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wer Boost For it 3500b Engines

The 3500 Series B engines from iterpillar's Engine Products ivision have been released in two irther versions, 3512B and 516B, with a longer stroke pro- iding more displacement for addi- ional power. The engines benefit iom a 13 percent increase in power, as well as seven percent improvements in power to weight ratio and fuel economy. The new arrangements will be available in mid-1999.

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Croatian Company Licensed

For Holeby GenSets

The production of MAN B&W

Holeby GenSets in Croatia has been boosted by a license agree- ment between the Denmark-based licenser and Adriadiesel. The agreement, signed in January in

Copenhagen, made Adriadiesel a full member of the MAN B&W

Diesel A/S license family, along with an existing active Croatian licensee, Brodosplit. Adriadiesel is executing its first contract for

Holeby GenSets which calls for 15 5L23/30H engines for five 13,000- dwt/4,300 car carriers being built at the Uljaink yard. Ship deliver- ies are planned to start in June 1999, the first pair destined for

Dyviship of Oslo, the second pair for Providence Shipping Inc. of

Monrovia and the last vessel for

Montagua Bay Shipping.

ISF Launches SJCW

Compliance Record Book

The International Shipping

Federation (ISF) has launched a "Personal Training and Service

Record Book" to assist seafarers that are already qualified to demonstrate their compliance with the revised STCW Convention.

The passport-style book allow records of all STCW related train- ing and experience to be main- tained in a single place that sea- farers can carry with them throughout their seagoing careers.

It is intended to help them demon- strate their ongoing competence to port state control inspectors, or when seeking to revalidate their qualifications.

New Operations Director

For Cory Towage

Cory Towage Ltd. has announced the appointment of

Paul Stone as operations director.

Based at the company's head office in Woking, England, Mr. Stone entered the position in mid

October. According to Cory

Towage's managing director,

Graham Philip, Mr. Stone will have responsibility for day-to-day operations as well as "establishing operational policies, regulating health, safety & environment (HS&E) procedures, crew training and personnel development."

AMC Acquires Talon Sea

Anchor

Aker Marine Contractors, Inc. (AMC) of Houston, Tex. recently acquired Talon Sea Anchor, Inc. and its parent company HMH

Anchors International, Inc. The new entity will be named Aker

Marine Anchors, Inc. Included in the transaction was the Talon

Stealth Anchor, a U.S. designed and fabricated, high-holding power, drag-embedment anchor.

Curt McCabe, developer of the

Stealth Anchor and former COO of

Talon Sea Anchor, will assume the position of vice president of sales at Aker Marine Anchors.

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