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THE CURE FOR

CORROSION

Trac 1205 & 1204 are Non-toxic, non-flammable, water based rust and scale removers being used throughout the maritime industry to relieve costly corrosion problems. They are not converters or eradicators but deoxidizers that completely remove the rust or scale and bring the metal back to its original state.

After the rust is removed through deoxidization there is a coating left to preventthe metal from oxidizing priorto priming and painting.

Apply by brushing, spraying, rolling, dipping or recirculation for internal applications.

The products do not attack gaskets, washers, diaphragms, rubbers, plastics or most paints.

The Military Sealift Command has approved its use by ship- yards.

The products are currently being distributed on the U.S. West

Coast and Pacific Rim and for the first time are now available across North America.

To find out more about the complete line of TRAC Products call or fax:

Steve Vigar, General Manager

AnTrac Group, LTD 6525 Sierra Lane, Dublin, CA 94568 800-368-TRAC FAX 510-828-5772

Kvaerner Ships Equipment

Supplies Cargo Scooper

Now in operation in North

America on a regular service be- tween Canada and the U.S. is an unusual cargo scooper-equipped, self-discharging vessel owned by

Canada's St. Mary's Cement Cor- poration.

The vessel is an integrated tug/ barge unit which has been con- verted into a self-unloader for opera- tion between Bowmanville, Canada, and Detroit, Mich.

The tug, Sea Eagle II, was not part of the conversion program, but the 18,000-dwt barge, St. Mary's Cement

II, has undergone major alterations from her original oil-carrying role to enable her to undertake her new dry bulk cargo-carrying role.

The conversion of the barge was undertaken by E.S. Fox Ltd., of Port

Robinson, Ontario, with the focal point of the work being the installa- tion of the unique Kvaerner Cargo

Scooper self-discharging system.

This contract represents the first placed with Kvaerner Ships Equip- ment AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, by a

North American interest.

The cargo scooper installation onboard the barge is designed to handle coal, cement and cement clin- ker cargoes, with a discharge rate of 1,200 tons/hour.

Due to the design and configura- tion of the barge's two cargo holds, two separate cargo scoopers were ordered for each hold. Both holds are equipped with two longitudinal and two transverse scrapers.

The barge is also fitted with a

Kvaerner-designed, 61-meter, fully enclosed slewing discharge boom, reported to be the longest cargo scooper discharge boom currently in operation.

For complete information on the products and services of Kvaerner

Ships Equipment,

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ACL Appoints Larry Weas

VP, Human Resources

American Commercial Lines Inc. (ACL) has announced the appoint- ment of Larry J. Weas as vice presi- dent, human resources.

Mr. Weas will work closely with the senior managers of the company to develop and implement human resources strategies and activities that support the company's business objectives.

He previously served as assistant vice president, training and develop- ment, for CSX Transportation, Inc., (CSXT) in Jacksonville, Fla.

Larry J. Weas

ACL, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CSX Corporation, is headquar- tered in Jeffersonville, Ind., and op- erates one of the nation's largest fleets of inland river barges and towing vessels. CSX Corporation, headquar- tered in Richmond, Va., is an inter- national transportation company of- fering a variety of rail, container shipping, intermodal and barging services.

ABS Issues Rule Change

Notice For 1992 Steel Rules

During December 1992, a new four-page Rule Change Notice No. 1 was issued for the ABS "Rules for

Building and Classing Steel Vessels."

Along with this Rule Change No- tice, a new 64-page addition to the "Rules for Building and Classing

Steel Vessels"—Part 1 Appendix 1/

B, Hull Surveys of Oil Tankers—was also distributed. Contact the Publi- cations Department in New York or the nearest ABS office if you have not yet received copies of the changes.

The new copies are being distributed at no charge and are now part of the

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