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Norwegian Cruise's Southward in SWM's San Pedro drydock.

President Drives Jeamar Winches

Transformation To Keep Ahead Of

Competition On Quality; Price

A new Jeamar product installed to a Canadian client's specifications.

Southwest Marine Completes Repair

Work On Two Cruise Ships

Ahead Of Schedule

San Diego, Calif.-based Southwest

Marine, Inc., recently re-delivered the cruise ships Fair Princess, belonging to Princess Cruise, and Norwegian

Cruise Line's Southward to their own- ers ahead of schedule.

The Fair Princess, a member of

Princess Cruise's "Love Boat" fleet, has been delivered ahead of schedule after a three week drydocking/refur- bishmentperiodatSouthwestMarine's (SWM) San Diego yard.

The work package for the 606-foot cruise ship was valued in excess of $2.5 million and included: sea chest, hull and tank renewals; re tubing of two main condensers; installation of a new steam emission system; and in- stallation of two new Omni-pure sys- tems,designedfortreatingblackwater.

Approximately 225 workers per day were assigned to the project.

While the ship was undergoing repairs, the crew was served meals onboard San Diego Harbor

Excursion's bay cruiser, Monterey, also docked at SWM.

SWM's San Pedro yard recently completed a work package on Norwe- gian Cruise Line's Southward, which included: sandblasting and painting the hull; changing of the hull plates; removal and inspections of the rud- ders; removal and overhaul of the port and starboard tail shafts; and the overhaul of the starboard stabilizer.

The vessel was re-delivered to Norwe- gian two days ahead of schedule.

According to Herb Engel, SWM's president and COO, "Time is money to the commercial vessel owners who come to us for their repair work. It is our goal to provide the highest quality work delivered on time to our custom- ers."

Southwest Marine's corporate head- quarters are located in San Diego, and the company has a repair yard in

San Pedro, an affiliate yard in San

Francisco, San Francisco Drydock,

Inc. and a yard in American Samoa.

For more information about the services available from Southwest

Marine, Inc.,

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Jeamer Winches, a leading manu- facturer of specialty winch products for marine applications, is undergo- ing a careful transformation with the leadership of its president Ben Aston.

At the center of the company's transformation are four key initia- tives: a move to larger premises; an upgraded computer system to more tightly integrate all facets of his op- eration; conformity to the highest rec- ognized engineering standards; and a fundamental repositioning of Jeamar in the marketplace. "Businesses today are facing un- precedented change," Mr. Aston said. "The marketplace is demanding im- provements in quality, reliability, function and price.

Yet at the same time, complexity, competition, cost pressures and risk are increasing." "If we can help our customers by providing innovative and cost-effec- tive solutions, we will continue to prosper. But to achieve this, our operation will have to remain fast, flexible and streamlined," he added.

The company, with facilities in

Buffalo, N.Y., and Toronto, Canada, manufactures a full-range of heavy- duty power winches, ranging in line pull capacities from 400- to 50,000- pounds.

Among its specialty winches are a variety of capstans and wire-rope, drum-type winches, employed in both ship and shore installations.

Jeamar's subsidiary company,

Ardean Sheaves and Blocks, manu- factures a line of steel sheaves and directional blocks specificallyfor heavy industry and commercial marine ap- plications.

While Jeamar's primary market is still the U.S., it has been shipping products in increasing volumes to places such as Singapore, Taiwan,

Portugal, Norway, Columbia and Ven- ezuela. In addition to expanding its markets, the company has similarly adjusted its focus. "Today, the marketplace is looking for more from its suppliers. The cus- tomer wants added value and we have responded by becoming much more o: a solutions company," said Mr. Aston

Recently Jeamar worked with E large Canadian client in the design o: a ferrying system on the Ottawc

River between the provinces of Ontaric and Quebec.

The application called for a systen to raise and lower 40,000-pound ferrj ramps over a distance of 12 feet ai each of two docking points.

The catch...the ramps were de signed to be remotely operated by th( captain via radio transmitter aboarc the ferry.

Working with the contractors

Jeamar engineers met all load an< safety specifications and provided a least one surprise.

As the result of an innovativi winch design, Jeamer reduced th< size of the winch and the structure required to mount it, a significan cost saving to the customer.

While most of Jeamar's work is oi new installations, the company is of ten called in to solve a problem, sue] as the work it recently completed ii

New Orleans at a large grain-transfe facility.

A 9,000-pound ceramic-lined nozzl was suspended above the hold of bulk carrier when it suddenly brok loose.

The nozzle, which had been distrit utingthe grain, ended up puncturin the hull of the vessel.

To avoid a repeat, Jeamar's sok tion was a series of winches designe specifically for the application.

The company installed four heav winches, each incorporating a triple braking system—an electro-magnet: disc brake, a very high-ratio gee train to produce a self-locking effe< and an electro-hydraulic caliper brak

For additional information on tb various products and services offere by Jeamar Winches,

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The Fair Princess, a Princess Cruise Line ship, in drydock at SWM's San Deigo facility. 84 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News