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Bureau Veritas Launches ISM Training

Course

New Sulzer Specifies Amot Valves

New Sulzer Diesel has ordered a number of

Amot G-range, three-way control valves for the accurate regulation of fluid temperature in engine

Amot G design mounted in various positions, for engine development test rigs.

For more information on Amot

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Thordon Helps M/V Advantage Get

Back Underway Quickly

Tarrant also touts Thordon's high resilience and capability to handle shock loads.

For more information from Thordon

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Crane Heatex Completes Safmarine

Contract and other refit work. The third element of the contract involved the complete rebuilding of the auxiliary dump condensers from each ship.

Crane Heatex, accredited with ISO 9000 cer- tification, designs, builds and refurbishes heat exchangers for marine applications worldwide.

For more information

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M/V Advantage, a 560-ft. (170-m) multi-purpose dry cargo ship, was recently equipped with a Thor-Lube stern bearing system.

Leading classification society Bureau Veritas (BV) is cooperating with South Tyneside

College to present an ISIV^ode training course.

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JM Code; the role of class societies, statutory bodies and auditing bodies; ISM Code practical implemen- tation; the scripting of policies and procedures; and auditing techniques. The first course, which is four days long, was scheduled to begin on February 4.

For more information on BV

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April, 1997

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Ro-Clean Offers Refined

Vacuum System

Ro-Clean Desmi, a manufacturer of oil spill recovery equipment, intro- duced the Ro-Vac MKII, a powerful portable vacuum system for the rapid recovery of all types of oil spills, liq- uids, sludges and solids up to 65 mm in diameter near^LereTud Jyjjd featuris large diameter wheels for road and off-road towing, forklift channels, a fully galvanized frame and chemical dosing educator with pick-up tube and high pressure water pump.

Ro-Clean Desmi offers two different options for vacuum vessel storage, including a 200-liter aluminum hop- per with adjustable legs and auto- matic emptying and a two-cu-m steel vacuum tank mounted on a base frame with road wheels.

For more information on Ro-Vac MKII

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When Red River Shipping's M/V Advantage experienced tailshaft bearings failure while underway, it was obviously an unpleasant sur- prise. The U.S.-flagged liner selected Thordon

Bearings to provide a solution, jjjjgcifically the

Thor-Lube stern tube bearing! combines Thordon, XL

Lube, a wa fsuNpliei sysltem which eariijgs ^yth Thor- c^it^TCe bearings .n week, helping to speel^flrf^jaTRaje's "return to service.

The finptTalled bearings were designed and manufactured with overbuild on the dimen- sions, so that when the shaft was withdrawn and the exact dimensions obtained, the final design and machining could be carried out quickly. Red River's Engineering Manager Pat

One of Safmarine's "big white" vessels — S.A. Waterberg — in front of Table Mountain, Cape Town, South Africa.

Crane Heatex, a marine heat exchanger spe- cialist, has completed a $750,000 capital replacement project on four container vessels for Safmarine. The contract, which was carried out over a six month period, cgmprp^l three elements. Main engine dlSuj^^lir/iooleis, six at Cran^bie^jfex^i^^^js^fers. VThe company matched tjarffjii^/of the coolers to the engines to ensurP^jptimum performance. The second element of the contract required the re-tubing of the refrigeration condensers and evapora- tors. A total of eight evaporators and eight con- densers were re-tubed with minimum disrup- tion to surrounding equipment, ship routine

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