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Boats & Barges
The 110-foot tug Darlene Bisso
Bisso Adds New Tug To Its
Fleet Of Vessels
Bisso Marine Company, Inc. of
New Orleans, La. recently intro- duced a new tug into its fleet of vessels. The 110-foot tug Darlene
Bisso was formerly the Coast Guard icebreaker Mohican.
The entire hull of the vessel was gutted, and the house totally recon- structed from the main deckline up with accommodations for 12.
The vessel was converted from single-screw to twin-screw with the installation of two Caterpillar D- 398 diesel engines, with 6:1, 540 twin disc gears. The boat carries a state-of-the-art electrical switch- board with shipboard electrical power provided by two 75 kw Kato generators driven by Detroit 6-71 engines.
The pilot house is equipped with
Furuno radar, loran, Motorola VHF radios and a Stephens single side band radio.
The vessel has firefighting capa- bilities with a six inch electric fire pump. An Almon A. Johnson 50,000- pound single-drum, hydraulically driven towing winch will be used to tow the company's fleet of inland and oceangoing heavy lift derrick barges as well as for salvage opera- tions.
The stout construction of the ves- sel with her 3-inch solid steel bow and stern, stem to keel, and 3/4-inch plating from deck to bilge knuckle should provide the company with many years of dependable service.
Bisso Marine specializes in tow- ing as well as heavy lifts and salvage projects.
For more information about the services offered by Bisso Marine
Company,
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Lanng & Stelman
Develop New Remote
Monitoring System
The Danish firm of Lanng &
Stelman, a member of the Sabroe
Group, has announced the recent introduction of an automatic remote control and monitoring system for cargo holds, containers, machinery and cold storage areas aboard ship.
The system is presently being installed in 21 new state of the art ships at yards in Denmark, Poland,
Brazil and Japan.
The system consists of a network connecting the various shipboard systems to one central position, such as the bridge and/or Chief Engineer's office, where a comprehensive re- view of system functions is possible.
The system can also be coordinated with other electronic units which might monitor the main or auxiliary engines, rudder, bow thruster, or other instruments used in manuevering the ship.
Each event, alarm or malfunc- tion related to these vital functions are automatically registered in the main system. This allows the Lanng & Stelman computer to communi- cate with and monitor all the elec- tronic marine equipment connected to it.
All the system computer hard- ware and software are modular in design and can be adjusted to fit any size of ship. A PC is used as the main computer, adding to the system's adaptable.
For further information on the
Lanng & Stelman monitoring system,
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