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Yeoman Sales Strong, New

Sales Rep Appointed

Yeoman has announced that to date it has sold more than 15,000 chart plotting units utilizing the

Mouse for Maps technology. Ms.

Susan Murch has recently joined the company as national marine sales representative. She will be responsible for setting up dealers, attending boat shows, conducting seminars and launching the retail campaign for Yeoman products.

Canadian Tanker Uses RISE

System

Kometik with insert showing use of RISE sys- tem.

The RISE (rubber insert sleeves expanding) firesafe multi-penetra- tion and sealing system, developed and marketed by Beele

Engineering BV of the

Netherlands, was used for the fire- safe and smoke-tight ducting of large numbers of cables through bulkheads and decks on board the new Canadian tanker Kometik.

The 120,536-dwt Kometik carries crude oil from the Hibernia field to a number of terminals in North

America. It features a double hull and 14 cargo tanks with a total capacity of approximately 140,000- cu.-m.

With the RISE system, all cables passing through the conduit opening are enclosed in protective sleeves made of firesafe

FRR/LEHF (fire resistant rubber/low grade of expanding, halogen free) rubber. In a fire situ- ation, when the FRR/LEHF is in direct contact with flames, a chem- ical reaction occurs causing the material to foam. This foam com- pletely closes holes, cracks and other openings, providing protec- tion against, fire, heat and toxic and corrosive gases.

Circle 5 on Reader Service Card

ABS Group Forms New

Venture

The ABS Group of Companies

November, 1998 with Nautical Technology for hull maintenance and vessel

Circle 336 on Reader Service Card

The new venture, ABS Nautical 115

Corporation (NTC) of New York have formed the joint venture,

ABS Nautical Systems, Inc. to expand and market the SafeNet fleet management network. ABS has recently released a new ver- sion of SafeNet, including modules drawings.

NTC's program Ship Manager has been integrated into SafeNet and offers modules on mainte- nance and repair, inventory and purchasing, crew management and payroll, and code compliance.

Systems, has recently announced the appointment of its executive team. Douphitt Briggs and Jack

Kitchura have been named presi- dent and vice president, respec- tively. The founder and president of NTC, Kostas Douzinas, has

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