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New Satellite Communications

System From Comsat Selected

For Blue Riband Competition

Comsat Technology Products, Inc. recently announced that its MCS-9120 Satellite Commu- nications Terminal has been selected for use aboard the Gentry/Continental's Proud Bird— the U.S. competitor in the upcoming challenge for the Blue Riband of the Atlantic.

This will be the first time a maritime satellite communications terminal (Satcom) has been used at continuous high-speeds (averaging 45 knots per hour), as the Gentry/Continental's

Proud Bird attempts to break the record for trans-Atlantic crossings. Throughout the run- ning, the MSC-9120 will provide voice telex and fax transmissions enabling the crew to keep abreast of weather updates and progress re- ports.

Comsat's MCS-9120 is one of the smallest, lightest, maritime satellite communications ter- minals available. It provides instantaneous, pri- vate, direct-dial, voice, data, facsimile, and telex communications through the worldwide Inmar- sat satellite network.

Inmarsat is an international cooperative com- prised of approximately 50 member countries that oversees operation of its global satellite sys- tem. All communication to and from the Satcom passes through a designated Inmarsat satellite and Coast Earth Station which provides access to the international Telex and Telephone net- works.

The MCS-9120 is a third generation marine satellite communications (Satcom) system.

Comsat developed and introduced the first Sat- com to the marine community more than 12 years ago. Comsat Technology Products, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Comsat Corpo- ration.

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Samson Sold To Management

Group—Will Focus On Expanding

Use Of High Performance Ropes

Enserch Corporation of Dallas, Texas, has sold its wholly owned subsidiary, Samson Ocean

Systems, Inc., to the company's management group of Stephen Swiackey, president and chief operating officer; Charles E. Smith, vice president of sales and marketing; and Daniel

Dally, vice president of finance. This group represents 35 years of combined service in the cordage industry, and has been in position for three years.

The offshore energy business of Samson, located in Coatbridge, Scotland, was recently sold to Bridon Fibres PLC of England. The off- shore operation designed and manufactured fi- ber rope mooring systems for the offshore load- ing of oil tankers.

According to president Swiackey, Samson will now concentrate its engineering, manufac- turing and sales on expanding the high perform- ance cordage and rope markets it has developed and served in the U.S. and Canada, including

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Seaward International Delivers 34 Sea Guard Marine Fenders

To U.S. Naval Station In Florida

Seaward International, Inc., Clearbrook, Va., recently announced that it has completed the manufacture, testing and delivery of thirty-four 7-foot-diameter by 14-foot-long Sea Guard® ma- rine fenders for installation at the U.S. Naval

Station in Mayport, Fla.

In 1982, Seaward supplied the base with twen- ty 6- by 12-foot Sea Guard fenders for use in protecting the relatively thin-skinned hulls of the new FFG-class ships being homeported at

Mayport. These original fenders provided out- standing performance. As a result, the naval sta- tion has systematically been upgrading the fen- dering at all of its piers and wharves with foam- filled tendering. The recent order brings the total number of Seaward fenders at the base to over 130 fenders.

In late 1987, Ed Waters & Sons Contracting

Co., Inc., a Jacksonville, Fla.-based marine con- struction company, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Navy for the removal and replacement of the existing fender system at four berths on

Pier D located at the Mayport Naval Station.

Seaward delivered the 34 large fenders within 90 days after the contract award, and the project was completed in less than one-half the allo- cated contract time. All normal daily port opera- tions were conducted without disruption.

The Sea Guard fenders supplied for this proj- ect were manufactured by Seaward Internation- al to the U.S. Navy specifications which were developed largely based on the design and per- formance of the standard Sea Guard marine fen- der product line. Seaward manufactures and supplies a wide range of marine fenders and flo- tation equipment to the Navy and commercial marine industries.

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Woods Hole To Award Contract

On Competitive Bid Basis

To Pre-Qualified Contractors

The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is planning the overhaul and refit of two oceano- graphic research vessels, the Melville and the

Knorr. The scope of work includes lengthening, repowering, propulsion replacement, and gener- al overhaul commencing on or about November 1988 for the first ship and July 1989 for the sec- ond ship. The ships presently have a length between perpendiculars of 220 feet, 46-foot beam, 16-foot draft, and are of 2,200 long tons displacement. Work is to be done by a qualified shipyard in the contiguous U.S.

An award will be on a competitive bid basis to pre-qualified contractors. Shipyards desiring to qualify should address letters of interest to: Pur- chasing Manager, Woods Hole Oceanographic

Institution, Woods Hole, Mass. 02543, phone (617) 538-1400, telex 951679.

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