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mm boats, it has been equally successful serving other market niches, including the construction of advanced pilot boats.

The shipyard earlier this year com- pleted its contract for two new pilot ves- sels for the San Francisco Bar Pilots with the delivery of the 104-ft. (31.7 m)

California, sistership to San Francisco.

The boats are outfitted with the latest in electronic navigation aids and are designed to transfer pilots safely to and from ships entering or leaving San

Francisco Bay.

The San Francisco Bar Pilots must

ZF MARINE INDUSTRIES

SEE US AT WORKBOAT BOOTH #1135 3131 SW 42nd Street, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33310

T: 954-581-4040 [email protected], www.zf-marine.com

ZF Marine, the world's largest manufacturer of marine trans- missions, offers complete propulsion systems, including the new ZF Mathers CruiseComand, a plug 'n play control sys- tem for vessels with electronic engines and solenoid gears, and the ZF Mathers MicroCommander, MasterCommand,

ClearCommand, and pneumatic control systems.

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MAN B&W DIESEL INC.

SEE US AT WORKBOAT BOOTH #1713 17 State St., 18th Fl., New York, NY 10004

T: 212-269-0980 F: 212-363-2469

[email protected], www.manbw.dk,www.manbw.de

Man B&W Diesel, Inc. markets and services diesel engines and related products manufactured by the MAN B&W Diesel

Group. The groups parent company, MAN B&W Diesel AG is the leading supplier of large diesel engines for marine propulsion and power plants.

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SHERWIN WILLIAMS

SEE US AT WORKBOAT BOOTH #563 2004 Durham St., Tampa, FL 33605,

T: 813-382-7400; F: 352-686-7818 [email protected], www.sherwinwilliams.com

Seaguard Marine Paints and Coatings is a business segment within the Industrial and Marine Organization of the Sher- win Williams Company. Our business focuses on Govern- ment, which includes the Navy, Coast Guard, Army, Marines and Air Force plus Commercial Marine, Off Shore, Cruises

Vessels and export. We have dedicated marine stores, which carry a complete line of paints, coatings, and related products for the marine industry.

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MMC INTERNATIONAL CORP.

SEE US AT WORKBOAT BOOTH #1624 60 Inip Drive, Inwood, NY 11096

T: 516-239-7339 F 516-371-3134 il.com, www.mmcintl.com

MMC Int'l will be exhibiting its line of portable gauging and sampling equipment for restricted and closed gauging appli- cations, vapor control valves, liquid level alarm systems, CL

Couplings for flange to flange connections and other associ- ated marine products.

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Captain Peter Mclsaac, president of

San Francisco Bar Pilots, speaking prior to the delivery of California. "The

Marco design has met our expectations, and brings a new level of performance to the Bay." California — on her main deck — features a comfortable day room/lounge area with large windows, an entertainment and information center and a full galley. The raised pilothouse forward is designed to provide excellent visibility over pilot transfer operations on both the port and starboard sides, as well as good visibility up the sides of the vessel being serviced. Comfort and safety is enhanced by a large roll stabi- lization tank located below the pilot-

Progress creates success.

Leading technology from Liebherr.

LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH

P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing

Tel. +43 5525 - 606 - 280

Fax. +43 5525 - 606 - 448 deck. crane@lwn. liebherr. com www.liebherr.com

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