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Hagglunds Offers 16-Page

Guide On Large Marine

Piston Pumps & Motors

An updated 16-page, 2-color tech- nical guide is now available from

Hagglunds Denison Corporation,

Marysville, Ohio, describing its line of large marine-type piston units for use on military and commercial ships.

Built to meet MIL-P-17869A and

MIL-S-901C Grade A, typical ship- board applications of Hagglunds' series 61, 62 and 63 axial piston pumps and motors include steering systems, elevators, cargo and an- chor windlasses, winches, and auto- matic transfer between ships at sea.

The guide covers such details as special features, general character- istics, pump and motor operation, hydraulic circuits, power character- istics and transmissions, displace- ment controls and auxiliary options.

Numerous schematics are also provided along with a general speci- fication table, application data and information about various available "package units."

Hagglunds Denison is a leading manufacturer of hydraulic compo- nents and systems for construction vehicles; for mining equipment; pulp & paper; chemical and other pro- cessing equipment; for ships and ordnance equipment; and for such inplant equipment as machine tools, plastic moldings, die casters and stamping presses,

To receive a free copy of Hagglund

Denison's new 16-page technical guide on marine-type pistons,

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Future Of Panama Canal

Studied by Commission

The United States, Panama and

Japan have formed a tripartite com- mission to determine how the

Panama Canal will function as a resource for the shipping industry by the year 2060.

The commission met recently in

Panama to review its list of options for the canal, which was narrowed down from 36 to 3 possible alterna- tives, according to John R. Dawson, director of the State Department's

Office of Panamanian Affairs.

The 3 options under consideration are: the construction of a sea-level canal across the Isthmus of Panama; adding new locks to the canal; and maintaining and improving the ex- isting system. Sinbol, a consortium led by Bechtel Group, San Fran- cisco, and the International Bank of

Japan, will be conducting a cost- benefit analysis for the commission.

John C. Young, the deputy U.S. commissioner to the Commission for the Study of Alternatives to the

Panama Canal, said that the stud- ies will determine which of the op- tions will best guarantee the future viability of the canal and maintain its competitiveness with the U.S. land-bridge network and other ship- ping routes.

The sea-level canal concept was studied by a congressional commit- tee in the 1970's and was estimated at the time to cost between $5 and $6 billion. Critics of the plan wonder how the project would be financed in light of the current U.S. economy.

The final Sinbol report detailing the consortium's findings will be presented to the commission in Sep- tember 1993.

Costa Cruise Selects

New Manager For U.S.

Italy's Costa Cruise Lines have selected the founder and former head of Premier Cruise Lines, Bruce

Nierenberg, to be its new head of

U.S. operations. He will be replac- ing Lorenzo Pellicioli, who will be returning to Genoa to take a senior executive position after serving as the company's U.S. manager for two years.

Mr. Nierenberg left Premier and sold his shares for $16 million to its parent company, Dial Corporation, after a failed take-over attempt by

Carnival Cruise Lines last year.

The Costa Cruise fleet will be joined by two new ships, the Costa

Allegra will be entering service in

December of this year and the Costa

Romantica in November 1993.

MAXIM fresh water makers onboard!

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MAXIM" evaporators are "on board" every type of commercial and military ship, offshore platform and lishing vessel around the world, lor more than fifty years, we have been providing Iresh water wherever it's needed.

A wide ranee of MAXIM standard designs are available for quick delivery anywhere in the world. Stock sizes range from 200 to 12,000 gal/day. l or larger fresh water requirements, we custom design units to meet your needs, whatever the size.

Available in single effect, multi-effect or multi-stage Hash type designs, these units can be operated directly on steam as well as jacket water, eliminating any need for a secondary heat exchanger. Our single shell design affords optimum space savings and the 90-10 copper nickel construction provides excellent corrosion resistance.

Dependable, trouble-free operation over the long haul...easy maintenance, even in cold water or heavy silt...few names have ever been better known than MAXIM for quality and dependability and we back it up with service and support anywhere, anytime.

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