be especially strong in the North Sea,

South America, Asia Pacific, West

Africa, the Mediterranean Sea and the Middle East.

Stolt Tankers and Terminals plans to combine the operations of

Comex and Stolt-Nielsen Seaway.

APL Opens Subsidiary

Company In Mexico City

American President Lines (APL) recently announced that it has opened a subsidiary company in

Mexico City. The opening of the company was reported to be in an- ticipation of the projected US-

Canada-Mexico free trade agree- ment, as well as to consolidate op- erations within the country.

The company, APC de Mexico, has offices in Guadalajara, Monterey and Laredo, Texas and is headed by

APL's former Thailand manager

Tom Olsen.

Hempel And DNT Sign

Agreement To Expand

Paint Sales

Hempel's Marine Paints and Dai

Nippon Toryo (DNT) recently reached an agreement which should expand Hempel's sales in Japan and give DNT access to Hempel's world- wide network in sales and distribution. The initial agreement will involve marketing of marine paints and sales to overseas indus- trial projects. Future plans for the two companies are to exchange tech- nical data and to further develop environmentally-friendly coatings.

DNT is one of the largest paint manufacturers in Japan, specializ- ing in heavy duty coatings as well as various specialty coatings.

Hempel's is based in Denmark and is presently one of the largest marine paint companies in the world, consisting of over 40 subsidiaries throughout the world. Hempel's was one of the first companies to intro- duce tin-free antifoulings and water-borne anticorrosion coatings for containers and heavy industry.

The company specializes in marine paints as well as manufacturing con- tainer and offshore coatings.

For further information,

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Bender Inc. Introduces

New Portable Ground Fault

Current Instrument

Bender Inc. of Exton, Pa., recent- ly introduced its new RCT 3000 portable ground fault current in- strument. The hand-held unit can reportedly detect current leakage as low as 1 mA and operates through the use of a nickel-cadmium bat- tery. The unit is said to have an accuracy of 1 percent of the mea- sured value which is read out on a 4-1/2 segment LCD display. The unit is equipped with a visual and audible alarm that will sound when the measured current exceeds a set reading which is adjustable over the range 0-9,999 mA.

The unit can also be mounted with clamps which are available in different sizes up to 4-inches throat diameter. A larger size clamp is able to accommodate up to three 400

MCM conductors which would allow leakage currents in 3-phase/460V motor circuits up to 300 hp to be determined.

For more information about the

RCT 3000 ground fault current in- strument from Bender Inc.,

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Reliable, efficient marine vacuum toilet systems

Jered now offers STANDARD

Vacuum Toilet Systems in three sizes for marine applications.

Designed for highly reliable, energy efficient operation, these units are light- weight and compact, and interface with most types of treatment equipment.

Our standard Vacuum Systems offer a range of capability to suit the needs of any size installation.

Consider the benefits of a Vacuum

Toilet System for your next project.

Consider Jered.

Model MVT-100

Reliable vacuum toilets

We believe simplicity in design is a key to reliability; • Minimum of moving parts • Continuously cycle tested for 250,000 flushes, failure-free • All vitreous china bowl • Simple to maintain, easily cleaned with normal domestic cleansers • Absolutely safe to use (no electrical hook-up; no chance of vacuum lock) • Rear exit discharge

Jered Brown Brothers 90 years as a marine equipment supplier 20 years experience in providing Vacuum Toilet Systems

A member of the Vickers Marine Engineering Division which includes Brown Brothers, Stone Vickers, Michell Bearings and Advanced Programmes, U.K.; KaMeWa, Sweden; and Vickers Japan KK 56 S. Squirrel Rd., Auburn Hills, Michigan 48326 USA Tel: (313) 852-5114; Fax: (313) 852-5386

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