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Kvaerner Orders Wartsila

Main/Auxiliary Engines

For Two Crude Carriers

Artist's conception of one of two Wartsila Diesel- powered crude oil carriers Kvaerner Masa-Yards is building for Finnish oil company Neste Oy.

Kvaerner Masa-Yards has or- dered Wartsila Diesel main and aux- iliary engines for the two crude oil carriers the shipyard is building for the Finnish oil company Neste Oy.

The 91,000-dwt tankers will each have six-cylinder Wartsila Vasa 46 main engines with an output of 5,430 kw. The auxiliary engines in each vessel will be three 8-cylinder

Wartsila Vasa 22/26s with an out- put of 1,300 kw. The total output of the machinery will be 14,760 kw.

The engines for the first vessel will be delivered at the end of this year and for the second vessel in spring 1992.

The vessels, scheduled for comple- tion in August 1992 and February 1993, respectively, will carry crude oil and oil products in short haul traffic in Northern Europe, the North

Sea, Scandinavia and the Baltic Sea.

However, they will also be equipped for worldwide operation.

The choice of compact lightweight

Vasa 46 engines instead of cross- head engines allows more efficient space utilization. Other advantages of the two-engine installation are operational reliability and flexibil- ity, since on lower speeds the vessel can be operated with only one en- gine. The advanced technology of the engines also minimizes the ser- vice cost and improves the overall economy of the machinery.

For further information on

Wartsila Diesel engines,

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Alaska Fish Conference,

Exhibit Set For Anchorage,

October 11-13, 1991

The 2nd Annual Alaska Fish Con- ference & Exposition has been sched- uled for Anchorage, Alaska, October 11-13, 1991, in the George Sullivan

Sports Arena.

More than 18,000 commercial fishermen from around the state of

Alaska are expected to attend the meeting, the state's largest commer- cial fishing trade show, which is organized by Sourdough Productions of Anchorage.

According to "Alaska Seafood In- dustry Study," March 1989, total capital investment in Alaska's sea- food industry amounts to between $3.7 billion and $4.3 billion, with the following components: Harvest- ing Vessels and Onboard Equip- ment, $2 billion to $2.3 billion; Com- mercial Fishery Permits, $900 mil- lion to $1 billion; Seafood Process- ing Plants and Equipment, $800 million to $1 billion.

For literature giving complete information on the 2nd Alaska Fish

Conference & Exposition, contact:

Sourdough Productions, 4241 B

Street, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 99503, phone (907) 563-7469, fax (907) 561-5038.

Trinity Industries Launches 345-Foot Vehicle Barge

For Hawaiian Use

Trinity Industries, Inc., subsid- iary of Gretna Machine and Iron

Works, Inc., recently christened and launched the 345-foot roll-on/roll- off (RO/RO) barge Waialeale in

Harvey, La. The approximately $9 million barge will be operated by

Matson Navigation Company, Inc., transporting autos and cargo trail- ers from Honolulu to the neighbor islands of Maui, Kaui and Hawaii.

In a departure from traditional side launches, the Waialeale was launched by opening gates from the

Harvey Canal to flood the graving dock where the vessel was built.

The principal speaker at the cer- emony was C. Bradley

Mulholland, president and chief operating officer of Matson Naviga- tion Company, Inc. of San Fran- cisco, Calif.

Litton's Category 1 EPIRB Fulfills GMDSS EPIRB Requirements "Marine Insurance No One

Can Be Without"

To find out about your particular EPIRB requirements, call Litton at 1-800-328-0948 or Fax 1-215-328-4016 Mon.-Fri. 8:30 to 5:00 pm EST

This product also distributed by KODEN International under their own name.

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The CAT Is Almost

Out Of The Bag.

Special Devices "me Cat II EPIRB, the smallest 406MHz EPIRB, is a compact, stowable, manually deployed version of our Cat I unit. Its small size is ideal for stowing in inflatable life rafts, life boats and for use on private yachts, and will be available soon.

If you are involved in a disaster at sea, there will be very little time. You must be located, identified, and rescued... immediately. There is no time to waste and no time for doubt. Your life and the lives of everyone on board depends on organized survival techniques and a swift rescue. as a homing beacon for pinpointing your vessel. Add to this a high-intensity xenon strobe for visual detection, and you and your craft will no longer be a needle in the haystack.

It's common sense. And it's fast becoming a law.

The Category I EPIRB is designed to release automatically, or manually when the situation permits. It can even be activated while wearing survival gloves.

The hydrostatically released mechanism activates the EPIRB automatically when submerged in water 3-12 feet deep.

This gives you more time to gather survival gear and prepare yourself and everyone on board for rescue. In a situation where lives are at stake, the hands free operation of the Litton Cat I

EPIRB gives you one less thing to think about and more reason to feel confident. • True global coverage.

Using SAFSSAT/COSPAS satellite system. • Six year battery storage life. 50% longer than most EPIRBs. • Powerful xenon strobe for visual detection. • Can be mounted at any angle. • Four year limited warranty. • Approved for use in the U.S., Canada and other countries worldwide. • Designed & Manufactured in the U.S.A

Litton's satellite EPIRB (Emergency

Position Indicating Radio Beacon) provides mariners the latest in position indicating technology. Litton's EPIRB broadcasts two signals. One trans- mits to the COSPAS/SARSAT satellites providing the identification of your vessel and other vital information to the ground based rescue stations. The other signal is also capable of being received by the satellites; however, it is primarily used by rescue ships and aircraft

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