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Get Rid Of Steel Face Wires For Good!

Since the late 1980's we have pioneered the use of these high strength ropes on the river. Today they are widely used and accepted as an integral part of safety programs, reducing the risks and injuries associated with using and handling wire rope.

Shaver Transportation "Deschutes" pushing grain barges on the Columbia

River using 1-1/4" diameter Mooring

Master™ D-7. Photo by Hugh Ackroyd.

Contact us for a copy of our "Inland River Guide."

APPLICATIONS: • Face and Wing Wires

BENEFITS: • 85% lighter than wire rope of the same diameter with equal or greater strength • Flexible and lightweight (floats) • Fewer crew needed for line handling duties • Reduced risk of accident or injury

AmSteel® is a twelve-strand braid having similar strength to wire rope in the same diameter and is identified by its steel grey color.

AmSteel®-Blue is also a twelve-strand braid but has approximately 45% higher strength and better abrasion resistance than AmSteel®. Identified by its distinctive blue colon

Mooring Master™ D-7 is a unique construction with seven load-bearing braided cores with a protective jacket of braided nylon.

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THE ELECTRONIC CHART STANDARD

PCCI Awarded Contract

From Qatar Liquefied Gas

Company

PCCI, Inc. was awarded a con- tract by the Qatar Liquefied Gas

Company Limited to develop an integrated Emergency Response

Plan covering its shipping emer- gency response requirements at

Ras Laffan — including the port,

LNG loading and LNG plant — at sea, and for delivery of its LNG cargo in Japan.

The work includes preparation

Circle 384 on Reader Service Card

Clyde & Co. Opens Piraeus

Law Office

British law group Clyde & Co., which specializes in transport, trade and insurance law, has opened an office in Piraeus.

The company said the office, its 10th worldwide, will be able to give an on-the-spot service to its ship- ping clients in Greece and the east- ern Mediterranean area. 'act, all five of the ship's tunnel trusters were dismantled for .nspection, and were re-assembled [With new seals and gaskets, under

Supervision of Kamewa. ! Late last year, the Pascagoula yard was the winner of a major commercial contract, as it was the winning bidder to build a series of next-generation deepwater | Offshore Supply Vessels (OSVs) in [lengths of 240-ft. (73.2-m) and 190-

I ft. hull lengths for Edison Chouest.

I Currently, Ingalls has contracts

I with Edison Chouest valued at $152 million for 38 vessels.

Circle 104 on Reader Service Card of the Emergency Response Plan, and participation in a Table Top

Exercise to test the plan in Qatar and Japan. Lessons learned from the exercise will be incorporated into the plan. 88B Circle 365 on Reader Service Card