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Ball Appointed Director Of Sales For Milwaukee- Based Falk Corp. Terry L. Ball has been appointed director of sales for the Falk Corpo- ration, a Milwaukee, Wis.-based subsidiary of Sundstrand Corp. Falk is a major manufacturer of indus- trial power transmission machin- ery. Terry L. Ball Mr. Ball joined the Falk Corpo- ration in August 1969. In 1980, he was appointed re- gional sales manager and in 1986 he became director of sales, marine and special products, the job he held until his appointment as director of sales. Mr. Ball will report directly to David L. George, vice president of sales and marketing. Viking Introduces Two 50-Person IBA's In One Container Operators of larger passenger vessels are always searching for ways to provide more deck space for passengers. Newer vessels are built lighter and have greater weight re- strictions. Anew lifesaving system, which addresses both of these chal- lenges, has been developed by Vi- king Life Saving Equipment. The system contains two 50-per- son Inflatable Buoyant Apparatus (IBA) in one container. Extensive research into new methods of pack- ing the container has resulted in a system of storing the painter lines. This insures side-by-side simulta- neous inflation of both 50-person IBA's, with no entanglement of the lines. The new two-in-one system meets or exceeds all U.S. Coast Guard and Solas 1983 Amendment III requirements for design, con- struction and performance for ves- sels in coastal cruising waters. Having two units in each con- tainer means a big weight reduction and twice as much open deck space, with the same number of IBA's. Installation is reported to be more cost effective in that there is one less container and the initial cost of the dual unit is cheaper than two sepa- rate units. Each of the dual 50-person units is identical in construction to the single 50-person IBA in one con- tainer. The floor is positioned be- tween two buoyancy chambers, 21 feet in diameter, making the raft reversible. Both units can be boarded as soon as they are deployed and inflated, regardless of which side surfaces first. For free literature describing the new IBA system, Circle 14 on Reader Service Card MarAd Approves Fishing Vessel, Containership Sale The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has approved a request by American President Lines, Ltd., for permission to sell the 17,477-dwt containership President Taft to Chien Yu Steel Industrial Co., Ltd. Pingtung, Taiwan, for scrapping in that country. MarAd has also approved a re- quest from Caribe Fishing Co., Inc., Rancho Santa Fe, Calif., to sell and transfer the registry of the 1,167-gt fishing vessel, South Seas. The pur- chasers are Northern Bold Adven- ture Co., Operative Ltd., and the Government of the Sovereign Demo- cratic Republic of Fiji. San Francisco Shipyard School First In Nation Classes recently began at what is reported to be the nation's first school to teach shipyard workers high-pay- ing blue-collar skills such as boiler maintenance, carpentry, blueprint reading, metal working and paint- ing. Funding for the school comes from employer contributions to a Taft- Hartley trust fund. Currently, whenever ship repair work is done, the fund receives eight cents per man hour. The fund was set up 13 years ago as a result of contract negotiations between ship repair yards and labor unions. While final details are not com- plete, the program may also include a basic high school equivalency cur- riculum and is presently working with San Francisco City College to incorporate the program into voca- tional training. The official start of classes at the San Francisco Shipyard Training Center was commemorated by Mayor Frank Jordan, Kevin Shelley and Jim Gonzalez from the San Francisco Board of Supervi- sors; executive director Michael P. Huerta and commissioner Francis O'Neill from the Port of San Fran- cisco; Orlindo Barsetti, president of Service Engineering; Richard E. Hardin, executive secretary-trea- surer of the Pacific Coast Metal Trades Council; and dozens of ship- yard workers. The Center reportedly will be an important component of the port's effort to market ship repair to ship- ping lines worldwide. SPRING LITERATURE REVIEW (March 5th deadline) Your Companies brochure in the hands of over 26,000+ Marine Industry deasion makers... for details CONTACT YOUR SALES REPRESENTATIVE AT MARITIME REPORTER Phone (212) 477-6700 fax (212) 254-6271 NOTE! The January Issue contained an incorrect phone number for V.M. Trucking. The correct phone number is (718) 797-9778 U.S. Bonded Carrier C.H.L. 2192 ICC.MC 208148 • Specializing in ship shares & transit • Servicing NY Metro area, piers, airports, shipyards • Exclusive service to shipyard on the East Coast • Available 7 days a week (weekend & after hours service available) VM TRUCKING Co. Inc. Building 62, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn, NY 11205 Tel. 718-797-9778 • Fax 718-858-6231 Circle 249 on Reader Service Card TRACOR MARCON Monitor Control Alarm was acquired by Electronic Marine System, Inc. Mobile NOAA USCG Tidewater U.S. Army Army Corp of Engineers American Commercial Barge Lines Matson Navigation • Texaco • Sun Transport • Canadian Coast Guard • MSC • Honeywell, Australia • Soripps Institute • Woods Hole Oceanographic • Canoie Transportation are a few users of this technology which is continuing to be supported, manufactured and enhanced by EMS/MARCON PMS6000/PMS II MONITOR AND ALARM/ CS5000 Control System ELECTRONIC MARINE SYSTEMS, INC. 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