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96th SNAME Annual Meeting — A Preview (continued) VESON Booth 126 Veson combines shipping knowl- edge with state-of-the-art technolo- gy to provide the complete marine computer solution. Developed in a joint venture with BP, Veson's dis- tance and voyage estimating pro- grams access the complete BP World Distance Tables. In addition, other packages include: operations, accounting, chartering, crew infor- mation/payroll and spare parts/ maintenance. WALPORT USA Booth 408 Walport USA, Elizabeth, N.J., a leading supplier of video entertain- ment to the international shipping community, will be showing the lat- est video movies. Walport USA per- sonnel will be available to discuss custom leasing arrangements with shipowners. WARTSILA DIESEL Booth 114 RILEY-BEAIRD, INC. Wartsila Diesel, one of the world's leading manufacturers of medium- speed diesel engines, will exhibit its new Wartsila Vasa 46 medium- speed diesel engine as well as the new Wartsila Vasa gas-diesel en- gine, the Wartsila Vasa GD. Also on display will be Wartsila Diesel's new powerful medium-speed Wartsila Vasa 22/26 engine as well as the popular Wartsila Vasa 22 and 32 heavy fuel engines. WAUKESHA BEARINGS Booth 238 Waukesha Bearing Corporation, Waukesha, Wis., offers a wide range of bearings and seals for marine pro- pulsion systems. Some of the prod- ucts offered by the firm include: sternlign and stern tube bearings, sternguard Mark II aft seals, stern- guard Mark II forward seals, custom design seals, line shaft bearings and main thrust bearings. XOMOX Booth 123 Xomox Corporation's exhibit will include a nickel aluminum bronze high performance butterfly valve to MIL-V-24624 specifications with an enclosed gear operator. Additional- ly, a B61 naval bronze full port sleeved plug valve (MIL-V-24509) will be on display. Xomox manufactures valves to military specifications as well as for commercial use. Xomox valves are accepted by the U.S. Coast Guard and Lloyd's Register of Shipping. WAUKESHA BEARINGS Booth 238 Waukesha Bearings will be show- ing the Sternguard line and net cut- ter and Pres-Vac high velocity P/V valves. Knowledgeable personnel will be available to discuss applications for thrust, line shaft and sterntube bearings and seals; tank venting sys- tems and the use of Pres-Vac valves; and the Sternguard net and line cut- ter. <• Circle 265 on Reader Service Card DESALINATORS FOR THE ENTIRE MARINE AND OFFSHORE INDUSTRY. wide range of standard designs or let Maxim design a unit to meet your specific requirements. Also available are reliable Maxim heat exchangers and deaerators. Become a part of a legend . . . insist on Maxim, the first name in reliability and service. Maxim backs it up! Riley-Beaird, Inc., P.O. Box 31115, Shreveport, LA 71130-1115, Ph. (318) 865-6351, Telex 50-7472. Few names have everffeen better known for quality arid dependability than MAXIM. A standard that has stood for more than 50 years. Today Maxim furnishes desalinators to provide fresh water for workboats, offshore platforms, drilling rigs, tankers, submarines and large vessels of all types . . . units designed for optimum space savings and economic operation. Choose from a See Us at the International Maritime Exposition, SNAf Nov. 9-11,1988, New York Hilton, Booth #108 Nuclear submarine with Maxim desai General Dynamics Photo