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Tidewater Marine Adds

Two MarAd Vessels

To Worldwide Fleet

Tidewater Inc.'s marine division,

Tidewater Marine Service, has ac- quired two 185-foot, 3,000-hp tow- ing-supply vessels from the Mari- time Administration at an aggregate cost of approximately $2.3 million.

Tidewater Marine has purchased 19 vessels over the past 10 months and currently owns a worldwide fleet of 264.

Tidewater Inc. has been in off- shore service since 1956 and owns and operates one of the largest fleets of vessels supporting the interna- tional offshore oil and gas industry.

Congress Passes Water

Resources Development

Act Of 1988

Robert W. Page, Assistant Sec- retary of the Army for Civil Works, recently announced that Congress has passed the Water Resources De- velopment Act of 1988 which autho- rizes 16 new projects for the Army

Corps of Engineers at a total cost of $1.6 billion. The bill's 16 new con- struction projects require non-Fed- eral cost-sharing of over $600 mil- lion.

Esso Canada Installs

MMS System Aboard

Tanker, Imperial St. Clair

Marine Management Systems (MMS) was recently awarded a con- tract by Esso Petroleum Canada to implement their PC-based Spare

Parts Inventory Management (SPIM) system aboard the coastal tanker Imperial St. Clair, according to an announcement made by MMS vice president Don Logan. The implementation for the Imperial St.

Clair is the first of three shipboard

SPIM systems planned by Esso.

Full system software, training, in- stallation and ongoing support for the project will be handled by

MMS' technical staff in Stamford,

Conn. MMS has been providing computerized management infor- mation systems for the shipping in- dustry since 1969.

For more information and free lit- erature from MMS,

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Northwest Marine Services

Named Distributor

Of Hamilton Marine Jets

Northwest Marine Services, Tuk- wila, Wash., recently announced the availability of Hamilton Marine Jet

Propulsion units having horsepower requirements ranging from 50 hp up to 1,600 hp. A marine sales, engi- neering and service corporation,

Northwest Marine Services is the

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Hamilton Jet distributor for com- mercial and pleasure boating for the states of Oregon, Idaho, Washing- ton, Alaska and, on a non-exclusive basis, California.

The Hamilton Jet is powered by a conventional inboard engine. The pump draws water through a screened duct in the bottom of the hull and discharges it, under pres- sure, through a nozzle mounted in the transom. A deflector directs the flow of water for control in forward, neutral and reverse positions, while the nozzle controls the water jet for precision steering, even at "zero speed." Power braking is achieved by redirecting the water flow, pro- ducing no stress on machinery. In an emergency under full power, the unit's reverse bucket can be lowered to serve as a reverse thrust baffle for power braking.

The Hamilton Jet requires very little maintenance and simplifies basic servicing: no special tools are required to service the jet and only one point of the unit needs lubrica- tion every 50 hours. These energy- efficient jets have been chosen for slow speed propulsion in up to 80- ton vessels and for high-speed pro- pulsion in up to 40-ton passenger, fishing and patrol vessels.

Northwest Marine Services also specializes in a variety of products related to the propulsion, maneu- vering and control of ship and off- shore structures. For more informa- tion and free literature,

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