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Hitachi Zosen Selects Argo Marine As U.S. Agent For Engine Parts Sales Hitachi Zosen Corporation, a large worldwide supplier of marine manufacturing and engineering products, recently selected Argo Marine, a division of Argo Interna- tional Corporation, to be one of its agents for marine diesel engine re- placement parts sales in the U.S. Argo will promote Hitachi Zosen's replacements parts sales, especially for diesel engine parts manufac- tured by the Japanese firm under licensing agreements with Sulzer, MAN B&W, and others. "We are delighted to cooperate with Hitachi Zosen in the United States," said Thomas J. Calic- chio, vice president of Argo Marine. "Hitachi Zosen is an excellent com- pany with products that sell into more than 60 countries. Argo Ma- rine is a natural choice since we maintain 20 strategically located, fully stocked warehouses through- out the United States." Argo also represents the General Electric Company, Siemens Corpo- ration, and several other manufac- turers of marine and related equip- ment. For free literature detailing the services of Argo Marine, Circle 73 on Reader Service Card Major Growth Predicted For World Cruise Market At the recent Holidays at Sea Convention in London, an optimis- tic forecast was made that by the end of the century the world cruise market will have jumped from the present 3.7 million to 10 million pas- sengers. Jim Godsman, president of the industry's trade association in the U.S., Cruise Lines International As- sociation, told the conference that in terms of money the industry had a $50 billion business opportunity over the next five years. The number of first-time cruisers was an encouraging sign. A study in 1986 showed that they accounted for 38 percent of all business. Two years later, this had grown to 44 per- cent, and this year the figure was 50 percent, according to Mr. Gods- man. Three Quays Sign Agreement For Ultramar Newbuildings U.K.-based Three Quays Marine Services has recently signed an agreement with Ultramar for tech- nical support and inspection during construction of three 148,500-dwt December, 1990 (Suezmax) tankers. Three Quays has been involved with Ultramar's newbuilding proj- ect since inception, providing assist- ance during the design study, prepa- ration of bidding specifications, as- sessing responses from shipyards and eventual contract negotiations leading to signing of the three con- tracts with Samsung Shipbuilding and Heavy Industries in August of this year. The vessel design includes a dou- ble hull and double bottom in the cargo area, ice strengthening and a shallow draft. The first two vessels are due for delivery in the second half of 1992, with the third one dur- ing the following spring. The sister ships will have an over- all length of about 899 feet and breadth of 156.8 feet. Main propul- sion will be by one MAN B&W type 6S70MC slow-speed diesel with a maximum continuous rating of 20,940 bhp. Service speed is 14.3 knots. 49 DESIGNERS & MANUFACTURERS OF
