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Exxon Offers

De-Mar 17 Lubricant

For Towboats, Tugs

Exxon supplies De-Mar 17, an

LMOA Generation 5 crankcase lu- bricant for both main and auxiliary diesel engines in river towboats, tugs, and other harbor craft. It is a zinc-free 17-TBN high-detergent lubricant specially formulated to meet the severe-service demands imposed by the newer engines.

Exxon reports that De-Mar 17 is approved by the General Electric

Company and is posted on the Inter- nal Listing of the Electro-Motive

Division (EMD) of General Motors.

Additionally, it is authorized by

Caterpillar for use in its most ad- vanced engine series—the 3600 Se- ries—as well as its 3400 and 3500

Series engines. Detroit Diesel also authorizes its use in all its two-cycle engines operated in inland marine service, in both auxiliary and main engine applications.

According to Exxon, the newest improvements in General Electric and EMD engines are modified pis- ton rings and cylinder liners that have cut oil consumption in half.

This places an extra burden on the oil because of the drastic reduction in the amount of fresh oil makeup.

Additionally, the operating practice of extending oil drain periods is be- coming more prevalent, further in- creasing demands on the oil.

The excellent performance capa- bilities of De-Mar 17 under severe service conditions have been dem- onstrated in field tests in diesel en- gines manufactured by General Elec- tric Company and Electro-Motive

Division (EMD) of General Motors, as well as in both field tests and dynamometer tests in Caterpillar and Detroit Diesel engines.

For detailed literature on De-Mar 17 premium heavy-duty crankcase lubricant for marine diesel engines from Exxon,

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By Ulstein For Design,

Equipment Supply

Norwegian company Ulstein In- ternational A/S was recently awarded a $6.25 million contract to supply the design and equipment for the construction of an offshore supply vessel.

The vessel, which will be of the

UT 713 design, will be built for a

Chinese shipowner and is part of an agreement between the Chinese and

Maltese Governments. It is sched- uled for delivery in April 1994.

This contract is the result of al- most a year's work by the package sales department of Ulstein Inter- national A/S. The contract empha- sizes Ulstein's ability to provide a total package of ship design and marine equipment.

The agreement encompasses the delivery of the UT design, main en- gines, gears and propellers, thrust- ers, steering gear, high lift rudders,

June, 1992 87 hydraulic deck machinery, main switchboards, tank measuring sys- tems and bulk handling system.

Ulstein won a similar contract from Malta Shipbuilding for the sup- ply of a tanker design and marine equipment.

For free literature detailing the shipbuilding and engineering and marine product services from

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Regulations Would Affect

Barge Operators

Under the proposed reformulated gasoline regulations published re- cently by the Environmental Pro- tection Agency (EPA) in the Federal

Register, barge operators would be subjected to presumptive liability for off-specification cargoes detected downstream of the carrier. Only by proving that he was not the cause of the violation, that all relevant prod- uct transfer documentation was up- to-date and that a quality assurance program involving the sampling and testing of reformulated gasoline car- goes was in effect, could a barge operator avoid liability

Carrier would still be considered liable if his quality assurance pro- gram was determined to be inad- equate.

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