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H-SLEEVE R-ANNULAR PISTON

M-SLOTTED NUT 1,2,3,-FEED HOLES

N-COUPLING HUB • Improve shafting reliability by removing keyways. • Couplings are interchangeable between shafts. • Install and remove coupling hydraulically. • Straight and flanged coupling designs are available.

CONTACT THE EXPERTS

MAPECO PRODUCTS

A Division of Walz & Krenzer Inc. 90 Forest Ave. • P.O. Box 382

Locust Valley, NY 11560

Tel: 516-759-1802 • Fax: 516-759-9405

VJZ LEADER IN THE FIELD in Design and Supply of

SUDING W.T. DOORS

AND CONTROLS

Each door has its own individual electro-hydraulic system. Malfunction due to damage of one door does not effect others in vessel.

Complies fully with U.S.C.G. requirements for Sub- part 163.001 Class II and Class III Sliding W.T.

Doors, and Solas. Also furnished to requirements of A.B.S., C.S.I., N.M.D., Lloyds and other regulatory bodies throughout the world.

SUDING W.T. DOORS also for Drill Rigs,

Tankers and

Special Ships

SLUICE GATES for Tankers

CONVEYOR BELT DOORS for self unloaders

BHD STUFFING BOXES for Propulsion Shafting

WALZ & KRENZER, INC. 1390 Mt. Read Blvd. Rochester, NY 14606

Tel: 716-254-6670 • Fax: 716-254-6178

APL Appeals To MarAd

To Lift Prohibition

The Maritime Administration has received a request from American President Lines,

Ltd., (APL) to delete the prohibition of carry- ing military cargo on foreign-flag vessels un- der three waivers of section 804 of the Mer- chant Marine Act of 1936, as amended.

Currently, APL performs three subsidized containership services. Its Transpacific Trade

Route (TR) 2 service covers the range of former

TR 29 to/from California-Oregon-Washing- ton, for up to 188 annual sailings. Former TR 29 includes ports in the Far East on the continent of Asia from Asian Russia to Thai- land, inclusive, Japan, Taiwan and the Phil- ippines.

APL's two extension services add author- ity to serve ports of South Asia and the Per- sian Gulf-Red Sea on up to 28 sailings to/from

California and up to 80 sailings to/from Or- egon/Washington. APL's current contract permits any part of the service by transfer or relay of cargo between subsidized vessels at any foreign port on the authorized service.

APL's application states that the Cargo

Preference Act of 1904 requires defense car- goes to move on U.S.-flag vessels when avail- able. However, the company says that when there is no U.S.-flag service, there is no valid reason to bar it from carrying defense cargoes using a combination of U.S.-flag line haul vessels and foreign-flag vessels.

The company performs its TR 2 transpa- cific service primarily with line-haul vessels making direct calls at most major foreign TR 2 ports.

APL's extension services are currently per- formed by a feeder network that includes four subsidized U.S.-flag APL vessels providing service on a relay basis to Singapore, Colombo, and Fujayrah via Kaohsiung. The company also operates chartered foreign-flag feeders in and to extension areas in the range Indone- sia-Red Sea under authority of one section 804 waiver. It also operates foreign-flag feed- ers under two additional waivers to Thailand and China in the TR 2 foreign area.

Section 804 precludes subsidized U.S.-flag operators or their affiliates from operating foreign-flag vessels which compete with es- sential U.S.-flag shipping services unless the

Secretary of Transportation waives the pro- vision of this section for a specific period of time.

MSRC Obtains Interim

USCG Response

Organization Classification

The Marine Spill Response Corporation (MSRC) has obtained interim U.S. Coast

Guard Classifications of Level E for all ma- rine environments including: river/canal; in- land/nearshore; and offshore/open ocean. A final classification will be granted by the

Coast Guard as soon as information supplied by MSRC during the application process has been verified through a site visit.

There are five classifications given to an

Oil Spill Removal Organization (OSRO) in each of the three marine environments.

An E classification signifies the highest response capability that can be given in any environment. It is based upon the amount of boom, oil recovery equipment and recovered oil storage capability of the OSRO.

MSRC expects to be identified as contracted resources in many vessel and facility response plans of the members of the Marine Preserva- tion Association to be in place by August 18, 1993, as mandated by OPA 90.

The Coast Guard will publicize organiza- tions and their final classifications periodi- cally in an as-yet-undecided publication.

General Ship Repair Completes

Repairs Ahead Of Schedule,

Under Bid Price

The four corrugated cargo bulkheads of the self-unloading bulk gypsum carrier, M.V. Georgia-S, were completely replaced by the General Ship Repair Corp. in Baltimore.

The work on the self-unloading gypsum carrier, M.V. Georgia-S, involved the com- plete replacement of the vessel's four corru- gated cargo bulkheads by General Ship Re- pair Corp. after an intensive bidding process and shipyard surveys by Skaarup Shipping

Corp., operators of the ship for Georgia Pa- cific Corp.

To expedite the repairs, General Ship Re- pair Corp. engineers traveled several times to

Brunswick, Ga., the vessel's regular unload- ing terminal, to verify specifications and to make templates to prefabricate the new steel corrugated panels and have them ready for installation when the ship arrived in Balti- more. The engineers also designed custom staging, modularly-constructed for rapid setup for the repair work. Working closely with

Skaarup Shipping, General Ship Repair Corp. designed standard-sized panels, the most eco- nomical to prefabricate and the most versa- tile to install, resulting in the least amount of scrap metal. Using this process, the final quote was reduced and the complicated project was made a bit easier.

The repair work on the Georgia-S. was done at Baltimore's Clinton Street Pier, owned and operated by Rukert Marine Terminals.

The deteriorated bulkhead panels were sys- tematically removed and a strict installation schedule was simultaneously carried out. All work was completed in accordance with the

Lloyd's Register of Shipping regulations. The 50-tons of new steel were sandblasted to a near-white finish and painted with two coats of anti-abrasive epoxy.

The total replacement and finishing of the new cargo bulkheads was completed ahead of schedule and below the original bid price, according to the yard.

General Ship Repair Corp. is a family- owned and operated company which offers a full range of services, from new ship construc- tion to repairs and conversations to engine work. The yard offers a 950-ton capacity floating drydock plus four wetberth facilities.

For more information on the services of

General Ship Repair,

Circle 123 on Reader Service Card 72

Circle 276 on Reader Service Card

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