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Marine Fittings Partnership Formed

Flagg Brass and Gerlin Inc. announced an agreement to provide a single, broad resource offering the full range of copper nickel fittings for marine applications. Flagg Brass' line of socket- weld and threaded connections will combine with Gerlin's capabilities in butt-weld fittings.

The marine fittings sold under this partnership will be marketed by Flagg Brass and will carry the corresponding name and logo.

For more information on Flagg Brass

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DMV GmbH Supplies Marine Diesels

Avon's 21-ft. (6.4-m) Searider diesel design has gained SOLAS approval. viously best known for its leisure activities, with a range of enclosed wheelhouse RIBs ranging from 33 to 40 ft. (10 to 12 m). Norway's UFAS probably tops the scale with three 49-ft. (15-m) and three 65-ft. (20-m) RIBs being built under license at the Aux-Naval yard in Spain for local rescue use. The original 20-m prototype, the

Alusafe 2000, was built in Norway and is already in operation in Spain, achieving 34 knots from twin 1,000-hp Caterpillar diesels coupled to

Hamilton wateijets.

Although the majority of craft mentioned so far have a fiberglass reinforced polyester or carbon epoxy Kevlar rigid hull, aluminum as a construction material has not been ignored by many of the manufacturers mentioned — sev- eral work in both materials. Ocean Dynamics has close to its home base in Wales a notorious reef of volcanic rocks with a 16 knot tide race and the company decided to use this natural test bed to compare the qualities of similar 29.5-ft. (9-m) boats in fiberglass and aluminum. Powered by 300-hp Caterpillar 3116 diesels driving PP waterjets, the aluminum craft suffered minimal damage even at 35 knots. The fiberglass holed at speeds far below this.

Ribtec, once exclusively a fiberglass specialist, has also built its first aluminum RIB — a 21.6-ft. (6.6-m) Mermaid Turbo-Four/waterjet configu- ration giving a top speed of 29 knots for the

Kenyan Navy. London's Metropolitan Police have two Ribtec RIBs, again waterjet propelled but powered by the advanced 212-hp Steyr diesel engine from Austria with remarkably low emis- sion levels — a distinct advantage on sensitive waters such as the River Thames.

The holder Bremer Vulkan Verbund AG has reorganized its diesel engine manufacturing ac- tivities. The engine building works of Bremer

Vulkan Werft and Maschinenfabrik GmbH merged to form DMV GmbH, and will continue diesel engine manufacturing from production plants in Rostock and Bremen. DMV GmbH will produce and supply marine engines with an output range up to 68,520 kW under licenses from MAN B&W Diesel A/S, Mitsubishi Heavy

Industries Ltd. and New Sulzer Diesel AG. DMVs subsidiaries produce shafts, controllable pitch propeller units and fixed pitch propeller units, making DMV GmbH a complete marine propul- sion provider.

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H.M.S. Marine Executive Appointments

H.M.S. Fleet Services, Inc. of Houston has appointed Eric B. Hendrix to the office of vice president, andMichael G. Wirtz has been named corporate secretary. H.M.S. Fleet Services is a subsidiary of H.M.S. Marine Services, Inc., and provides consulting services to shipyards world- wide in hazardous material training and spill management services.

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GET A PHD IN

ENVIRONMENTALLY

AWARE

MARINE LUBRICATION

Royal Lubricants

A subsidiary of Shell Oil Company

ISO 9002 Registered 1995

HYDRAULIC STEERING

Our Royal Lubricants technical service representatives are extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of lubricant use and enviromental requirements.

That's why we've set up a lubrication hotline that offers you a

PHD (Professionally Helpful Dialogue).

You will find out they know almost everything about marine applications, specifications and, if course, product data. Ranging from high performance, corrosion inhibiting, fire resistant marine lubricating oils and greases, to synthetic biodegradable hydraulic fluids. In fact, your PHD will bring you the immediate benefits of nearly fifty years' experience in synthetic and petroleum based lubricant technology.

If you prefer, you can fax us at 201-605-1818. Or drop us a note. Royal

Lubricants Company, Inc., 6 Campus Drive, Parsippany, NJ 07054.

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