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Bimark Anti-Slip

Surfacing Used By

Seacat Operator

Bimark's anti-slip surfacing system, which has been subjected to the rigors of the mari- time environment, has demonstrated its flex- ibility in a recent application used by a Seacat owner.

A new Seacat vessel terminal and Seacat service to the Isle of Man was inaugurated at the Pier Head, Liverpool, by the Isle of Man

Steam Packet Co. A flat steel pontoon 98 ft. x 49 ft. x 9.8 ft. (30 m x 15 m x 3m) to a design by Transmaritime was fabricated by Appledore

Shipbuilders of Devon. On top of this pontoon is erected a hydraulically activated landing stage. The surface was primed with Acraprime

SP for further steel protection.

A single layer of Bimagrip Slurry was ap- plied at approximately 4mm. An aluminum oxide aggregate dressing was chosen for the finish. The final product: a system which offers RoRo operators and cargo handlers a reportedly safe, durable and comfortable sur- face to drive on.

The company also worked on the refit of the

Russian ship MV Vlilnius at the Cammell

Lairds shipyard in Birkenhead, Merseyside — a refit which specified the application of a

Bimark anti-slip surface to its ramp.

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CONSTRUNAVES Member Receives $ 18M Contract

To Build Freezer Trawlers

Astilleros Balenciaga, a member of

CONSTRUNAVES, signed a contract with

Jaczon BV, a Dutch fishing company, to build two medium tonnage advanced-technology freezer trawlers.

The two freezer trawlers to be built — for a contract price of $18 million — will be outfitted with the latest fish-finding, catching, process- ing and preserving techniques.

The vessel will measure 168 ft. (51.4 m) long with a 38-ft. (11.6-m) beam. The freon-brine fish freezing system employed, after a first stage in which fish is kept refrigerated with sea water (RSW), produces a final product of re- ported good quality.

Each ship will have a freezing capacity of 60,000 kg/day in vertical plate freezers.

The frozen blocks or packages will be stored in two refrigerated holds with a total capacity of 686-sq.-m.

Astilleros Balenciaga has built more than 300 ships in its nearly 75 years in business. The yard recently invested $4 million to remodel, making it possible to build practically 100 per- cent under cover.

The yard recently delivered two escort tugs to

BP, and currently the yard is well advanced in its negotiations for other ship orders totaling more than $15 million.

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Freezer Trawler Details

Owner:. Jaczon BV

Builder:. Astilleros Balenciaga

Length: . 168 ft. (51.4 m)

Beam' 38 ft. (11.6 m)

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