Maritime Reporter, May 1989

<BODY> <div> PSI To Market Heimdal Propellers Propulsion Systems (PSI) of Seattle, Wash., which has been ser- vicing the world with high quality variable pitch propulsion systems since 1961, and continues to serve the fishboat, workboat, and large yacht industries with parts and ser- vice of its total propulsion designs including bow thrusters and hy- draulic systems, has taken on the Heimdal controllable pitch propel- lers extensively in the U.S. Heimdal is a leader in the manufacture of variable pitch propulsion systems with worldwide headquarters in Norway. For more information about Pro- pulsion Systems or Heimdal Propel- lers, Circle 36 on Reader Service Card HW s TQ KILL V , Something is living in your fuel system. Many types of bacteria and fungi thrive on fuel. Whether you operate diesels or turbines, these hungry microorganisms can fill your tanks with slime that clogs filters, plugs lines and corrodes metal surfaces. BIOBOR® JF fuel fungicide helps you fight back. Registered with the Environmental Protection Agency, it's safe and effective when used as directed. BIOBOR JF measures up to military speci- fications, and it's been helping the U.S. military battle slime for more than 15 years. General Motors, Detroit Diesel Allison and General Electric all approve its use in their engines. So do Lockheed and McDonnell Douglas. In fact, more than half the world's commercial airlines rely on it. Before you employ a fungicidal agent, check its credentials. Get full det ails on EPA-registered BIOBOR JF from your distributor, or write to Industrial Chemicals Department, U.S. Borax, 3075 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90010. BORAX The Fairwind in drydock at the Brooklyn facility of New York Shipyard Corporation. While at the facility, the cruise ship underwent shaft and exterior repairs. Her name was also changed to the Dawn Princess due to a livery change. N.Y. Shipyard Drydocks 925-Passenger Cruise Ship —Brochure Available— The Brooklyn, N.Y., facility of the New York Shipyard Corpora- tion recently completed shaft re- pairs and exterior work on the P&O Cruises Ltd. passenger vessel Dawn Princess. New York Shipyard completed the drydocking of the 606-foot, 925- passenger vessel in 17 days. The yard installed new stern tube bear- ings, removed and realigned her in- termediate shafts, rebabbitted the pedestal bearings, replaced the ex- terior ventilation ducts and rebuilt the plenum chambers. The Dawn Princess had entered the Brooklyn yard as the Fairwind, operated by Sitmar Cruises Inc., Los Angeles, Calif., a P&O Cruises sub- sidiary. However, because of a livery change, the vessel's stack logo and ship name were removed by the yard via water blasting. Shipyard workers then created giant stencil- ing forms for her new design. New York Shipyard, formerly Rodermond Industries, has been in the repair business for over 70 years. It is located in the former Todd Shipyard Brooklyn facility. Located six miles from Ambrose Channel of the Port of New York, New York Shipyard performs all types of repairs, alterations, and drydockings for a wide range of ves- sels, from cruise ships, cargo vessels and tankers to barges and tugs. It operates on a 24-hour basis with three fully staffed shifts and is capa- ble of performing full turnkey repair operations. Located on 48 acres, the Brooklyn facility has a 32,000-ton graving dock, two floating docks, five piers, crane facilities, and plate, fabrication, machine and other shops. For a free color brochure fully detailing the ship-repair services and facilities of New York Shipyard Corporation, Circle 80 on Reader Service Card MAN B&W Diesel To Takeover Sulzer's Diesel Activities MAN B&W Increases Market Share In Two-Stroke Engine Sector Circle 312 on Reader Service Card 10 Diesel engine manufacturers MAN B&W Diesel AG, Augsburg, West Germany, a subsidiary of MAN Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, and Sulzer Brothers, Ltd., Winter- thur, Switzerland, have agreed that Sulzer business activities in the die- sel sector will be transferred to MAN B&W. For this purpose, a new company will form around Sulzer's diesel activities, which will subse- quently be taken over by MAN. The agreement envisions the fur- ther full employment of the roughly 850 worldwide Sulzer diesel staff. The merger creates a corporate group with an approximate turnover of DM1.3 billion (about $694.5 mil- lion), of which 70 percent is gener- ated by the present MAN B&W Diesel companies and 30 percent from the current Sulzer diesel sec- tor. The group will manufacture marine diesel and stationary en- gines, while generating revenue through synergies in the develop- ment and service sectors. The merger is subject to the ap- proval by the antitrust commis- sions, whose decision is expected sometime in mid-1989. According to a recent report by Lloyd's Ship Manager, MAN B&W crosshead range had a 50.6 percent or 1.646-million bhp share of all low-speed machinery on ships com- pleted in 1988. Sulzer's share of the low-speed engine market in 1988 was about 39 percent, based on 1,266 bhp in- stalled. In other news, MAN B&W Diesel (continued on page 11) </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>