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An aerial view of Blohm & Voss' shipyard located in

Hamburg, Germany.

Blohm & Voss Nominates

Wesley D. Wheeler As Agent

Wesley D. Wheeler, a N.Y.-based naval archi- tecture and marine engineering firm, has been chosen by Blohm & Voss AG (B&V), as its agent.

B&V is member of the Thyssen Industrie

Group, and has been the worldwide synonym for inventiveness and efficiency since the delivery of its first ship on the banks of the Elbe in 1880.

Wesley D. Wheeler will be concentrating on the service/repair/conversion marketing activi- ties.

For more information on Blohm & Voss from

Wesley D. Wheeler,

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Foss Maritime And SeaRiver Maritime,

Inc. To Provide Bay Area Tug Service

Foss Maritime Company and SeaRiver Mari- time, Inc. have entered into an agreement com- mencing on or before Sept. 1,1993, to provide tug services in the San Francisco Bay area under the name Foss-SeaRiver.

Under the agreement, Foss-SeaRiver will maintain a pool of tugs available for vessel and tug/barge escort, docking and assist services.

The initial pool of tugs consists of three large conventional SeaRiver tugs and one Foss cycloi- dal propeller tractor tug, called the Foss Water

Tractor.

SeaRiver will add a third large tug to two tugs which have been engaged in tanker escort and dockings in the area for some time. Foss is now expanding its California operations to the Bay area, having been actively engaged in Los Ange- les/Long Beach and San Diego Harbors for more than 60 years.

Foss, which was founded 104 years ago, has 18 years of experience in tanker escorts in Puget

Sound, and has operated six tractor tugs for more than a decade.

In addition, Foss operates a fleet of 60 tugs and 60 barges in various locations on the U.S. West

Coast.

For more information on Foss-SeaRiver,

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Electro-Motive "EC" Engine Conversion

Provides Improved Fuel Economy

MKW Power Systems, Inc., the authorized distributor for Electro-Motive Division of Gen-

MKW Power Systems outfitted the R/V Oceanus with an "EC" upgrade package on its 16-cylinder 645E5 main engine. eral Motors (EMD) Diesel Engines on the East

Coast, recently installed an "EC" upgrade pack- age on the 16-cylinder 645E5 main engine of the

Research Vessel "Oceanus."

The Oceanuse is operated by the Woods Hole

Oceanographic Institution. This vessel has a controllable-pitch propeller that closely matches the shaft power requirement with the available engine horsepower. The Oceanographic Institu- tion reports operational monitoring delivers fuel savings approaching 10 percent.

Paul Glandt, general manager of service, says that all owners of EMD 645E5 and 645E7 diesel engines built after July 1972 can benefit from the "EC" upgrade package.

Installation of recent production components that modify the engine to the 645E7C configura- tion have demonstrated that fuel savings of eight percent are typically attained when upgrading older engine models.

In addition, the "EC" conversion also provides the opportunity to install current production

EMD components of improved design.

New-design full bore laser-hardened cylinder liners and EMD "premium" pistons with induc- tion-hardened upper ring grooves reportedly pro- vide significant advances in durability, as well as improved fuel economy.

For more information on the upgrade from

MKW Power Systems,

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HYDRAULIC

STEERING

The Foss Water Tractor to be used in tug services in the San

Francisco Bay.

Most effective steering at least cost. All working components enclosed in grease packed housing.

Extra low maintenance.

High quality construction ensures long life.

For commercial vessels up to 200 ft. 12 progressive sizes.

Call or fax for information and your nearest dealer.

Type'T'uses rapson slide principle