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Volvo Forms New Unit For

Workboat Market—Offers

Cost Control Program

Marine engine manufacturer

Volvo Penta, Goteborg, Sweden, is stepping up its activities in the workboat sector and extending its

Cost Control Program, a customer- support program which was intro- duced in conjunction with the 16- liter TAMD 162 engine.

The program, which includes in- dividually tailored services both be- fore and after purchase, makes it possible for fishermen and workboat owners to optimize the installation of engines and transmissions and keep operating and maintenance costs under careful control at the same time. Customer support is being further improved through the introduction of a new computerized cost calculation program and the opportunity to sign three-year war- ranty agreements without operat- ing limits. The Cost Control Pro- gram is also being extended to in- clude the full Volvo Penta range of heavy-duty engines for workboats— from 6 to 16 liters, both in propul- sion and auxiliary engine versions.

The Cost Control Program is based on extensive customer sup- port both before and after purchase: technical calculations for the engine, transmission and propeller, com- plete installation service, help with overall cost calculations, a selection of different service and maintenance agreements and a special duty sys- tem for parts— Non-Stop Parts Ser- vice.

As of 1991, these operations have been brought together in a new busi- ness unit within Volvo Penta called

Marine Commercial.

Orvar Lundberg, head of Ma- rine Commercial, said: "Our long- term goal has always been to make, overall solutions available for prod- ucts and services which further the competitiveness and profitability of our customers. Now, however, we are also going to concentrate on our own growth."

For details on service and main- tenance contracts available to workboat and fishing vessels own- ers, contact Orvar Lundberg, head of Marine Commercial, AB Volvo

Penta, S-405 08 Goteborg, Sweden.

Raytheon Offers

Low-Cost Inmarsat-C

Ship Earth Station

The JUE-75A Inmarsat-C Ship

Earth Station (SES) from Raytheon

Marine Company, Hudson, N.H., provides a wide range of satellite communication services at a frac- tion of the cost of shipboard SES previously available, according to the company.

The Inmarsat-C system offers two-way, 24-hour communication anywhere in the world via telex, electronic mail and data transfer.

The SES's small, omnidirectional antenna is 17.7 inches high and 4.3 inches in diameter—about the size of an EPIRB. Its main control unit is approximately 3 by 8 by 11 inches—no larger than a VHF ra- diotelephone.

The JUE-75A SES or Satcom is supplied with a data terminal sys- tem which makes operation easy.

With keyboard entry, communica- tion menu and graphic window op- tions appear on-screen to simplify selection of functions. The JUE- 75A SES requires standard 12 or 24

VDC.

As part of the Inmarsat satellite network, operators of the JUE-75A

SES are assured of priority access and connection to the nearest En- hanced Group Call (EGC) search and rescue center. In an emergency, the user can activate an alert by pressing a button which automati- cally sends distress signals to the nearest search and rescue center containing vessel's name, position data (when interfaced to a GPS re- ceiver), nationality, nature of dis- tress, etc. This Inmarsat-C system automatically receives maritime safety information messages which include satellite weather reports, search and rescue alerts and other commercial navigation messages.

The JUE-75A SES meets all

Inmarsat and GMDSS (Global Mari- time Distress and Safety System) requirements. This low-cost Satcom fulfills GMDSS requirements as an alternate for long-distance (HF) ra- dio equipment and also qualifies as an Enhanced Group Call (EGC) re- ceiver for safety alerts (Area 3).

For free literature detailing the new JUE-75A SES from Raytheon,

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BMTI Offers Solutions

With Proven Technology

In Vast Array Of Services

BMT International, Inc. (BMTI),

Columbia, Md., is a full service ma- rine company offering "complete so- lutions with proven technology" in a myriad of technical areas.

BMTI was formed in 1986 and is a member of the BMT Group of Com- panies whose heritage comes from the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) and British Shipbuilder Re- search Association (BSRA) formed in 1910 and 1946, respectively, and amalgamated into BMT in 1985.

As a member of the BMT group,

BMT International, Inc. is able to offer to U.S. clients the vast array of services that make up the Group.

Among these services are extensive model test towing tank facilities and numerous wind tunnels manned by scientists world-renown in their fields.

Computational expertise is avail- able, both commercially through the large and diverse software suites that have been developed over the past 30 years, and through consul- tation and use of in-house numeri- cal methods. BMT is also able to offer military and commercial ship design services, coastal and estuary analysis, and ports and harbors and layout construction advice.

Past and future work that BMTI has and will undertake includes loft- ing, nesting and creation of N.C. cutting tapes for shipyards; the analysis of vessel to maintain track lines in severe conditions; propul- sion analysis and propeller design; noise and vibration surveys and advice on the reduction of them.

In the areas of structural work,

BMTI has performed analysis of ships, and specific problem areas, by finite element analysis, reliability methods, and first principles.

BMT International, Inc. is a di- versified company, offering the ma- rine community expert advice and solutions to difficult and everyday problems.

For more information and free literature on BMT International,

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