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Japan Radio Offers New

Literature On Products—

GSC-80 ODARS And

JLR-4000 GPS Navigator

Japan Radio Company, Ltd. (JRC) recently introduced two new products—the JLR-4000 Global Po- sitioning System (GPS) Navigator and the GSC-80 On-Board Data Au- tomatic Recording System (ODARS).

The GPS NAVSTAR system with timing and ranging is a completely new system that will eventually use 18 satellites to pinpoint a ship's position and speed anywhere in the world with great accuracy. The sys- tem can now use seven satellites now in orbit, allowing measurement of positions for about three to five hours a day. Twenty-four-hour ser- vice will be available in about 1987.

The JLR-4000 navigator is said to be one of the most compact and lightweight units in the world, with a unique time-sharing feature. As the GPS navigator receives signals from four satellites to measure a position, four or five receiving chan- nels would normally be required.

However, the time-sharing system developed by JRC permits the re- ceiver to receive the signals from all four satellites on a single channel for instant position fixing. The GPS receiver determines not only lati- tude, longitude, speed, and bear- ing—the basic functions—but it can also indicate such navigational data in memory as destination, bearing and distance to destination, re- quired time to it, off-course alarm, etc.

Many optional units, such as a color plotter for color track display, a hard-copy printer for printouts of various data, and a remote display unit for displaying navigational data in a second location can be connect- ed to the GPS navigator.

The GSC-80 ODARS has been developed to meet demands for au- tomated data communications through the INMARSAT from ship to shore. It is an automatic data reporting system to collect various types of onboard information and to automatically transmit the newest data to the shipowner's office ashore via the INMARSAT telex link.

The system consists of a multi- data interface and a telex channel interface that are connected to an existing or new INMARSAT ship earth station. The GSC-80 can transmit data to shore using three modes—fully automatic, semiauto- matic, and manual. The onboard data received at the shore office is analyzed and processed to send a relevant sailing plan back to the ship.

For free literature describing both new products,

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Fincantieri Awarded

Orders For Seven Ships

The Italian State shipbuilder Fin-

March, 1986 cantieri recently garnered three contracts for a total of seven sophis- ticated vessels. These high-value ships account for the greater part of a shipbuilding package awarded to the company since Christmas val- ued at some $600 million.

Fincantieri's Monfalcone and

Venice yards will build two 1,500- 1,800 passenger cruise ships for Sit- mar Line of Monte Carlo. They will be used in the Caribbean area. De- livery is scheduled by the end of 1988.

Two large passenger/cargo ferries were ordered by the Grimaldi Group of Genoa. Each will have a capacity of 2,400 European-sized cars, or a combination of up to 800 trucks or containers. To be built at the Na- ples yard, the 593.8-foot vessels will be powered by GMT/Sulzer diesel engines and have a service speed of 18 knots.

The third contract was for three highly automated 137,000-dwt col- liers to be operated by Grimaldi and two other Italian owners—Bulkital- ia and Ferruzzi of Ravenna—under long-term charter to the Italian

State electric power company,

ENEL. The first is scheduled for delivery in early 1987, and the sec- ond and third at the beginning and end of 1988.

BRAND-NEW 8 SECONDHAND

DIESEL ENGINE AND GENERATORS

Several sizes available

Large stock for marine equipments

Call to DAITO for any marine equipments

EMERGENCY SUPPLY FOR ALL OVER THE WORLD

DAITO ENGINEERING CO., LTD. 10-23, Kawaguchi 3-chome, Nishi-ku, Osaka, Japan.

TEL : Osaka (06) 581 -5155 FAX : Osaka (06) 581 -9014

Telex : 5256479 DAITO J

DAIHATSU DIESEL BRAND-NEW

Model 6PSHT-26H 660BHP 720RPM 260X 320mm Air Star!

MITSUBISHI GENERATOR

Model CFC-DP AC450V 550KVA 60Hz

SECONDHAND

DAIHATSU 6PSHTc 20 465BHP 900RPM TOSHIBA 310KW AC450V

YANMAR DIESEL BRAND-NEW

Model 6MAL-HTS 530BHP 900RPM 200X240mm Air Start

MITSUBISHI GENERATOR

Model CFC-SAS AC450V 450KVA 60Hz 3ji

YANMAR DIESEL BRAND-NEW

Model 6RAL-T 300BHP I200RPM 170X205mm Air Start

SHINKO GENERATOR

Model TVKI-AJ-680 AC445V 250KVA 60Hz 3*

YANMAR 12MLT 600BHP 720RPM MITSUBISHI 500KVA AC230V

DAIHATSU 8PSHTc"26D 1120BHP 720RPM NISHISHIBA 875KVA AC450V NIIGATA 6L25BX 1100BHP 720RPM FUJI 900KVA AC450V

YANMAR T260L-ST 1400BHP 720RPM TAIYO 1125KVA AC450V DAIHATSU 6VSHT"26D 1300BHP 720RPM NISHISHIBA 1000KVA AC450V

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INDUSTRIAL

INTERCOMS

FOR MARINE

COMMUNICATIONS

Designed originally to provide U.S. industry with intercoms which would deliver clear, dependable voice communication under the most severe operating conditions, ADCO units have earned wide acceptance in many segments of the marine industry.

Typical installations are aboard ship—bridge to deck or engine room, control center to diving bell—on offshore oil platforms—and throughout repair yards, dry docks, piers and storage areas.

What makes ADCO intercoms different is their ability to perform efficiently regardless of high ambient noise, weather or temperature extremes. Their heavy-duty cast aluminum cases are built to withstand rough usage—and are both weather and corrosion-proof.

Since each unit is a self-contained station which receives, amplifies and transmits the signal, intercom systems can include many stations over very long distances. Installation is simple and practical: each unit plugs into a nearby AC or DC power source, then is connected by ordinary low voltage 2-wire cable.

Phone or write for bulletin outlining complete range of models available.

A Division of Guy F. Atkinson Company

Section 6

DYNAMICS 10 West Orange Avenue winnmiwu South San Francisco, CA 94080

Phone (415) 583-9845

ATKINSON

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STEP UP WITH WESTPORT

Westport is stepping up—with a new, adjustable mold that will produce fiberglass hulls to 120 feet. Westship's fine tour, pas- senger, and pleasure boats, to 92 feet and 149 passengers, serve from Catalina Island (Avalon and Catalina Express) to the spectacular Glacier Bay in Alaska (Glacier Spirit). Now we're stepping up to even larger, fuel-efficient hulls with all the well-known advantages of fiberglass construction. We operate a friendly, efficient yard, whose prices, you'll find, are a pleas- ant surprise. Make sure you discuss your project with Randy or Rick Rust before you make your final decision on your next boat. We know you'll be pleased to step up with us.

Westport Shipyard, Inc.

P.O. Box 308

Westport, WA 98595 (206) 268-0117