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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS work on the Panama Canal. "Customer reliance on our sched- ule frequency cannot be compro- mised," said BSL President Ray

Tilley. "Our quality control stan- dards require that BSL customers meet all delivery dates, which is our top priority."

Melbourne Star, which carries 680 refrigerated containers and has a breakbulk capacity of 168,000 cu. ft., was scheduled to begin service for BSL's East and

Gulf Coast operation this month.

Currently, the vessel sails for

BSL's fixed-day service on the U.S. west coast.

V. Ships Marine Gains SEP

And ISO 9002 Certification

V. Ships Marine Ltd. was recent- ly presented with Safety and

Environmental Protection (SEP) and ISO 9002 Certification from classification society Det Norske

Veritas (DNV), Region East USA,

River Edge, N.J. According to V.

Ships Marine Vice President of

Safety and Quality David

Walton, the successful completion of shipboard audits for its tankers occurred in late July, prompting

DNV to issue the company its SEP.

PolySpec Marine Products

Purchases Selby Line

PolySpec Marine Products Corp. recently purchased the Selby line of marine deck covering products from Harris Specialty Chemicals.

The PolySpec line of products now includes: deck top fire and thermal insulation; underlayment systems; primers; bonding agents; decora- tive finishes; waterproof mem- branes; and non-skid coatings.

Detroit Diesel Ships First

Series 2000 Marine

Production Engines

Detroit Diesel Corp. (DDC) announced the shipment of the first pair of Series 2000 marine pleasure craft production engines to Burger Yacht.

The new engines, 16V2000s ated at 1,800 hp each, are part of family of engines which include

V and 12V configurations.These ngines are the result of a joint development program between

DDC and Motoren-und Turbinen-

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Union Friedrichshafen GmbH (MTU) and are developed from the

Mercedes-Benz 500 Series engine platform. A1 Kozel, Detroit Diesel

Corp.'s vice president of Marine

Sales said, "We are pleased to pre- sent the result of this cooperation to our customers. This new engine family incorporates the vision and depth of American and German engineering and manufacturing expertise along with extensive feedback from our worldwide cus- tomers.

A further benefit is the unparal- leled worldwide parts and service network which results from our cooperation with MTU."

Series 2000 engines sold by DDC include the complete Custom Care

Maintenance Program at no charge. This program includes all scheduled maintenance for the first two years and covers every- thing from oil filter changes to analyzing data from the electronic control system.

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