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Airborne Express Adds Ocean Transport To Customer Options Airborne Express announced the introduction of ocean transportation to its international service package, giving customers more options and greater savings for less time-sensi- tive shipments. Responding to an evolving shipper requirement for single-source transportation solu- tions, Airborne now provides cus- tomized shipping strategies by air, land or sea to the more than 200 countries it serves. "Airborne can now provide ser- vice to companies that want flexibil- ity of an air and ocean option under one roof," said Jack Cella, Airborne's executive vice president, international. The new ocean divi- sion will be headed byCharles Ogle, a former Sea-Land executive with more than 19 years of international ocean shipping experience. Airborne is establishing its own Non-Vessel Operating Cargo Car- rier (NVOCC) and filing a tariff with the Federal Maritime Commission (FMC) to be effective by mid-April 1994. The new service will provide an array of ocean services including Less-than-Container-Load (LCL), Full-Container-Load (FCL), and turnkey project transportation pack- ages all fully supported by Airborne's sophisticated FOCUS information system. Hong Kong To Build First Terminal Handling Pearl River Delta Cargo Hong Kong is to build its first terminal designed to handle Pearl River Delta cargo, the Hong Kong government said. According to a statement issued by the Informa- tion Services Department, the river trade terminal will be part of the territory's massive new port project which will provide up to 24 new container berths by 2011. Plans call for the terminal to be built at Tuen Mun in the New Territories, to the west of the busy Ma Wan Channel and northwest of the proposed new container port on Lantau Island, the biggest outlying island in Hong Kong. It will be built and operated by private enterprise with the first phase projected for completion by late 1997. Rapid growth in river trade between Hong Kong and China is projected by the Port Develop- ment Board. It said 20.7 million tons of freight carried by river last year will double by 2001 and qua- druple by 2011. Avondale Wins Preliminary NAVSEA Design Contract NAVSEA recently announced the award of contracts to Avondale In- dustries Inc. and four other ship- Maritime Reform (Continued, from page 25) mid-June 1993 that without sub- sidy reform, some of their vessels would have to be re-flagged and re- crewed — which might cause the loss of up to 500jobs, as well as allow the owner to refuse emergency De- fense Department use of the ves- sels. To pay for the ship subsidiza- yards for preliminary design stud- ies on the LX (LPD 17) ship. Ex- pected to last approximately one year, the contract amounts to $480,000. The construction program for the LPD 17 is expected to be a multi- ship project, with the first contract for construction expected by around 1996. Current plans call for 12 of the vessels to be constructed, to ad- dress a major obsolescence problem expected to be caused by the decom- missioning of more than 30 Navy amphibious ships in the next 10 years. Avondale is a leader in marine fabrication. In addition to ship- building capabilities, the company specializes in boat construction and is a major repair contractor for com- mercial and Navy ships. For more information on Avondale, Circle 107 on Reader Service Card PROPULSION UPDATE Detroit Diesel And Volvo Penta Announce U.S. Agreement DETROIT DIESEL Detroit Diesel Corporation and Volvo Penta announced a new stra- tegic North American business agreement. Detroit Diesel has become the exclusive distributor for Volvo Penta's Compact Collection and 61- 162 Series marine diesel engines and service parts in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Engines and parts will continue to be sold under the Volvo Penta name. As part of the agree- ment, Volvo Penta will gain access to Detroit Diesel's North American distribution network to market in- board marine diesels. These en- gines will also provide a natural complement to the range of larger units produced by Detroit Diesel. The Volvo Penta marine diesel engine line includes the Compact Collection engines, ranging from 10- to 80-hp, and the 61-162 Series, which provide up to 612 hp. Detroit Diesel will also work with Volvo Penta of the Americas in select mar- kets to distribute the Volvo Penta 31-42 Series marine diesel engine product line. Select Detroit Diesel distributors throughout North America will sell and service the Volvo Penta marine diesel engines. Service parts for the Volvo Penta engines will be distributed from Detroit Diesel Corporation's 575,000-sq.-ft. Parts Distribution Warehouse in Canton, Ohio. The Detroit Die- sel Parts Distribution Warehouse is capable of shipping parts world- wide 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. "The pri- mary purpose of this agreement With Detroit Diesel Corporation," ac- cording to Lennart Hammarstrom, presi- Volvo Penta's TAMD 72. CORPORATION dent and CEO of Volvo Penta of the Americas, "is to enable Volvo Penta to expand our regionally strong marine diesel distribution much more rapidly throughout NAFTA." Volvo Penta has supplied engines to hundreds of thousands of leisure and commercial craft owners since the early 1950s, as well as to indus- trial users. The U.S. Navy is one of the company's largest customers. Detroit Diesel Corp. provides marine diesel power up to 2,400-hp for yachts, patrol boats, ferry boats, tug boats, supply vessels and sport fishing boats. The company is en- gaged in the design, manufacture, sale and service of heavy-duty die- sel and alternative fuel engines and engine parts and offers a complete line of heavy-duty engines ranging from five- to 2,500-hp. These in- clude the Perkins line of engines, which complements those manu- factured by Detroit Diesel. For more information on Detroit Diesel, Circle 39 on Reader Service Card For more information on Volvo Penta, Circle 40 on Reader Service Card tion, tonnage fees for the first five entries a foreign vessel makes into the U.S from Western Hemisphere ports would be increased from $0.09 per net registered tonnage (NRT) to $0.15. Fees for foreign vessels en- tering U.S. ports from other foreign areas will be increased from $0.27 to $0.44 per NRT. The U.S. deep-sea merchant fleet is down to about 160 ships, employing some 27,000 civil- ian U.S. seafarers. n i i i i i i i i TH0RD0N BEARINGS ARE AVAILABLE THROUGH THESE TH0RD0N DISTRIBUTORS The Charles Lowe Company 1400 Park Avenue Emeryville, CALIFORNIA 94608-0445 Telephone: (510) 652-5900 Telefax: (510) 652-5387 Pacific Marine & Industrial 2005 Palo Verde Avenue, Suite 112 Long Beach, CAUFORNIA 90815 Telephone: (800) 248-5579 Coppedge Marine Inc. 49/2 River Point Road, P.O. Box 5636 Jacksonville, FLORIDA 32207 Telephone: (904) 398-9586 Telefax: (904) 398-0373 Maguire Bearing Co. 1919 Hau Street Honolulu, HAWAII 96819 Telephone: (808) 847-3531 Telefax: (808) 842-4889 Marine Industries Corp. 601 East Riverside Drive Clarksville, INDIANA 47130 Telephone: (800) 733-3130 Telefax: (812) 283-9628 Marine Industries Corp. (Gulf) 306 Driftwood Circle Slidell, LOUISIANA 70458 Telephone: 1504) 649-9327 Telefax: (504) 643-0668 Johnson Packings & Industrial Products, Inc. One Industrial Way, Unit 9 Portland, MAINE 04103 Telephone: (207) 797-9212 Telefax: (207) 797-9158 n Johnson Packings & Industrial Products, Inc. 1434 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield MASSACHUSETTS 01089 Telephone: (413) 733-7861 Telefax: (413) 732-2210 Argo International 10661 North Lombard Street Portland, OREGON 97203 Telephone: (503) 286-8326 Telefax: (503) 286-8723 Hampton Sales Inc. P.O. Box 492, 361B North York Road WiUow Grove, PENNSYLVANIA 19090 Telephone: (215) 784-0390 Telefax: (215) 784-0392 Pacific Marine Equipment Inc. 3441 Thomdyke Ave. W., Seattle, WASHINGTON 98119 Telephone: (206) 281-7082 Telefax: (206) 285-9101 Pacific Propulsion (Canada) Ltd. 1451 Chartwell Drive, W. Vancouver BRITISH COLUMBIA V7S 2R9 Telephone: (604) 988-2299 Telefax: (604) 922-4451 Avalon Marine Ltd. 44 Coventry Lane Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA B2V2K2 Telephone: (902) 456-1381 Telefax: (902) 462-1004 H.P.P.D.L. Inc. 9653 Clement Street Lasalle, QUEBEC H8R 4B4 Telephone: (514) 364-0808 Telefax: (514) 364-0454 For International Distributors - Contact Thordon Bearings Inc. 3225 Mainway Drive Burlington, ONTARIO L7M 1A6 Telephone: (905) 335-1440 Telefax: (905) 335-4033 Circle 278 on Reader Service Card 26 Circle 282 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
