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The WEKA boxcoolers are installed in all types of river and seagoing ships as well as in stationary vessels, dredgers and pontoons.

Due to mounting water pollution hence the increased wear of cooling sytems, a closed circuit cooling system became necessary. The solution was and still is the boxcooler.

The principle is based on the fact, that warm water by its lower density rises, thus causing a thermosiphon circulation. 4 Weka Copper Nickel boxcoolers have bol- ted connections isolated from hull structure. that there should be no element of profit in the calculation of a 'fair rate' for tugs and equipment under the Special Compensation provi- sions of Article 14 of the Salvage

Convention. Reacting to the deci- sion. International Salvage Union president Arnollk Witte said: "Naturally there il disappoint- ment amongst salvor® that earlier rulings which put I the salvage industry at a disad/antage in the short-term have be(en upheld ... It is now up to uajf together with shipowners, insurers and the P&I

Clubs to join And reach a new under standing/which ensures that this ruling do£s not erode the effec- tiveness of me system of pollution defenses p/t in place by the mem- ber governments of the

Internat/onal Maritime

Organization."

The Ards decided that the

Special (Compensation provisions should run\or the entire period of a salvage operation, until services terminate, which effectively removes any claim rirat Article 14 ceases to apply whenly pollution threat has receded.

The Nagasaki Spirit dLse has dragged on since 1992, wlen the vessel was involved in a Collision in the Mallaca Strait.

Semco Marine rendered salvage services in accordance vmh Lloyd's

Open Form and althouign the claim against the cargo Jowners was quickly settled, /the Special

Compensation a^rd was hotly contested.

The judge ru|ld in the original hearing that tJlere is a difference between remifneration and com- pensation. Asmised in Article 14 of the ConventioV compensation is deemed to meaVrecompense for expenditure and fllus should not include an element o^rofit. The terms are bound to be cmuiged in any future Salvage Conven\on.

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Kuwait orders two morJ interceptors

U.K.-based high performance boatbuilder CougaryMarine has received an orderyfor two more

Enforcer 40 survejfance and inter- ceptor craft f/m the Kuwait

Coastguard Service, following the successful oipration of a similar craft last Ji/y. The 45-knot vessels with surfa/e drive propulsion sys- tems are scheduled for a mid-1997 delivery.

Cougar Vepresentative Pete

CurringtonSsl^MR/ENthat the new boats will be virtually identi- cal to the original Enforcer but

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News comprises two Caterpillar 3412

DITA diesels each developing725 hp at 1,800 rpm, tyr'mng pro- pellers in stainless sreel-lined Koi nozzles via TwiVDisc MG 5202"' gearboxes, augmented by a Kort

KT120 bowtifruster. A free run- ning speear in excess of 11 knots and a bollard pull of 20 tons were reported on trials.

The vessel is well equipped with

Wagner steering, Kobelt controls,

Robertson AP 45 autopilot, two

Furuno radars, Sailor VHF and a

CCTV system allowing the ti taster to observe operation^rfffme two winches other^iiofT hidden beloA

Also noteworthy, Afon Goch is the first U.K. newbuild to be fitted with cut-tireJsrttfTfendering facture^rn the U.S. by Sc

Ruh anu- myler

Salvors put brave face on

British legal decision

The House of Lords has made its final judgement in the Nagasaki

Spirit case which effectively rules

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