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Southern Marine (continued from page 24) the repowering of three 3,500-hp towboats for Crescent Towing.

According to Dave Hackney, vice president, Robertson Marine Sys- tems, Inc., Metairie, La., his com- pany started to see a dramatic in- crease in sales last summer. "Our sales began to rise dramatically in

July and August of 1990, primarily for the offshore industry," he stated.

Robertson Marine supplies joystick,

DP, trackline, main steering and other integrated control systems for self-propelled vessels.

The three supply boats ordered by

Oil & Gas Rental Services from

Trinity, for example, will be fitted with Robertson's DP with joystick capability.

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Other orders garnered by

Robertson Marine Systems include a joystick installation on the Kilgore newbuilding at Trinity, as well as several DP and joystick installa- tions on oilfield boats for Edison

Chouest Offshore, Tidewater Ma- rine and an unidentified Morgan

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Robertson Marine Systems equip- ment will also be fitted aboard a 300-foot icebreaker under construc- tion at North American Shipyards,

Larose, La., the U.S. Navy vessel

Thomas C. Thompson (AGOR-23), being built by Trinity Marine, and the R/V Melville (AGOR-15), which is undergoing a midlife conversion at McDermott Shipyard, Amelia, La.

Consolidated Switchgear, Inc., a manufacturer of marine electrical controls and switchgear, supplied projects in the offshore, fishing, passenger, inland, Great Lakes, and government marine sectors.

According to Ralph Lindfors, vice president and general manager, for the Mandeville, Louisiana-based firm, the marine industry accounts for about 50 percent of the com- pany's business. Some notable company projects included the sup- ply of $300,000 worth of modified marine motor controls for four YTT boats built at McDermott, as well as miscellaneous equipment for the

Knorr and Melville midlife conver- sion work.

In the inland market, Con-Select supplied a marine generator control distribution switchboard for a Corps of Engineers crane barge built by

NABRICO, as well as smaller switchboards for refueling barges at the same yard.

Con-Select also supplied equip- ment for the passenger (SES Metro

Manhattan, built by Avondale, a

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Oil, Freeport McMoRan, Chevron and Kerr McGee) industries.

Datrex Inc., Kinder, La., is a ma- rine safety equipment manufacturer and U.S. distribution agent of prod- ucts which fulfill the mandatory U.S.

Coast Guard and SOLAS marine safety equipment requirements.

Pyrotechnics, emergency rations and drinking water, life ring buoys and thermal protective aids are just a few of the items that are available from one of the company's three locations: Kinder, La.; Jacksonville,

Fla.; and Miami, Fla.

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