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Core consists of closed-cell, resilient, energy absorbing foam, covered with a protective, seamless polyurethane elastomer skin. Will not mark or scratch vessel hulls

Easy to install with very little maintenance.

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Tel: 310-532-3662 • Fax:310-532-9884 ard audits, the ny will be rec- nded by DNV for f and ironmental ction (SEP) certi- jn. [ Delivers LNG •ier nan Sendai, the id small LNG car- built by NKK

D. for Asia LNG isport Sdn. Bhd.

D of Malaysia, has .1 delivered. NKK ounced that it has jived a third order a similar vessel, j ship has a low- aperature mem- tne cargo contain- nt technology built

NKK, based on technology licensed from a French energy company.

The 426.5 x 84.3 x 54.4-ft. (130 x 25.7 x 16.6-m) vessel will be used to transport LNG from Malaysian gas fields to Japan.

Maritime

Academy Orders

Simulator

Advanced Marine

Enterprises, Inc. of

Arlington, Va., will deliver a full-mission ship bridge simulator to the Massachusetts

Maritime Academy.

The simulator will be used to train cadets, professional mariners, pilots and docking masters in ship han- dling, navigation and other bridge crew duties on commercial vessels.

The unit will include seven chan- nels of visual scene display, creating a 225-degree field of view.

Image generation will be delivered by two Silicon Graphics

Inc. Onyx I-Station workstations. The bridge mockup will feature equipment from Sperry, Raytheon and Buffalo Computer

Graphics.

The simulator will be delivered next

January, with opera- tions commencing the following month.

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FDR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

DIRECTOR OF MARKETING, NAVAL SYSTEMS DIVISION.

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