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Bird-Johnson Named Exclusive

U.S. Service Representative

For Blohm + Voss Simplex Line

Bird-Johnson Company of Walpole, Mass., has been appointed the exclusive, authorized

U.S. service representative for the complete line of marine mechanical engineering products manufactured by Blohm + Voss AG of Ham- burg, Federal Republic of Germany. Under the new agreement, Bird-Johnson's service repre- sentatives will install, survey and repair Sim- plex-Complex® seals, fin stabilizers and VSM steering gear; Simplex® rudderstock seals; me- chanical seals; sterntube bushings; and Turbulo oily water separator systems, as well as numer- ous other ship's hull components.

Bird-Johnson service representatives are lo- cated in major ports throughout the USA, including Boston, Mass., Norfolk, Va., Jackson- ville, Fla., New Orleans, La., Houston, Texas,

San Diego, Calif., Los Angeles, Calif., Seattle,

Wash., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., and Detroit, Mich.

Bird-Johnson representatives are being quali- fied in the installation and servicing of B + V products at the Hamburg manufacturing facili- ty.

The Mechanical Engineering Division of

Blohm + Voss AG is an internationally recog- nized leader in the manufacture of marine mechanical engineering components. Bird-

Johnson Company is one of the leading manu- facturers of controllable pitch and fixed pitch propellers for commercial and naval applica- tions, with facilities in Walpole, Mass., Pasca- goula, Miss., and Seattle, Wash.

For more information and free literature,

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Alan Bernstein Elected

President Of NAPVO

At Annual Convention

Brake, Clutch and Coupling

Manufacturer's Representative

Wanted

To sell line of shaft brakes, clutches and couplings to marine users. Representa- tive must have compatible line of prod- ucts presently being sold to the marine market. Two areas now open are Mary- land/Virginia and Louisiana/Mississippi.

Single person organizations are accept- able. Since application engineering is involved, technical competence is re- quired. Send letter describing sales or- ganization, product line and sales area covered to:

Box 504

Maritime Reporter/Engineering News 118 East 25th Street

New York, NY 10010

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Alan Bernstein (left), newly elected president of the

National Association of Passenger Vessel Owners (NAPVO), is seen here with Jim Cross (center), outgoing

NAPVO president, and Rear Adm. Clyde T. Lusk Jr., U.S.

Coast Guard Chief of Staff. Admiral Lusk provided the key- note address at NAPVO's winter convention.

Alan Bernstein, general manager of BB

Riverboats, operating in greater Cincinnati, has been elected president of the National Associa- tion of Passenger Vessel Owners. Mr. Bern- stein succeeded James L. Cross, owner and operator of Island Queen Excursions, Inc., Riv- iera Beach, Fla., at NAPVO's national conven- tion in Washington, D.C.

Other newly elected officers include F. Coe

Sherrard, vice president/harbor operations for

Cruise International, Norfolk, Va., as NAPVO's vice president; Dana E. Walker, president of

Port of Cascade Locks, as secretary-treasurer; and Beverly Barry Meyer, executive vice president for Circle Line in New York City, was elected to the group's board of directors.

NAPVO is an independent trade association for the owner/operators of dinner cruises, sight- seeing/excursion boats, car ferries, paddle wheelers and windjammers across the country.

SSPA Maritime Consulting

Offers Brochure On Roll

Reduction By Rudder Control

SSPA Maritime Consulting AB of Goteborg,

Sweden, has published a four-page color bro- chure on Roll-Nix, a microcomputer-based sys- tem for roll reduction by rudder control. The complete system is controlled by a computer unit with a built-in solid-state rate sensor for independent measurement of the roll motion.

The publication points up the Roll-Nix fea- tures: low price; compact; easy to maintain; sim- plicity; and proven (roll motions reduced by at least 50 percent on existing installations without influencing the coursekeeping behavior and speed).

Included are comparative measurements of vessels with Roll-Nix and without, showing that it is possible to damp the roll motion by at least 50 percent; and a schematic diagram of the Roll-

Nix system.

SSPA is an international high-technology maritime company engaged mainly in theoreti- cal work, scale-model testing, interactive com- puter simulation and development and manu- facture of user-friendly analysis and control sys- tems in the following business fields: naval, nav- al systems, shipping, offshore, engineering and fluid mechanics.

For more information and a free copy of the brochure titled "Roll-Nix—The Easy Way to

Reduce Roll,"

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FIRST OF 15 FROM BETHLEHEM STEEL—Tugboats tow the first of 15 steel sections from Bethlehem Steel Corpo- ration's Baltimore Marine Division headquartered in Spar- rows Point, Md., to the Interstate 664 tunnel crossing at the Hampton Roads area of Virginia. Each of the 15 sec- tions is 300 feet long, 90 feet wide and 42 feet deep. While en route to the construction site, the steel sections will draw 34 feet of water. Constructed at the yard, the tunnel sections utilized steel plate from the adjacent Sparrows

Point plant of Bethlehem. The mile-long Hampton Roads tunnel will link the Newport News and Hampton areas with

Norfolk. The mile-long submerged section of the 4.3-mile crossing will allow unobstructed passage of ships between the Chesapeake Bay and the Hampton Roads/James Riv- er areas. Completion of the crossing is scheduled for 1990.

The remaining 14 tunnel sections will be transported to the construction site over a 12-month period.

For free literature giving full details on the facilities and capabilities of Bethlehem Steel Corporation,

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BPR 21 Dome Loaded Back

Pressure Regulator Introduced

By Circle Seal Controls

Circle Seal Controls recently announced the introduction of their BPR 21 Series Dome

Loaded Back Pressure Regulator. This new addition is designed for precision high flow of corrosive and noncorrosive fluids with a pres- sure range of 25 to 6,000 psig.

The regulator limits system pressure by vent- ing the surplus flow, maintaining back pressure processes, and functioning as an extremely accu- rate safety and bypass valve for equipment pro- tection. A minimum number of moving parts increases reliability, and all BPR 21 units are 100 percent functionally tested for performance and leakage prior to shipment.

For more information and free literature on the BPR 21 Series Dome Loaded Back Pressure

Regulator from Circle Seal Controls,

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Deutsch Now Offers New Line

Of Environmentally Sealed

Miniature In-Line Connectors

Deutsch, Industrial Products Division, now offers a new line of environmentally sealed min- iature in-line connectors. Designated the DT

Series, these connectors are ideally suited to industrial and commercial applications where positive mating and environmental protection are of primary importance.

Typical applications include marine, automo- tive, trucking, public transportation, recreation- al vehicles, construction equipment, robotics, control systems, machinery, commercial avia- tion, broadcast video and telecommunications equipment, medical, scientific and process in- strumentation, office and business equipment, plus numerous other electrical and electronic applications.

The DT Series features a lightweight, high- impact thermoplastic shell design that provides an environmental barrier to grease, dirt, dust, moisture, and corrosion. The connector can operate with either AC or DC and maintains a current rating capacity of 15 amps maximum.

For additional information and free literature on the new line of environmentally sealed minia- ture in-line connectors from Deutsch,

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