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publican Reorganization: hat's In It For Maritime

At press time details were 3tchy, but it appears that the publican party's election victory

November 8 — and subsequent ining of majority status in the >use of Representative and the nate—could mean maj or changes the maritime industry. The new

House Republican leadership has made its intentions — to make major changes inthe structure and work- ing of the legislative body — clear, and all indications point to the elimi- nation of the House Merchant Ma- rine and Fisheries committee. Pre- liminary plans call for a division of maritime jurisdictions among other committees. Look in the January 1995 edition of Maritime Reporter &

Engineering News for full details.

Armawa Orders Container

Feeders From Conoship

Armawa Shipping & Trading of

Groningen, The Netherlands, or- dered two 295-ft. (90-m), 200-TEU container feeder vessels from one of the associated yards of Conoship

International, Tille Shipyards at

Kootstertille. The Cono Feeder 200 has been specially developed by

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Conoship's design department to meet the demand for smaller con- tainer feeder vessels. The vessels have a capacity of 207-TEU and a service speed of 13.5 knots. The box-shaped hold is covered by hy- draulic folding hatch covers.

Conoship International is currently negotiating further contracts for this vessel type.

Inland Waterway

Conference Slated

For Corpus Christi

The "Inland Waterways Business

Development Conference" will be held in Corpus Christi, Texas, on

April 23-24 at the Mariott Bayfront.

The conference, known for its busi- ness networking format, is in its fifth year. The day-and-a-half con- ference will include a reception, panel discussions and exhibitions.

For more information, contact: Brohl & Co., tel: (201) 345-7813; fax: (201) 345-5207.

Elliott Bay Completes Design

For New Hvide Tug

Elliott Bay Design Group of Se- attle completed its contract to de- sign a new Aquamaster-powered tug for Hvide Marine Inc. of Ft. Lauder- dale, Fla. The new tug, due to start construction by the end of 1994, will be stationed in Port Everglades as a ship escort and assist vessel.

The vessel design measures 100 ft. (30.5 m) long with a 40-ft. (12.2- m) beam and a 14.5-ft. (4.4-m) depth.

The all-steel vessel will have 6,000- gpm firefighting capabilities, com- pliments of a GM fire pump engine, two Skum monitors and a Skum pump proportioner, a Nijhuis pump, and a Viking foam pump.

For more information on

Elliot Bay Design Group

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Owner Hvide

Designer Elliott Bay Design Group

Main engines EMD

Propulsion units Aquamaster Rauma

Ship service generators GM

Fire pump engine G

Hawser winch hydraulic pump engine . GM

Lube oil pumps Viking

Engine coolers Fernstrum

Exhaust silencers Maxi

Air compressors Ingersoll-Rand

Oily water separator Microphor

Air conditioning Carrie

Alarm Radio Holland

Hawser winch Markey

Air horns Kahlenberg

Nav. and deck flood lights .... Aqua Signal

Monitors Skum

Pump Nijhuis

Radar Furuno

GPS Trimble

Depth Sounders Datamarine

VHF Icom

SSB Stevens

Refrigerator Cospolich

Range Lang

CONTROL

UNITS „

On request provided with: VH • line-up system • actual pitch indication ® • actual r.p.m. indication \1 • electric shaft (for lever synchronization)

The Stork-Kwant Control Units have been fully Type Approved by:

ABS - BV - DNV - GL -

CCS (ZC) - LRS - NKK - RINA -

The USSR Register of Shipping.

Specials on request. jstork-Kwont B.V. Voltastraat 3 / P.O. Box 23 / 8600 AA SNEEK HOLLAND phone: 05150 13745 int. +31 5150 13745 (ax: 05150 22478 int. +31 5150 22478

A Scanning Electron Microscope looks at

RAW UNTREATED ASBESTOS

EUROPE AFRICA

Swedish Naval Warship Electric Utility Relay Station Mobil Oil Refinery "Vastervik" in South Africa in Joliet, Illinois

AND CHEM:PLEX TREATED ASBESTOS

Around the world, better solutions have been sought for the problem of dealing with asbestos containing materials (ACM). Removal has been too expensive and "encapsulation", too temporary. In one of many major projects, the government of Sweden has opted for a more permanent solution. They are treating all of their naval vessels with CHEM:PLEX™AS-2000. CHEM:PLEX™AS-2000 is a unique, patented formula that chemically complexes asbestos fibers, effecting both a chemical and a physical bond, permanently altering their weight, shape and size. The microphotographs above, clearly demonstrate this action. For more information, and for copies of test data, please call or write:

CHEM:PLEX™ ENVIRONMENTAL PRODUCTS, INC. 3405 State Highway 33

Neptune, New Jersey 07753

Phone 908-922-8857 • Fax 908-922-2504 • Toll Free 1-800-355-CHEM (2436)

December, 1994

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