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Electronics Update

New Generation Electronics

Offered By Atlas Elektronik

Larry T. Rigdon and Gary D.

Pope, vice presidents ofZapata Gulf, who will be elected vice presidents of Tidewater to serve in various ex- ecutive capacities.

New CRV Seal From

Electro-Motive

New generation navigation, ves- sel traffic control, hydrographic sur- vey and fish detection systems are available from Atlas Elektronik

GmbH (formerly Krupp Atlas

Elektronik) of Germany.

The company's line of navaids includes the new 9600 Series rasterscan radar featuring extended operational functions, a four-fold increase in display resolution, ease of installation and provision for in- put of data from selectable position- ing receivers for display of own ship position. Additionally, Atlas

Elektronik also offers the new NCIS 1800 Nautical Consulting and In- formation System, an advanced con- sole and software package designed for voyage planning and basic shiphandling functions.

Among the company's hydro- graphic equipment is the Polartrack three-dimensional automatic laser positioning and tracking unit with new software for degaussing and other applications; DESO 22 and 25 echosounders; and the new

Fansweep multibeam swath sound- ing system for inshore and coastal surveying.

Fish detection products include the new FINAS 160 multipurpose information system which can pro- cess data from more than 10 differ- ent sensors simultaneously for pre- sentation on high-resolution color screen.

Atlas Elektronik also recently introduced a radar-based system with integral keyboard for vessel traffic control applications.

The new company name is the

The navigation system NCIS 1800 from Krupp

Atlas Elektronik offers the user versatile decision- making aids for navigation. It performs monitoring and advisory functions, ensuring high operational safety of the ship. result of a recent merger with

Bremer Vulkan acquired a 74.9 per- cent stake in Krupp Atlas

Elektronik, with Fried Krupp GmbH retaining a 25.1 percent holding.

Together with System-Technik

Nord, also based in Bremen, Atlas

Elektronik will form an Electronics

Section within Bremer Vulkan un- der a new intermediate holding com- pany.

For free literature detailing At- las Elektronik's new generation navigation, vessel traffic control, hydrographic survey and fish detec- tion systems,

Circle 28 on Reader Service Card

Tidewater, Zapata

Complete Merger

A merger that creates the world's largest fleet of offshore supply ves- sels has been completed by

Tidewater Inc. and Zapata Gulf Corp of Houston.

A total of576 offshore supply ves- sels now comprise the merged

Tidewater fleet. Most of Zapata's more than 270-vessel fleet operates in the North Sea, the Middle East and Southeast Asia. The bulk of

Tidewater's original fleet works in the Gulf of Mexico.

Zapata stockholders receive 23.8 million shares of newly issued Tide- water stock under the merger, which brings to 52.3 million the number of common shares outstanding. The value of the stock going to Zapata owners is $315.16 million figured at $13.25 a share.

A total of 45.6 percent of Tidewa- ter stock is now owned by Zapata

Gulfs former stockholders Besse- mer Capital Partners L.P. and Cor- porate Partners L.P., which along with certain related parties each now own 14.9 percent of Tidewater, and Zapata Corp. which now owns 15.8 percent of the common stock.

John P. Laborde continues as chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of Tide- water, which will continue to be headquartered in New Orleans.

Tidewater's board of directors will be expanded from seven to 10 mem- bers to add three former directors of

Zapata Gulf. Joining Tidewater's board are R.C. Lassiter, chairman of the board and chief executive offi- cer of Zapata Corporation; Lester

Pollack, senior managing director of Corporate Partners and general partner of Lazard Freres and Co.; and Ward W. Woods Jr., president and chief executive officer of Besse- mer Securities Corporation and managing partner of Bessemer Capi- tal Partners.

Joining the management group will be Joseph C. Same, executive vice president of Zapata Gulf, and

A new alternative for sealing the

Compression Relief Valve (CRV) assembly to the entine crankcase has been developed by General Mo- tors' Electro-Motive Division.

The new design seal features an elastomer bonded to a steel steel which compresses between the crankcase counterbore and the CRV valve body. Designed to mate with the existing CRV valve assembly, this new product is pressed into the crankcase counterbore until the metal flange is flush with the crank- case before the CRV test valve assembly is installed. The compres- sion of the elastomer seals the joint tight and keeps the seal in place.

For more information on the new

CRV seal from EMD,

Circle 167 on Reader Service Card

Circle Seal Offers In-Line

Check Valve For Zero

Leakage To 6,000 PSI

Circle Seal Controls of Anaheim,

Calif., now has available the 200 and H200 Series Check Valves for in-line installations.

The design of this valve features a floating O-Ring to provide bubble- tight sealing with cracking pressures as low as .1 psi. Combined with a metal-to-metal backup seat, the 200

Series valve provides for zero-leak- age to 3,000 psi; the H200 Series is designed for 6,000 psi. This unique sealing concept reduces noise, mini- mizes wear and maximizes service life.

The units are compatible with most fluids with temperatures rang- ing minus-320 degrees to 400 degrees F, and are virtually mainte- nance-free. Sizes 1/8-inch through 2-inch female pipe. Valves are avail- able in aluminum, brass and steel, 303 or 316 stainless steel.

For more information,

Circle 168 on Reader Service Card

Watercom Names

Gerard D. O'Connell

Director Of Sales

Officials at Watercom recently announced the promotion of Gerard

D. O'Connell from regional sales manager to director of sales.

As director of sales, Mr.

O'Connell is responsible for direct sales planning and strategy. His expanded duties include coordinat- ing with Watercom dealers to bring

Watercom customers the best ser- vice possible and supervising all daily sales activities for the com- pany.

Watercom is a registered trade- mark of Waterway Communications

System, Inc., Jeffersonville, Ind.

KaMeWa Opens

Service Station

In Hong Kong

KaMeWa A.B., Swedish-based manufacturer of ship propulsion systems, has opened a new service station in Hong Kong, in addition to its existing sales office there.

Like all the offices in the company's worldwide after-sales service organization, KaMeWa (HK)

Services Ltd will be staffed by engi- neers comprehensively trained by

KaMeWa. The new service station will ensure customers in the increas- ingly important Far Eastern shipping community receive a rapid and efficient response to service calls.

Previously, the nearest KaMeWa service station was located at

Singapore.

For free literature giving more information,

Circle 170 on Reader Service Card

Racal Adds GPS

To Tailbuoy

Tracking Systems

Racal Survey has added a global positioning system capability to its existing range of streamer tailbuoy tracking systems. It has been de- signed to track multiple seismic streamer tailbuoys using miniatur- ized GPS receivers combined with an intelligent radio-telemetry sys- tem. The new system complements existing shore-based Hyper-Fix and

Pulse/8 II facilities to provide pre- cise tailbuoy positioning anywhere offshore.

The rapid expansion of SkyFix coverage around the world is ex- pected to make the Racal Survey

GPS system particularly attractive to operators in the offshore survey industry.

For free literature giving further information,

Circle 171 on Reader Service Card

Clean Sound Barge

To Be Outfitted

For Spill Response

Clean Sound Cooperative of

Edmonds, Wash., has purchased the 1980-built, 23,400 barrel inland tank barge Phoenix 231 from Phoenix

Marine, Wilmington, Calif. The barge, ex-Bear 231, is to be outfitted for use as an oil spill response unit in conjunction with Clean Sound's existing operations in the Puget

Sound region. The barge will be stationed in Port Angeles, Wash.

The delivery of the barge from

Southern California is beinghandled by the 1,500-hp tug Daphne, owned and operated by Coastline Pacific,

Ltd., Seattle, Wash.

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