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Megasystems To Supply

Monitoring Equipment For 8 Oceangoing Tugs

Megasystems, Inc., manufac- turers and designers of marine instrumentation and control sys- tems, has been selected to pro- vide the ABS ACCU monitoring and generator controls for eight oceangoing tractor tugs to be built by Omni Fabricators of Port

It's the most advanced microproces- sor controlled radar system available.

Featuring a brilliant 16" daylight dis plav screen that's easily seen even without a viewing hood; from a sit- ting or standing position, without tilting

Presenting a realistic picture at 8 brightness levels, the 8500 displays all important data on one screen

There's no need to transfer informa- tion from one screen to another No loss of ARPA information when

Brownsville, Texas. The tugboats will be owned and operated by

Faustug of California.

The first two vessels will be equipped with twin EMD power plants and will be fitted with

Nigata Z-pellers. The remaining six in the series will be equipped with B&W heavy fuel burning engines.

The Megasystems' equipment will feature LED digital displays driven by a marine-proven micro- changing ranges, either

And that's not all! This system is so sophisticated that data processing relieves the operator of routine tar get tracking, displays the target route and gives a direct indication of courses, speeds, CPA. TCA. bearings and target ranges so they can all be read off simultaneously

Capable of tracking up to 42 targets and displaying 20 automatically, the 8500 A/CAS also features log or Dop pier log speed input capability and processor. "This will allow a na- tural expansion in the future to add automatic data-logging, addi- tional monitoring parameters or remote units. Special engine di- agnostics could also be incor- porated when the customer is ready," said C. Tsipouras, vice president of Megasystems.

These units mark the intro- duction of Megasystems into the small boat market. The company has primarily been engaged in tne fully automated Atlas Collision

Avoidance System it's simple to operate, simple to self diagnose possible faults. Even sim pier to service, thanks to our own 16 major service depots, over 450 ser- vice agents in key locations through out the world, and the reliability built in to every rugged Atlas 8500.

To find out more about the 8500

A/CAS with ARPA, and our two other models: the 8500 AC/RM and the 8500

AC/TM, just write for information. fitting systems on larger ocean- going vessels since 1975.

Companies interested in learn- ing about Megasystems' state-of- the-art monitoring and control systems are invited to request a free copy of a technical paper entitled: "The Benefits of Con- ditioned Monitored Maintenance

Using Seamatic II Systems."

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Southern Drilling Seeks

Title XI On Two Rigs

To Cost $55 Million Total

Southern Drilling Company, a subsidiary of Marine Drilling

Company, Corpus Christi, Texas, has applied to the Maritime Ad- ministration for a Title XI guar- antee to aid in financing the con- struction of two jackup drilling rigs. Being built by Bethlehem

Steel, Beaumont, Texas, the two rigs are scheduled for delivery in

September and November this year. They are intended for op- eration in the Gulf of Mexico.

The estimated cost of the two drilling rigs is $55,127,000. The requested guarantee is for $38,- 000,000, which is less than the 75 percent financing guarantee for which the rigs are eligible.

MarAd Study Predicts

Big Fuel Savings For

Sail Assisted Ships

Small- to medium-sized mer- chant ships fitted with sails to augment their propulsion plants can achieve substantial fuel sav- ings, and attain a competitive ad- vantage on certain trade routes.

This was a key finding of a 12- month study released recently by the Maritime Administration.

The study, "Wind Propulsion for Ships of the American Mer- chant Marine," was prepared by

Wind Ship Development Corpora- tion of Norwell, Mass., under a

MarAd contract. It was prompted by the escalation of ships' fuel prices, which have multiplied by 15-fold during the past decade and are now the largest compo- nent of a ship's operating costs.

Sail-assisted vessels in small to medium-size ranges—of 2,000 to 40,000-dwt cargo capacity— could achieve fuel savings of 15 to 25 percent compared with con- ventionally powered ships, ac- cording to the study. The type of sail found to have the greatest economic potential is the wing sail rig or rigid airfoil. Resem- bling rectangular aircraft wings placed in upright position on a ship's deck, the wing sails can be rotated 360 degrees to obtain the best wind angle, These air- foil sails would be made of metal rather than cloth, and their oper- ation could be automated and re- motely controlled.

Copies of the 278-page study are available through the Na- tional Technical Information

Service, 5285 Port Roval Road,

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