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THE COMPANY:

Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. manufactures heavy duty

T HRUSTMASTER commercial marine propulsion and thrusters. The factory

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and production of all thrusters is based out of Houston,

Texas with a global network of sales of? ces in Rotterdam, 6900 Thrustmaster Drive

Singapore, China, Dubai, and Brazil. A service of? ce is lo-

Houston, TX 77041

Tel: (713) 937-6295 cated in Houma, Louisiana to assist offshore clients. All

Email: johnray.strickland@thrust- thrusters are developed in-house by a complete engineer- mastertexas.com ing department for mechanical, hydraulic, electrical and

Website: www.thrustmaster.net electronic design. Tooling includes machining and mea-

CEO/President: Joe Bekker suring equipment, CAD, vessel resistance and propulsion, 3D modeling and ANSYS Finite Element Analysis. The as well as a knuckle boom crane for handling deck gear application of modal analysis, stress and strain analysis as and a small rescue/service vessel. The aft deck also features well as rotor dynamic analysis of drive trains and transmis- sions are fundamentals towards the reliability and quality a lower platform at the stern to facilitate direct access to the sea by diving personnel. The vessel has a landing area of Thrustmaster’s products. complying with Petrobras requirements for accommodat- ing a crane-loaded man-riding basket, and for carriage and delivery of supplies and small cargo.

THE CASE:

Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. designs and manufactures commercial marine propulsion thrusters at the largest

THE PRODUCT LINE: thruster factory in the USA and the world. A total of 289

Thrustmaster provides engineered thrusters (to ship- employees produce results for its customers in a facility yards) for barges, RoRo ferries, Tugs, etc. that are specially that spans 200,000 square feet. This year’s highlights in- designed for shallow draft and brown water applications. clude a purpose-built, RINA-classed, DP-2 monohull Thrustmaster’s product line includes heavy-duty commer- shallow dive support vessel (SDSV) that was recently de- cial marine propulsion and thrusters including waterjets, livered for service in Brazilian offshore waters. The vessel propulsion out drive units for barges, through-hull azi- was designed by Incat Crowther in collaboration with the muthing propulsion in the form of Z and L drives, retract- vessel’s builder, SeaSafe Barcos Manufacturados S.A. in able thrusters, transverse tunnel thrusters, and the patent-

Angra dos Reis, Brazil for Sistac Sistemas De Acesso S.A. ed Portable Dynamic Positioning System.

The Sistac Victoria’s aft working deck includes integrated winches for ROV and dive bell launching and retrieving

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