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Integrated Power System Dubbed (Continued, from page 56) version, energy storage and control for supplying propulsion and service loads within a vessel. The system is also capa- ble of designing, procuring and support- ing marine power systems across a wide range of ship types. After successful completion of factory acceptance test- ing in December 1998 (FAT) at the motor manufacturer's facility in Rugby,

U.K., the motor was delivered to SSES 116

Technical Revolution via barge from its U.S. port of entry in

Baltimore. The converter arrived sepa- rately a few weeks later by truck. SSES also collaborated with the manufacturer of IPS with the installation of about 1,000 printed circuit boards in the con- verter for upgraded unit reliability.

Testing occurred at the SSES Advanced

Propulsion and Power Generation Test

Site for evaluation of the Full Scale

Advanced Development phase.

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Fishman Steps Down From Top

Position At Maritime Power

For more than half a century, Irving

Fishman has serviced the maritime industry on an international basis by supplying a selection of equipment through his company, Maritime Power

Corporation located in Jersey City, N.J.

In a recent announcement, Fishman voiced his decision to step down as pres- ident of the compa- ny, a position he has held since establish- ing his business in 1956.

Priding itself on its vast supply of scarce items with a rapid delivery, Maritime Power, who coined its slogan as, "The difficult we do right away, the impossible takes a lit- tle longer," provides pumps, turbines, gears, heat exchangers and, marine and deck machinery since its founding.

After graduating from State Universi- ty of New York at Albany (Fishman majored in Physics and Chemistry), he enlisted into the U.S. Army during

World War II. Stationed at Columbia, he served as a scientist on the Manhattan

Project, and vying to expand his knowl- edge further, Fishman also took classes in Chemical Engineering.

When D-Day arrived and the war con- cluded, Fishman began his maritime career at Seaboard Marine, which man- ufactured hatch covers, liberty ship pis- ton rings, salinity indicators and oil/water separators. He remained with

Seaboard until he formed Maritime

Power. Following his departure as pres- ident, Fishman will assume the position of chairman of the board; his successor has not yet been named.

Zollern Features Planetary

Gear System

Zollern, the German manufacturer of planetary gear units for slewing and winch drives is reputable and well- known among crane makers throughout

Europe. Its noted planetary gear system, features a modular system design prin- ciple providing flexibility in the selec- tion of ratios and matching a gearbox to an application while upholding the advantages of volume production of gear parts. Used in host winches up to 275 tons, applications are mobile, har- bor, ship and offshore cranes, in addi- tion to various other types of materials handling equipment.

Harbour & Marine Engineering

Inaugurates Smart Hook®

Australian-based Harbour & Marine

Engineering has developed a premier concept in mooring systems, the Smart

Hook. Automatically measuring moor- ing line tension as part of standard mooring operations, the product has set new standards in marine monitoring.

With Smart Hook, mooring line ten- sion for each hook is displayed locally in real time at the control box on the hook/capstan unit, while visual and audible alarms alert operators of dan- gerous loads and imbalance between mooring lines. Once mooring lines have been attached to the hooks, no further operator intervention is required.

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Just ask our customers. Although we use the same materials (welding rods included) other shipyards do, the end result is always better than expected.

So, what makes the difference?

Some customers will say our network of six shipyards, three at Galveston and three farther up the ship channel in

Houston, is why they chose Newpark

Shipbuilding.

Others will say it's the experienced people who manage and work at our yards.

And then there are those who will claim that our excellent records in safety and on-time delivery are what made

Newpark their first choice.

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Newpark, they all agree on one thing. It's the high level of service and the quality of the work that brings them back.

It won't take long to show you.

If you'd like to see the Newpark facilities and some of the work we're currently doing, call Francis Fair at 409.741.4200.

He'll be glad to show you how Newpark people can give you more than you expect on your next project.

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