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• Increased ship's safety through reliable, precise navigation • economical operation through reduced personnel requirements • relief of the officer on duty from routine tasks .. .are the outstanding features of the NAUTOPLOT

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Besides indicating the actual position on a sea chart, the

NAUTOPLOT offers, in systemtechnical combination with the adaptive autopilot

NAUTOPILOT A, the track controller

NAUTOTRACK and optionally a Nautical Information Display, the function of a track control system.

Modern sea-going ships, such as the "Ship of the Future" utilize this technological advance.

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Megayachts: A 'Mega' Market

For Builders & Suppliers 13

Close-Up Of Southern

Marine Industries 22

Naval Shipbuilding & Technology: Update On

Navy's Sealift Program 39

Canadian Shipbuilding & Offshore Exhibition 57

Coatings & Corrosion

Control Review 61

Material Handling In

Shipbuilding, Offshore & Heavy Industries 80

Sumitomo Receives Order

For IMC Bulk Carrier

Japanese shipbuilder Oshima

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Sumitomo Corp., recently received an order from bulk shipping opera- tor International Maritime Carri- ers (IMC) for a handysize 40,000- dwt bulk carrier.

The ship, valued at $25 million, will be delivered in mid-1994. The order for the vessel was placed by

Panama-based Laverton Naviga- tion Co., a subsidiary of IMC Hold- ings Ltd. The bulker is the fourth new ship order placed in a matter of a few months for the IMC fleet.

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