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Derecktor Yard Lays

Keel For USCG Cutter

The keel for the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Thetis (WMEC-910) was laid recently at the Robert E. Derecktor shipyard in Middletown, R.I. She is the sixth vessel in a series of nine 270-foot, medium-endurance cut- ters being constructed at the Der- ecktor facility. Powered by twin 3,600-bhp ALCO diesel engines driving Escher-Wyss controllable- pitch propellers through English

Electric reduction gears, the new cutters are designed for multi-mis- sion duties including search rescue, law enforcement, marine environ- mental protection, and military pre- paredness. The vessels will be fitted with sensors to detect, identify, and track vessels at long range, and will have helicopter decks to increase their range and versatility.

SOFEC Awarded Contract

To Build SALM Oil Import

Terminal In Japan

SOFEC, Inc. of Houston, together with partner Mitsui Ocean Develop- ment and Engineering Company (MODEC), has been awarded a con- tract to design, construct, and in- stall a SALM (Single Anchor Leg

Mooring) oil import terminal near

Fukui, Japan. The unit will be in- stalled in water 150 feet deep, and will be designed to accommodate tankers of up to 300,000 dwt. Com- pletion is scheduled for May 1986.

This facility will be similar to a

SALM that was designed, built, and installed by SOFEC/MODEC at

Mutsu-Ogawara, Japan, in the sum- mer of 1983.

For further information on SO-

FEC's Single Anchor Leg Mooring oil import terminal,

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NSF Offers Literature

Describing Its Activities

And Testing Programs

The National Sanitation Founda- tion (NSF), Ann Arbor, Mich., an independent nonprofit organization of scientists, engineers, technicians, educators, and analysts serving gov- ernment, industry, and consumers in achieving solutions to problems relating to public health and the environment, has made available a 16-page pamplet titled "Facts

About NSF."

Illustrated with black-and-white photographs and drawings, the pub- lication answers questions common- ly raised about NSF, and serves to provide a ready reference to anyone concerned or interested in NSF and its many and varied activities. It also provides an insight into the phi- losphy and methodology of the

Foundation, along with a review of current programs and activities.

For further information and a free copy of "Facts About NSF,"

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October 1, 1984

MMS (UK) Ltd. Appoints

John Gregory As

Managing Director

Marine Management Systems (UK) Ltd. has named John D.

Gregory as managing director.

Prior to joining Marine Manage- ment Systems, Mr. Gregory was a director of Turnkey and Applied

Computer Systems, Ltd. Where he was responsible for development and marketing of shipping systems for marine and air transportation.

MMS (UK) Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marine Man- agement Systems, Inc. in the United

States, and also acts as the London arm of Maritime Data Network (MARDATA), a partnership includ- ing MMS, Lloyd's Register of ship- ping and Lloyd's of London Press.

Marine Management Systems is a leading supplier of computerized in- formation systems for the interna- tional maritime community, provid- ing both shipboard and shoreside computer systems. MARDATA is an online database service providing worldwide access to essential ship- ping information via international communications networks.

In London, MMS (UK) offices are located at 26/30 Artillery Lane,

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