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PPM Cranes, Inc.

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PPM Cranes, Inc. of Conway, S.C. — a unit of Legris Lifting Groupe, based in Rennes, France — recently introduced the 77,000-lb. second row capacity P&H Superstacker FCH77, its largest and newest reach stacker.

The unit offers a 22T (20t) lifting capacity for third row containers; 38.5T (34.5t) for second tow con- tainers; and 49.5T (45t) for first row. The Superstacker FCH77 can reportedly maneuver easily in 55-ft. aisles, even carrying 40-ft. contain- ers, and has an end-on capacity of 23 tons (2 It) for 40-ft. containers and 46 tons (42t) for 20-ft. contain- ers. It is powered by a Cummins

LT120 C250 water-cooled diesel en- gine. The Superstacker line also includes the P&H Superstacker

FCH55, a 55,000-lb. second row ca- pacity reach stacker, and an empty container handler, the P&H

Superstacker ECH, designed for fast, efficient organization or reconfiguration of port or rail yards.

Westmont Industries

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Westmont Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of heavy material handling equipment, is nearing completion of a Navy contract for eight 100-ton barge cranes. The cranes, which rest on barges mea- suring 175 feet (53.3 m) by 80 feet (24.4 m), can lift loads of 100 long tons at an 80-foot (24.4 m) radius and have a boom length in excess of 200 feet (60.9 m).

Westmont, of Santa Fe Springs,

Calif., has been designing, manu- facturing and installing heavy ma- terial handling equipment since 1951. Westmont has completed projects up to $50 million in size for both government and private con- cerns. Westmont's other products include bridge crane and monorail systems, portal cranes, high capac- ity turntables, jet engines mainte- nance systems, moving walkways and specialized material handling systems. The current backlog in- cludes 60-ton portal and 20-ton wing wall cranes for the Navy. In addi- tion, Westmont is currently under contract to produce a 38-ton portal crane and other equipment for the

Corps of Engineers.

BoatLIFE Sandable Sealant

Resists Diesel, Gas

BoatLIFE, serving the marine industry for more than 30 years, offers a one-part sealant especially formulated for teak deck seam ap- plications.

BoatLIFE Sandable Silicone Seal- ant requires no mixing or priming, and is tack-free in just 30 minutes.

When fully cured (24 hours aver- age), the sandable sealant resists teak oils and cleaners, as well as gasoline and diesel fuel. BoatLIFE

Sandable Silicone Sealant is avail- able in white or black in 10.6 fl. oz. cartridges.

For more information on

BoatLIFE's products,

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May, 1994

Senate Committee Holds

Hearing On Hathaway And

Scroggins Nominations

The Senate Committee on Com- merce, Science, and Transportation held a hearing on the nominations of

William D. Hathaway and Joe

Scroggins, Jr. to the Federal Mari- time Commission (FMC). Sen. John

Breaux, chairman of the Merchant

Marine Subcommittee, presided at the hearing.

Mr. Hathaway is a graduate of

Harvard College and Harvard Law

School. He has been renominated to the FMC and will continue to serve as chairman, the position he has held since April 1993. Mr.

Hathaway served as a U.S. sena- tor from 1973 to 1979, and in the

House of Representatives from 1965 to 1973, where he was a member of the Merchant Marine and Fisheries

Committee. Mr. Scroggins is a graduate of the Merchant Marine

Academy and Harvard Business

School, and has been the senior deputy port director for the Tampa

Port Authority since 1990. He was previously director of facilities and director of planning for the Port of

Houston Authority(1981-1990), and before that he was a senior trans- portation analyst at John J.

McMullen Associates, Inc. and an economist with Conoco, Inc.

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