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Lloyd's Register Touts

ShipRight Procedures,

Rulefinder Database

Lloyd's Register recently held a briefing in New York City to present the safety benefits of its ShipRight design, construction and lifetime ship care procedures, and the ad- vantages of its Rulefinder interac- tive database system, for shipping executives. Speaking on the

ShipRight comprehensive measures for ensuring safety throughout a vessel's life, John Ferguson, man- ager, technical planning and devel- opment department, said: "These procedures supplement and support our classification service...they ex- tend well beyond the normal manda- tory requirements for hull classifica- tion." He continued: "ShipRight takes into account factors such as the widespread use of high tensile steels, optimization of hull struc- tures and the need to ensure ad- equate general and fatigue strength in the new generation of double hull oil tankers and other large, complex ships."

Rulefinder is an interactive CD-

ROM database system which makes finding relevant classification and statutory requirements a quick and easy task. "This system also contrib- utes towards greater vigilance and safety," said John Rugg, manager,

GASTECH 94

KUALA LUMPUR

MALAYSIA

In returning to the very active Pacific rim

Gastech 94 will also return to its established pattern of a biennial cycle in even years.

PUTRA WORLD TRADE CENTRE, KUALA LUMPUR 25-28 OCTOBER, 1994

Address all enquiries concerning the

Gastech 94 Conference and Exhibition to:

The Gastech Secretariat

Glen House 200 Tottenham Court Road

London W1P 9 LA, UK

Tel: +44 71 436 9774

Fax:+44 71 436 5694 86 Circle 283 on Reader Service Card marine marketing and business group. "By guiding the users through the vast volume of marine regulations, it will help to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of surveys." For more information on

ShipRight or Rulefinder,

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PDT Specializes In Circuit

Breakers, Controllers

And Switchgear

Power Distribution Technology (PDT), serving the U.S. Navy and commercial shipping customers since 1984, is an engineering, re- pair and overhaul company special- izing in high, medium and low volt- age circuit breakers; motor control- lers; and switchgear. PDT was formed in response to rising costs of replacement equipment, as well as the emphasis on improving the reli- ability of power distribution equip- ment. PDT's Quality Assurance Pro- gram has been audited and approved annually for the past eight years by the South Tidewater Association of

Ship Repairers (STASR) for provid- ing electrical maintenance services in accordance with MIL-I-45208A,

MIL-STD-456622 and NAVSEA

Standard Item 009-04 to the area ship repairers. For more informa- tion on PDT,

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Bill Munson Heads Up New

Boat Company

Bill Munson, founder and past president of Munson Mfg., Inc., has left Munson Mfg. to pursue his goal of operating a tightly held, competi- tive aluminum boat design and manufacturing company.

Mr. Munson has designed and produced hundreds of aluminum vessels since he first entered the business in 1975. In 1986, he sold

Munson Mfg. to an investor, and until the end of 1993, ran the com- pany as president. "My goal in the boat design and construction busi- ness is to have an operation that will allow me to stay totally involved in a project from concept through de- livery," said Mr. Munson. "My position as president of Munson Mfg. made it increasingly difficult to maintain close contact with the project and the customer through- out the process." He now operates the William E. Munson Co. and has contracts for several high perfor- mance aluminum vessels. The new company specializes in custom power boat design and construction to 72 ft. (22 m) and is also introduc- ing several lines of utility craft. "Our new techniques, new designs and new operations will allow more people to own a Bill Munson boat."

For more information, contact: Wil- liam E. Munson Co., 18130 Sunset

Way, Edmonds, Wa. 98026; tel: (206) 672-4634; fax: (206) 774-2408; or,

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