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7th International VTS

Symposium To Be Held

In Vancouver, Canada

The Seventh International Sym- posium on Vessel Traffic Services will be held at the Hyatt Regency

Hotel in Vancouver from June 8-12, 1992. This event is being organized by the Canadian Coast Guard with the theme, "Vessel Traffic Services in the Global Environment." The symposium will feature 27 papers, an operations workshop, full exhibi- tion and an active social program.

For further details about the sym- posium, contact: Rick Bryant, Sec- retary, #620-800 Burrard St.,

Vancouver, B.C. V6Z 2J8. Tel: (604)631-3720. Fax: (604)631-3747.

Erie Basin

Bargeport Opens

New York Harbor has a new fa- cility dedicated to berthing and ser- vicing tugboats, barges and other commercial craft. The Erie Basin

Marine Terminal was recently sold by the Port Authority of NY/NJ to

Erie Basin Marine Associates, a joint venture of two tug and barge compa- nies affiliated with Hughes Bros.,

Inc. and Reinauer Transportation

Companies.

The Erie Basin facility contains 30 acres of land and 56 acres of underwater property in the Red Hook section of Brooklyn. The bargeport has over 4,000 feet of deep water pier space available to commercial vessels for lay berthing on a short or long term basis. There is a barge loading berth for transferring cranes, construction materials and other cargoes between shore and barge.

Facilities will also be made avail- able for crew changes, taking on po- table water and topside repairs, in- cluding crane service.

Shore side, the bargeport main- tains shed and refrigerated/non-re- frigerated warehouse space. The new owners hope to attract mari- time support and oil response firms that can utilize both the pier and upland facilities. The owners be- lieve that the Erie Basin Bargeport may help relieve a serious shortage of berthing space for workboats and barges in New York Harbor.

For further information,

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U.S. Naval Academy

Acquires Eight

ECO Bridge Simulators

Engineering Computer Optec- nomics, Inc. (ECO), Annapolis, Md., recently delivered an eight ship in- tegrated shiphandling and naviga- tion simulation system to the U.S.

Naval Academy. The Captains III system will enable the Academy to train students in shiphandling, ra- dar and visual piloting, and opera- tions in restricted waters under any wind and current conditions.

The Captains III system consists of eight interactive bridge consoles, each with a full presentation, radar, helm, engine telegraph, autopilot and other bridge indicators and equipment, including ship-to-ship communication sets. The software provided contains mathematical models for several types of ships and for various ports. All eight ship consoles are integrated with a Cap- tains instructors station, and the

Naval Academy's existing Combat

Information Center (CIC). The in- structor can generate exercises in- volving variable wind and current effects, as well as the number, type, location, course and speed of traffic ships.

The Captains III system provided to the U.S. Naval Academy is one of a series of shipboard simulators.

Captains shiphandling and naviga- tion simulators are available for any ship type operating in any port or geographic area.

For further information on ECO,

Inc. and Captains simulators,

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You Could LoseUpTb 94,000 Passengers

This^earlo^feight Problems.

A twin-diesel power plant can weigh over 40,000 pounds, and puts out 6,000 shp maximum. That can cost your ferry tons of passengers.

But substitute two TF40 turbines and the scales shift dramatically.

TF40's are just l/10th the 3,454 mm weight of comparable diesels, and they still give you over 8,000 shp. So you get more speed —potentially enough to add an extra round trip a day.

And since TF40's use far less space, * Based on a 10% increase in passenger capacity on a 450-passenger ferry operating three round trips per day, 350 days per year at 90% capacity.

For details and an estimate of how many more passengers the TF40 can put in your boat, call us at (203) 385-3863.

C1991 Textron Lycoming you have lots more room for passengers.

That can mean as many as 94,000 more fares every year.*

So before you go diesel, weigh the alternative.

Call our Director of

Marine Marketing at (203) 385-3863 for more on the TF40.

The TF40. It puts the 1,854 mm 1,118mm 321 mm—

A diesel exhaust system alone weighs more than an entire TF40. That's a lot of fares gone up in smoke. people in the seats. And leaves the diesels on the dock.

Wre OnThe Move.

TEXTRON Lycoming

Textron Lycoming/Subsidiary of Textron Inc.

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