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Bender Delivers Tour Boat 'Amarya' To Nigerian Government

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co., Inc., of Mobile, Ala., recently delivered the 78-foot tour boat

Amarya to the Government of Ni- geria.

The vessel will be operated as a

V.I.P. harbor tour boat by the Fed- eral Ministry of Transportation, with her home port being Lagos.

Thoroughly modern in her pro- pulsion and electronics, she carries a complement of four crew with berths, and seats up to 30 guests in comfort and style. Throughout the interior a complex closed circuit television system provides security for the Minister and guests.

The focal point of the interior is the spacious lounge which features a hand-painted mural depicting some

AMARYA

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Propulsion engines . .(2) Detroit Diesel

Auxiliary engines . . .(2) Detroit Diesel

Propellers .... Nibral

Reduction gear . . Twin Disc

Engine controls . . . .Schrader Bellows

Steering . Activation Marine

Coatings International Paints

Compass Sperry

Gyrocompass . . Sperry

Autopilot Sperry

SSB radio .... Stephens

VHF Raytheon

Depth sounders Furuno

Direction finders . Furuno

Closed-circuit TV . RCA

Alarm panel . . . Hendrick

Telephone system . Superswitch SX-10 of the rich history and art of Ni- gerian culture.

The Amarya has an overall length of 78 feet, beam of 22 feet 6 inches, depth of 10 feet and a draft of 6 feet.

Her cruising speed is 12 knots with a maximum speed of 14 knots.

Brown Promoted To

Jahre Headquarters

In Sandefjord, Norway

Robert E. Brown, formerly chartering manager of Jahre Ship- ping U.S.A., Inc. of Houston, has been transferred within the compa- ny to corporate headquarters in

Sandefjord, Norway.

Mr. Brown will continue to be involved in the chartering area; his responsibilities, however, will be- come more global. He will strength- en Anders Jahre's chartering opera- tions through his experience in the areas of tankers and OBOs. A grad- uate of Mississippi State University, he worked with Shell before joining

Jahre in January 1984.

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