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Daleside Shipping Wins

Piracy Case

Daleside Shipping Services of Nor- way recently won a case against Tech- notrading Schiedam B.V. for illegal copying of spare parts for its Rustibus product.

Rustibus is the rust removal system using rotating chains. With a result of

SA 1.5 and a capacity of 30 sq. m. per hour at an approximate cost of $1 per sq. m., it is positioned as a cost effec- tive, environmentally friendly alterna- tive to grit blasting. Daleside Shipping

Services announced that for some time, it had noticed that patented parts of the

Rustibus were copied and sold illegally. "Our major concern is that the piracy copies are inferior in quality to our patented originals," said Tore Daleside, managing director. "This does not only frustrate our clients, but these piracy spare parts give a bad-will to our well- known Rustibus."

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Drew Marine Offers Variety

Of New Products

On display at Ashland Specialty

Chemical's Drew Marine Div. stand at

NorShipping '99 will be a host of new products. The company recently signed a new distribution alliance with the

Henry Sealants Div. of The Henry

Group, allowing Drew Marine to now feature the Henry Diplomatic Marine hatch cover sealant and sealant system.

Ram-Neck Heavy Duty Marine Tape is recognized as a premier hatch cover sealing tape. When used as a sealing system with Koaming-Aide coaming gasket, it provides excellent protection for water-sensitive cargoes.

In Oslo, Drew Marine will formally introduce a wire-welding package, which includes the Amerarc 1-400

GMS inverter arc welding machine,

Amerarc F-4 wire feeder and Amerarc

No. 4 MIG gun. The system is designed for high-volume, fast-turn- around shipboard projects, while the package permits the use of the tradition- al Gas Metal Arc Welding process, as well as Flux Cored Arc Welding.

Two new fuel treatments formulated to address combustion problems with heavy fuel will be featured at the Drew

Marine stand: Amergy 5000 combus- tion improver and Amergy 5800 Plus deposit modifier/combustion improver.

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Poseidon Sells 100th

GMDSS Simulator

Poseidon Simulation AS recently sold its 100th GMDSS simulator, a landmark which the company considers a signifi- cant indicator of its leading marketplace role. The unit was sold to the Tromsoe

Maritime Institute in Norway. Company director Bjarne Pedersen touts the company's GMDSS simulator as a cost- effective means of training, and an inte- gral part of a complete training concept, including text book and instructor train- ing. He noted that the simulator is fully

STCW '95 compliant at a GOC certifi- cate level.

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FastShip Speeds Forward

The Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) and FastShip Inc. added more credibility to the possibility that a new, fast-craft vessel and system will be ser- vicing the North Atlantic trade lines. The recently revised agreements desig- nate both the Port of Philadelphia and Camden as the North Atlantic hub for the new generation of high-speed cargo ships — a vessel and complex fast transport system that is expected to revolutionize trans-Atlantic shipping.

FastShip also reached an agreement with Interocean Ugland Management of

Voorhees, N.J., stipulating that Interocean will operate FastShip's fleet of ves- sels.

Utilizing an innovative hull design and specially modified jet engines for propulsion, FastShip is designed for carrying premium, time-sensitive cargo on a seven-day, trans-Atlantic door-to-door cycle. FastShip would specifically call on its North American and Cherbourg, France homeports, unlike conventional ships which ferry cargo to multiple ports. The ship, while the centerpiece of the program, is indeed simply one piece, as the system entails a proprietary loading and unloading system, terminal and intermodal system, ensuring that containerized cargo at both hub ports would move quickly to its final destina- tion.

FastShip has engaged the service of J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. to act as the company's exclusive financial advisor.

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