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Foam Filled Marine

Fenders

Marine Guard "

The Ultimate

Protector for Ships,

Harbor Craft,

Wharves & Piers. • Construction complies with United States

Navy and Coast Guard Specifications. • Core consists of closed-cell, resilient, energy absorbing foam, covered with a protective, seamless polyurethane elastomer skin. Filament nylon tire cord reinforcement is continously wound in the skin for added strength and durability. Will not mark or scratch vessel hulls. • Constructed with integral swivel end fittings, internally connected with a heavy duty chain. • Easy to install with very little maintenance. • Light weight and extremely buoyant with a lower reaction force than either hard rubber or pneumatic fenders. (Almost 40% higher energy absorption than pneumatic fenders.)

URETHANE PRODUCTS CORPORATION (800) 913-0062 17007 South Broadway, Gardena

CA 90248, U.S.A.

Tel (310) 532-3662 • Fax (310) 532-9884

Stocking Distributors:

Waterman Supply Company 910 Mahar, Wilmington, CA 90744, U.S.A. 1-800-322-3131

Tel (310) 522-9698 • Fax (310) 522-1043

Anchor Marine &

Industrial Supply, Inc. 6545 Lindbergh, Houston, TX 77087, U.S.A. 1-800-233-8014

Tel (713) 644-1183 • Fax (713) 644-1185

Samsung Signs Contract

With Minoan

Samsung Heavy Industries signed a shipbuilding contract for two 1,000 passenger/car ferries with Minoan Lines Shipping of

Greece in mid November. The con- tract has an option for two further vessels.

The 28,000 gt vessels, priced at $75 million each, are 695 x 92 ft. (212 x 28m) and can cruise at a top speed of 31 knots. The vessels are due for delivery in February 2001 and July 2001, and will be deployed in the route between

Greece and Italy.

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Jotron Electronics Takes

Over Unicom

Jotron Electronics A.S. has taken over all patents, certificates and product rights including regis- tered trade names and all stock value regarding the company

Unicom which went bankrupt in

July. Unicom produced and distrib- uted the HeadCom radiocommuni- cation system and headsets for use in noisy environments. Jotron has started performing service and repairs on the HeadCom equip- ment. The production of a selection of the HeadCom products is sched- uled to begin before the year's end.

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Friede Goldman Wins Rig

Outfitting Contract

Friede Goldman International (FGI) has announced that Friede

Goldman Offshore - West, formerly

HAM Marine, Inc. will complete the final outfitting and commis- sioning of the rig Noble Paul Wolfe.

The project is the sixth EVA-4000 project under contract to FGI from

Houston based Noble Drilling

Corp. EVA-4000 projects consist of converting a submersible rig into a semi-submersible rig capable of deep water drilling.

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Austal Ships Wins

BornholmsTrafikken Tender

Austal Ships has won the inter- national tender to supply a 282 ft. (86 m) gas turbine powered vehi- cle-passenger catamaran for bare- boat charter to the Danish govern- ment-operated

BornholmsTrafikken. The Austal

Auto Express 86 is scheduled to

January, 1999 depart Australia in November 1999 and will commence operation in

December 1999 in the Baltic between Ronne on the Danish island of Bornholm and Ystad in the south east of Sweden.

The catamaran will have a 500 dwt capacity, 100 tons greater than current Auto Express 86 produc- tion, which enables a full payload of 144 cars to be carried in addition to 10 heavy vehicles of up to 20 tons each. "With a full load maximum speed in excess of 50 knots, it will be the fastest vehicle-passenger ferry in the world with the ability to carry in excess of 100 cars. The ferry will have the capacity to carry 1,000 passengers and 186 cars and will operate at a service speed of around 40 knots to com- fortably achieve the scheduled crossing time of 65 minutes," said

Chris Norman, marketing direc- tor for Austal Ships.

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