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Sperry Marine Opens

Canadian Office

Sperry Marine opened Sperry

Marine Canada Limited in late De- cember 1994, as announced by J.

Nolasco DaCunha, sales and ser- vices vice president. Ford M.

Beaton has been named manager,

Canadian sales, and will be respon- sible for all Sperry activities in cen- tral and eastern Canada. Don

Barnes will be on the technical staff stationed in Halifax, and Kai

Chow and Tony Moniz will be on the technical staff in Vancouver.

The Mobil Shipping and Trans- portation Co. has selected a Sperry

Marine Integrated Bridge for its second double-hull two million gal- lon supertanker, modeled after

Mobil's 1,089 ft. (332 m) long VLCC

Eagle. The new vessel will be con- structed by Japan's Sumitomo Heavy

Industries, as was the Eagle.

For more information on

Sperry Marine

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Forest Lines Inc.

Announces Appointments

Forest Lines Inc. has announced the appointment of two executives to

WHY GAMBLE WITH DEPENDABILITY...

FERNSTRUM a 'SURE THING!"

For over 40 years, we've been making cooling systems for all types of marine engines... and that's all we make. Our product is so durable, efficient and easy to install that the U. S. Navy wrote their keel cooling specifications around our Gridcoolers.

Why take chances when it comes to your engines' dependability?

Do it right the first time... get Fernstrum Gridcoolers.

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CHECK THESE UNIQUE QUALITIES ONLY FOUND IN THE GRIDCOOLER:

Completely assembled and factory tested to assure reliability. No complicated, time consuming assembly before installation.

Silver brazed and welded joints form a rugged keel cooler, no slip joints or "0" rings to leak.

Heavy guage 90/10 copper-nickel or 5000 series aluminum rectangular tube, structurally stronger with more cooling surface, and twice the wall thickness of other package kit type keel coolers with round tube.

R. W. Fernstrum & Company

Custom designed to meet owner's operating conditions and the engine manufacturer's exact cooling requirements.

The most compact form of keel

COOling, can be recessed for a flush with hull installation. 1716 11th Avenue • P. O. Box 97 Phone: (906) 863-5553

Menominee, Ml 49858 Fax: (906) 863-5634

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NAME

COMPANY

ADDRESS

CITY STATE . ZIP .

WINCHES ** ANCHOR WINDLASSES **

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CUSTOMIZED UNITS

AMERICAN BLOCK Mfg. Co. 6311 Breen Road, Houston TX

TEL: 800-572-9087

Circle 235 on Reader Service Card Circle 282 on Reader Service Card managerial positions in its New

Orleans office. Joseph E. Zehner, a veteran shipping executive, serv- ing most recently as an agency rep- resentative for Forest Lines, has been named traffic manager.

Mikeal F. Hansen, an executive with the company's ship managing firm in Singapore prior to joining

Forest Lines, has been appointed pricing manager.

A subsidiary of International

Shipholding Corporation, Forest

Lines operates a biweekly trans-

Atlantic LASH liner service between

U.S. Gulf, inland river and South

Atlantic ports, and ports in the U.K. and north Europe.

Harris Fire Appoints New

Fire Protection Manager

Harris Fire Protection Co., has appointed David L. Cieslak to the position of national marketing man- ager for fire protection equipment.

Mr. Cieslak will be responsible for marketing of fire suppression/ inerting fixed systems and smoke/ fire/gas detection systems.

For more information on

Harris Fire Protection Co.

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Frank Gates Announces

Maritime Workers'

Compensation Company

The Frank Gates Service Com- pany, a third party administrator since 1946, announced in late 1994 the formation of Frank Gates Ac- claim, Inc. to administer and inves- tigate maritime workers' compen- sation and liability claims filed un- der the U.S. Longshore and Harbor

Workers' Compensation Act and the

Jones Act.

Frank Gates Acclaim, Inc. was formed through the aquisition of

Acclaim Risk Management, Inc., a

California firm specializing in mari- time related workers' compensation services. The new company will pro- vide third party administration, in- vestigation, audit and consulting services to help reduce costs arising from workers' compensation claims.

Simultaneously with the formation of the new company, the opening of a New York City area office was announced, which will serve the ports on the Eastern Seaboard.

MTU And DDC Form

Network

Motoren-und-Turbinen-Union

Friedrichshafen GmbH (MTU) and

Detroit Diesel Corporation (DDC) entered into three wide-ranging agreements in the fall of 1994, in effect setting up a worldwide net- work of sales and support for their respective products.

The agreements focused on dis- tribution cooperation between the two companies, as well as the devel- opment and production of two new series of diesel engines, the Series 2000 and Series 4000. As of 1995,

DDC will be MTU's master distribu- 36 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News