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utilities, mining and chemical industries. The company current- ly offers a full array of communi- cations services, including:

Internet services; Internet sup- port; Worldwide Web services; messaging services; network ser- vices; LAN support services; and satellite services.

For more information on Omnes

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About Omnes' president

Jean Chevallier has worked with various Schlumberger com- panies since starting his career in 1971 with Forex Neptune

Schlumberger in Paris as a design and operations engineer. From 1977 to 1983, he worked for

Flopetrol Schlumberger, initially in well testing services, then as

U.K. district manager, and finally as region manager for South

America. From 1983 to 1994, he worked for Sedco Forex Drilling

Services. To April 1995, he served as vice president for

Schlumberger Telecommun- ications in Houston.

IT Development Project

Attracts Major Players

A new maritime research project which will study the generic requirements and application of

Information Technology (IT) and

Communication Technology (CT) throughout the maritime sector has been undertaken. According to a key partner in the program, BMT (British Maritime Technology), the program — dubbed "MARVEL-

OUS" (MARitime industry's

Virtual Enterprise Linkage Open

User Syndicate) — is being mount- ed within the European Union's new MARIS (Maritime

Information Society) project and is managed by Vulcan Schiffbau

Verbund.

Other participants in the project include Astilleros Espanoles SA,

BIBA, Chantiers de l'Atlantique,

Det Norske Veritas, Fincantieri,

Germanischer Lloyd, Howaldts- werke Deutsche Werft AG, Lloyd's

Register and Odense Steel

Shipyard. The program's aim is to identify and harmonize generic requirements for the use of advanced IT and CT in manufac- turing and engineering across the maritime industry. The key objec- tives of the project are to: • Enhance the productivity of the maritime industry via the efficient and innovative application of IT and CT; • Shape technological development in cooperation with IT as well as

CT vendors; • Become a platform for technology transfer and cooperation between branches of the maritime industry; • Develop employment prospects by the development of new and competitive products; • Increase employment in indus- tries and coastal regions; • Protect the environment by the use of cleaner manufacturing and the promotion of waterborne trans- port; and • Avoid pollution by eliminating substandard management and ships.

BMT's work on the MARVEL-

OUS program is being carried out by the BMT corporate research team established in Teddington in 1986. The team is internationally recognized for its work on IT, par- ticularly in the application of arti- ficial intelligence. This resulted in

BMT being involved in a wide range of European research pro- grams including SHIP, an EU-sup- ported project to develop the next generation of hull monitoring sys- tems.

Lindenau Launches

Double Hull Tanker

Lindenau GmbH was scheduled to christen and launch 32,250-dwt, double-hulled tanker newbuilding

S 240 from the shipyard's Kiel-

Friedrichsort site. The vessel, dubbed Seadevil, is certified to Ice

Class E2 standards. It is reported- ly the largest double-hulled tanker to sail under the German flag.

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When the U.S. Navy sent a S. O.S. to help move this giant crane, we dispatched two of our JDN PROFI lOOton pneumatic hoists. The results was a complete victory lor us both.

Saving the day for our customers is always satisfying, but for JDN it's not new. Our hoists have been solving weighty problems in more than 90 countries all over the world.

In this case the 100 ton pneumatic hoists were used on site to level these 3l0ton cranes. Incredible size and capacity ratio, precision engineering and construction, and their dependability on only 85 PSI compressed air operation made the JDN PROFI the perfect choice for the job.

But this hoist, and the rest of the world famous PROFI series, can operate at the same performance level mounted overhead on trolleys and in low overhead situations. They are unaffected by dampness, moisture, steam or heat, and the pneumatic operation makes them ideal for situations where sparks and electrical problems cannot be tolerated

The ultra sensitive, pull cord speed regulation, built into every PROFI hoist, was key to this precision Navy operation. The ability of the hoists to be left running indefinitely without damage adds to the exceptional versatility of the PROFI Line.

The J. D. Neuhaus Corporation offers a full line with capacities from 500 lbs. to 100 tons, pneumatic hoists, plus a wide variety of trolleys and hoists that operate at 60 PSI or hydraulic power.

For your next impossible challenge, or for efficient everyday operation, do what the U.S. Navy did Send a

S.O.S. toJ.D. Neuhaus Corporation.

J.D. NEUHAUS

CORPORATION ^ ® 2603 Rolling Road

P.O. Box 26442

Baltimore, Maryland 21207

Tel. 800-331-2889

Fax. 410-597-9808 1745 1. The purpose of this letter is to conend four Nr. Donald T.

Plettenberg for his dedicated support and exsmplary performance in the handling of many details for delivery of the two 100 ton chain hoists on our Contract N00612-87-TS31. NAVSHIPYD Charleston appreciates the quick action and delivery to support our schedule for loading the tiro new portal cranes and sfe.ipaent to Holy Loch. 2. Enclosure (1), shows the new (310 ton lift) cranes being aoved in Holy Loch by SHIT International floating crane, TM LIFT-6 to

OS Navy Drydock, USS LOS ALAMOS (AFDB-7). Tour 100 ton pneumatic powered chain hoists are used to level the ?iew portal cranes so that the sixteen wheels will land on the rails simultaneously. The project was a great success as one new crane was loaded in the morning and the other one in the afternoon. 3. Please present one of these photographs to Mr. Plettenberg with our sincere appreciation for a job well done. 4 mm mm mm KM TM jMiuws m m

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