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$180-Million Satellite
Communications System
Approved By INMARSAT
Future prospects for communi- cations in the international mar- itime community, including the offshore industry, are now as- sured as a result of a $180-mil- lion decision made by the Inter- national Maritime Satellite Orga- nization (INMARSAT) in London recently.
This key decision involves the lease of new satellites to meet the growing international tele- communications needs of the world's shipping and offshore in- dustry and the requirements of safety of life at sea during the 1980s. It means that the mari- time community can count on the availability of efficient and im- mediate satellite communication means on a worldwide basis, throughout the decade.
At the Sixth Session of the
Council of INMARSAT, the deci- sion was taken to proceed with a network of satellites involving contracts to three major suppliers worth $180 million over the pe- riod 1982-89. These suppliers are the European Space Agency, based in Paris; INTELSAT, and
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ALABAMA—Mobile
Kamil Ship Supply
CALIFORNIA—San Francisco
Cordes Bros. —Wilmington
J.M. Costello Supply Co., Inc.
FLORIDA—Tampa
Bonanni Ship Supply, Inc. — Miami
Ocean Ship Supply —Jacksonville
Weedon Engineering Co.
GEORGIA—Savannah
Southern Marine Supply Co., Inc.
LOUISIANA—New Orleans
Marine Sales, Inc.
MAINE-Portland
Chase Leavitt & Co.. Inc.
MARYLAND—Baltimore
Tate Engineering, Inc.
MASSACHUSETTS— Boston
Klausen Gestby Co.
NEW JERSEY—Linden
Beacon Packing & Equipment Co., Ltd.
OREGON—Portland
American Pacific Corporation
PENNSYLVANIA—Philadelphia
Philadelphia Ship Maintenance Co., Inc.
SOUTH CAROLINA—Charleston
Southeastern Supply Co., Inc.
TEXAS—Corpus Christ!
Gunderland Marine Supply, Inc. — Houston
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FRANCE—Dunkirk
M & R. Dekytspotter & Sons — Marseilles
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HOLLAND —Rotterdam
Van Lessen & Punt N V
HONG KONG — Kowloon
Marine Supply Company
ITALY —Genova
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MALAYA—Singapore
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NORWAY—Stabekk
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PORTUGAL-Lisboa
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SOUTH AFRICA—Durban
James Brown & Hamer. Ltd. — Woodstock. Capetown
Globe Engineering Works, Ltd.
SPAIN —Cadiz
Consulmar — Bilbao
Indame, S.A.
THAILAND —Bangkok
Kiart Hiran Engineering Ltd., Partnership
VIRGIN ISLANDS—St. Croix
Virgin Islands Marketing Corporation
WEST GERMANY-Hamburg
Van Lessen & Punt Gmbh
WEST INDIES—Trinidad
R. Landry & Company. Ltd.
Write 208B on Reader Service Card the COMSAT General Corpora- tion, both based in Washington,
O.C.
The system authorized for lease by INMARSAT comprises two dedicated European Space
Agency satellites, MARECS A and MARECS B, as well as three
INTELSAT V satellites with Mar- itime Communication Subsystem packages and one MARISAT sat- ellite of COMSAT General Cor- poration.
This momentous decision by the INMARSAT Council will not only ensure global coverage of the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian
Ocean areas, but also provide a follow-on system to the COMSAT
General Corporation's MARISAT system. The transition from the
MARISAT system to the INMAR-
SAT system is expected to occur in the early 1982 time frame, so as to ensure the continuity of service to the present MARISAT user community.
Twin City Barge Moves
To New Corporate
Headquarters Building
Twin City Barge & Towing Co.,
St. Paul, Minn., has moved into its new corporate headquarters building at 222 West Grand Ave- nue in South St. Paul. Costing almost $1 million, the structure consists of two floors, providing 18,900 square feet of space. Its eastern facade offers a command- ing view of the Mississippi River.
TCB's offices had been located on St. Paul Port Authority prop- erty in the Red Rock Industrial
Park and in the Drovers Bank
Building in South St. Paul. The company's present office building in Red Rock Industrial Park will be remodeled to accommodate
TCB's data processing center.
New Brochure On VHF/UHF
Radios Available From
RF Communications
Harris Corporation, RF Com- munications Division, Rochester,
N.Y., announces the availability of a new brochure describing the firm's VHF and UHF worldwide short range radio communica- tions product line. The feature product of this brochure is the new Alpha 2000 Series mobile telephone. This 128-channel syn- thesized radio, combined with the
Alpha 40 control unit with its op- tions and accessories, make Alpha
Series an essential communica- tions tool for the professional communicator.
Harris's digital paging systems, two-way radios, base stations, re- peaters, and hand-held Porta -
Phones are also presented in this brochure. Other Harris products include the digitally encrypted voice radio line which provides security in communications.
For a free copy of the new
Harris brochure,
Write 61 on Reader Service Card
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