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Radio Holland's Datamation is a complete integrated ship management system. One navi- gator can control and operate all the nautical and technical equipment on board.

Radio Holland's Datamation:

A Complete Integrated

Ship Management System —Free Literature Available—

Radio Holland USA, Houston,

Texas, part of the Radio Holland

Group, offers a full package of ser- vice and support to the shipping industry. This also means that Ra- dio Holland helps to ensure optimal, efficient and safe navigation.

With the introduction of Datama- tion, an integrated management system, the Radio Holland Group has provided shipping with a bridge of the future.

From this fully integrated bridge, it is possible for one navigator to control and operate all the nautical and technical equipment on board.

The Datamation bridge interfaces various components used in naviga- tion, control and communication. In other words, Datamation is a total system enabling the navigator to interfere in the vital functions of all the navigation and engine room equipment on board. The navigator can operate the internal and exter- nal communication systems on board.

With dual construction, two navi- gators can, if desired, carry out the same activities on both sides of the ship's control module.

The Datamation system is pri- marily set up from the main groups, navigation, communication, engine room control and cargo and ballast control.

The system interfaces equipment of most leading manufacturers to form one whole entity.

In addition to the advantages of universal interfacing and man-pow- er savings, there are five aspects which deserve special attention: safety, flexibility, electronic chart, easy installation and the future.

The fact that all equipment on board required for safe voyage can be controlled from the integrated bridge certainly means increased safety on board. The navigator is now able to give his undivided at- tention to supervising and main- taining safety during the voyage.

In addition, since the system is

July, 1990 economically designed, there is less chance of physical fatigue for the navigator. Also, the introduction of an electronic chart or Anschutz au- tomatic chart plotter means that there is no time wasted at the chart table.

The Datamation system is flexi- ble because it can be assembled completely to the customer's re- quirements. Other key features in- clude built-in safety provisions for propulsion control, as well as the ability to carry out cargo and ballast control with the use of a PC.

A notable development is the electronic chart. The Radio Holland

Group has also been involved in the future alternative to conventional sea-charts, also known as the "elec- tronic chart display information system." In the near future, the electronic chart will completely re- place the conventional sea chart, according to Radio Holland.

The Datamation concept from

Radio Holland has in fact provided a bridge ready for the future. It pro- vides efficient ship management, which is becoming more and more valued by shipowners.

Furthermore, future require- ments, such as a black box, can be easily integrated into the Datama- tion bridge.

Besides its main headquarters in

Houston, Radio Holland USA has service and support depots located in Panama City and Ft. Lauderdale,

Fla., Norfolk, Va., Long Beach and

Oakland, Calif., Kenilworth, N.J.,

Seattle and Vancouver, Wash., Mo- bile, Ala., New Orleans, La. and

Corpus Christi, Texas. Additionally, the Radio Holland Group also has a member branch, Radio Holland

Canada, located in North Vancou- ver, British Columbia.

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McDermott Awarded $27-Million Exxon Contract

For Offshore Platform

McDermott Marine Construction, a major operating unit of McDer- mott International Inc., has been awarded a contract by Exxon Com- pany U.S.A. valued at approxi- mately $27 million. The contract calls for the fabrication and installa- tion of an 18-slot drilling/produc- tion platform for offshore Louisia- na. The platform, part of Exxon's

Alabaster development, will be in- stalled in the Gulf of Mexico in 468 feet of water. Completion of this work is scheduled for the fall of 1991.

The 4,650-ton jacket will be the first that McDermott Marine Con- struction will fabricate in its Harbor

Island Yard in Corpus Christi, Tex- as. Jacket components, piles and conductors will be fabricated at

McDermott's facility in Amelia, La., with actual assembly scheduled to begin at Harbor Island later this fall. The 1,850-ton deck and mod- ules will be constructed in McDer- mott's New Iberia, La., fabrication yard.

McDermott International, Inc., is a leading worldwide energy services company. The company and its sub- sidiaries manufacture steam-gener- ating equipment, defense products, and tubular products. They also provide engineering and construc- tion services for industrial and utili- ty facilities onshore, and the oil and gas industry offshore.

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NABRICO Delivers First

Of Five Chemical Barges

The Nashville Bridge Company (NABRICO), Nashville, Tenn., has delivered the first of five 30,000- barrel double-skin chemical barges to Maryland Marine, Inc. The chemical barge, MMI 601, along with her sisters will be placed on a long-term charter to the company. 13 6 i RUGGED, DURABLE

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