Sea-Land To Repower
Huge Containerships
With MAN B&W Gensets
Sea-Land Service, Inc., Edison,
N.J., has signed a multimillion-dol-
lar contract with MAN B&W Diesel
A/S, Holeby Diesel, Denmark, for
repowering the generating sets on
board its twelve 4,140-TEU Atlantic
Class containerships, formerly U.S.
Lines' Econships.
Under the contract, Holeby Die-
sel will manufacture and install
three diesel engines, model 6L28/32,
ecr output 1,075 kw at 720 rpm, per
vessel, or a total of 36 engines. The
engines are to be coupled together
with existing alternators, each of
1,000 kw.
The contract between Sea-Land
Service Inc. and Holeby Diesel is
noteworthy because the installation
of the gensets will be completed
during the vessels' normal liner
service on the U.S. East Coast and
in the Gulf of Mexico prior to their
trans-Atlantic voyage to Europe.
Both the shipowner and engine
manufacturer believe that this com-
prehensive repowering program is a
remarkable feat and a milestone in
the history of the merchant marine
industry, since the project will be
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SNAME Names Kiss
New President
The Society of Naval Architects
and Marine Engineers (SNAME)
recently elected Ronald K. Kiss
president of the society for a two-
year term beginning January 1,
1991.
Mr. Kiss is the Deputy Assistant
Secretary of the Navy, Ships, Office
of the Assistant of the Navy, Ship-
building. Mr. Kiss will succeed Ar-
thur J. Haskell, who has been the
society president since 1988.
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Alfa-Laval Separation
Dedicates Headquarters
In Warminster, Pa.
Alfa-Laval Separation, Inc. re-
cently held "Inauguration" cere-
monies to dedicate the company's
$20-million expansion and renova-
tion of its Mearns Road facilities in
Warminster, Pa.. The ceremonies,
which included a keynote address
by Bucks County, Pa., Congressman
Peter Kostmayer, officially de-
signated Warminster as the compa-
ny's North America headquarters.
Alfa-Laval has also undertaken a
massive overhaul of the manufac-
turing operations within the War-
minster plant.
Erdle Perforating Offers
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specialized, shipboard habitability
applications for perforated metals.
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