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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

Texas Marine & Industrial Supply Co

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FRANCE—Dunkirk

M & R. Dekytspotter & Sons — Marseilles

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HOLLAND —Rotterdam

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HONG KONG — Kowloon

Marine Supply Company

ITALY —Genova

Coger S.A.S.

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Inouye & Company. Ltd.

MALAYA—Singapore

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NORWAY—Stabekk

Norus-Morch A/S

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

BEFORE

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Tail Shafts Frozen Pipes, etc.

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