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Catamaran Ferries And ESAB Announce Partnership CFI employees are shown welding the first hull module of a high-speed aluminum ferry with ESAB welding equipment and filler metals. Catamaran Ferries Intl. Inc. (CFI) has chosen ESAB Welding & Cutting Products as its exclusive provider of welding equipment and filler metals in its venture to build high-speed aluminum ferries for the international fast terry mar- ket. As CFI begins consmL;tion of a 365-ft. (12yff\a^iifofc-hulled nor nrv> «-»-v»v* ton4- . 4-nTIvtT U i vuuuuiuxnus luiaynivJ-i. r iui XJ . V7 . Ferries, tl* company will use a e—A— package cus- iom-T*H9fgnea for its needs. Aorording to Jerry Uttrachi, vice president of Equipment Marketing for ESAB, the welding solutions package includes 160 feeders and industrial inverter pulse Mig power sources manufac- tured in ESAB's Florence, S.C., facility. The package also includes four Mig tractor systems built and delivered from ESAB's factory in Sweden. For more information on ESAB Circle 24 on Reader Service Card Fincantieri Installs Automatic Transport System Specializing in handling heavy loads by means of air film technol- ogy, Solving has delivered a fully automatic transport system on air bearings to Fincantieri's Monfalcone shipyard in Italy. The transport system, reportedly the first of its kind, is used for han- dling components and blocks between different *^M"kstations for fui : j.- .A: ll.. One p^t o\SaeV^Tem contains " *ilm trans- movement of pre- components up to 50 tons.—ine other part is integrated in a production line for prefabricat- ing ship blocks, and consists of air film pallets which lift the blocks and move them between different workstations along the line. For more information on Solving Circle 88 on Reader Service Card February, 1997 Daewoo Offers Innovative Hull Interface Software Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd.'s (DHI) Engineering & Technology Division has developed what is reportedly the first interface soft- ware for hull and outfitting designs. DHI has reportedly over- come the difficulty of sharing design information between the two design ence in the Hull enables all design information to be held in common and freely exchanged, while both design pro- cedures are simultaneously carried out. A completed 3-D hull model be transmitted directly to out- design. DHI has been the software to all vessels since July. For more information from DHI Circle 97 on Reader Service Card I TH0RD0N BEARINGS I • ARE AVAILABLE B THROUGH THESE TH0RD0N DISTRIBUTORS Electro-Watt Utility Services, Inc. 51 Brightwood Circle Danville, CALIFORNIA 94506-1913 Telephone: (510) 770-1653 Fax: (510) 770-1647 Pacific Marine & Industrial 18129 Chretien Court San Diego, CALIFORNIA 92128-1264 Telephone: (619) 674-1214 Fax: (619) 674-1216 Coppedge Marine Inc. 4972 River Point Road, P.O. Box 5636 Jacksonville, FLORIDA 32207 Telephone: (904) 398-9586 Fax: (904) 398-0373 Maguire Bearing Co. 1919 Hau Street Honolulu, HAWAII 96819 Telephone: (808) 847-3531 Fax: (808) 842-4889 Marine Industries Corp. 601 East Riverside Drive Clarksville, INDIANA 47130 Telephone: (800) 733-3130 Fax: (812) 283-9628 Johnson Packings & Industrial Products, Inc. One Industrial Way, Unit 9 Portland, MAINE 04103 Telephone: (207) 797-9212 Fax: (207) 797-9158 Johnson Packings Is Industrial Products, Inc. 21 Deer Park Drive, East Longmeadow MASSACHUSETTS 01028 Telephone: (413) 733-7861 Fax: (413) 525-5520 Argo International 13477 SE Johnson Road Milwaukie, OREGON 97222-1237 Telephone: (503) 794-9686 Fax: (503) 794-8336 Sealing Specialists & Service Company 969 William Flynn Hwy (Route 8) Glenshaw, PENNSYLVANIA 15116 Telephone: (412) 487-8282 Fax: (412) 487-2826 Seal-Pro Technology Group 7205 Birchett Drive Prince George, VIRGINIA 23875 Telephone/Fax: (804) 452-4809 Bates Unlimited & Associates, Inc. 1544 Sawdust Road, Suite 602 The Woodlands, TEXAS 77380 Telephone: (713) 367-4312 Fax: (713) 367-4326 Pacific Marine Equipment Inc. 3425 16th Avenue West Seattle, WASHINGTON 98119 Telephone: (206) 281-9841 Fax: (206) 281-9843 Avalon Marine Ltd. 44 Coventry Lane Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA B2V2K2 Telephone: (902) 456-1381 Fax: (902) 462-1004 P.D.L. Kenscott 9653 Clement Street Lasalle, QUEBEC H8R 4B4 Telephone: (514) 364-0808 Fax: (514) 364-0454 Thordon Offices: 2106 Old Farm Road Bakersfield, CALIFORNIA 93312 Telephone/Fax: (805) 589-7161 601 Cien Street, Suite 130D Kemah, TEXAS 77565 Telephone: (281) 334-6118 Fax: (281) 538-1924 For International Distributors - Contact Thordon Bearings Inc. 3225 Mainway Burlington, ONTARIO L7M 1A6 Telephone: (905) 335-1440 Fax: (905) 335-4033 I MlpKOONj hiOudon Thordon Bearings Inc., 3225 Mainway, Burlington, Ontario L7M 1A6 Telephone (905) 335-1440 Fax (905) 335-4033 Circle 300 on Reader Service Card Thordon SXL equipped APL container ship President Truman. In the shipping business, reliability is so important that every supplier promotes the trouble-free service their product can deliver. 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