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Southwest Marine

Completes Drydocking

Of Columbia Star

Southwest Marine recently com- pleted major maintenance on Blue

Star Line's (BSL) 555-foot containership, the Columbia Star.

The Columbia Star is one of 10 ves- sels, which BSL operates from the

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The drydock work included sand- blasting and repainting the hull, re- furbishing the vessel's propeller, en- gine room and boiler system repairs, safety inspections and remodeling passenger cabins. The work was re- ported to cost over $ 1 million and took place at San Francisco's Pier 70.

According to Carl Hanson, gen- eral manager of Southwest Marine in

San Francisco, "The Blue Star con- tract is an important opportunity for us to get our foot in the door and perform."

Southwest Marine also operates ship repair facilities in San Diego and San Pedro, and is one of the largest shipyards in northern Cali- fornia. Recent defense cutbacks and the diversion of ships since the Per- sian Gulf war have caused South- west Marine to seek commercial cli- ents.

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Southwest Marine,

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Jaegle Industries

Appointed Representative

For Veneziani Products

The managing director ofVeneziani spa, Maurizio Ruggi, has announced the appointment of Jaegle Industries,

Inc. as its exclusive distributor in

Scandinavia and the United States.

Veneziani has been a leader in the paint and coatings industry since 1860 and was one of the first companies to produce antifouling coatings.

Veneziani is a division of Maxfin and is complimented by its sister di- visions, Maxmeyer and Duco.

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AT&T's Global Sentinel

Completes Maiden Voyage

With Installation Of TPC-4

AT&T's newest cable ship, the Glo- bal Sentinel, recently completed its maiden voyage with the installation of TPC-4, one of the first transpacific fiber-optic cable systems to link the

U.S. mainland and Canada with Ja- pan. Customer service on the $373 million system is scheduled for some- time in November.

The Global Sentinel, one of five

AT&T-operated cable ships, installed over half of the 9,850-kilometer sys- tem. The vessel installed the deep- sea portion of the system in 10 days, averaging cable-laying speeds of seven knots.

This is reported to be the first AT&T ship to use the Sea Plow VII system to install and bury cable at the shore end and continental shelf. Sea Plow

VII, the company's newest installa- tion and burial vehicle, can operate at speeds of up to one knot, and bury cable at water depths of 4,593 feet.

With the completion of its first project, the Global Sentinel will soon be loading cable to install HAW-5, a $156 million system linking the U.S. mainland with Hawaii.

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ZF Friedrichshafen Signs

Contract To Acquire

Allison Transmission

ZF Friedrichshafen AG has an- nounced that it has signed a contract to acquire the Allison Transmission

Division of General Motors. The agreement is contingent upon being approved by the German and U.S. governments.

The new subsidiary will be called the ZF Allison Corporation. Allison's current general manager, Robert

Clark, will serve as the CEO of ZF

Allison.

ZF currently serves the heavy-duty transmission worldwide market and the addition of Allison Transmission will further enhance the company's product range.

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Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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Facing on pier wall (top), and in canal system (bottom). solidur

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