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Waterfront Boats Completes 2 Spill Response Vessels

Waterfront Boats, ofVentura, Ca., has recently completed and launched 2 oil spill response vessels for the

Pacific Gas & Electric Company's powerplant at Morro Bay, Ca.

Powered by a Cummins 6BT5.9 diesel engine coupled to a Traktor

Jet drive, the boats have a strong pulling power at low rpm, producing over 2800 lbs of static thrust with- out a protruding underwater drive propeller, which enables the boats to work in shallow waters of

According to Waterfront, the boats exhibited excellent handling characteristics during their sea tri- als. Because there is no side torque from a propeller, the jet drive has a neutral handling. It can go from full ahead to full astern at full throttle and can even run over the oil boom without snagging.

Each aluminum welded boat is equipped with an all weather pilot house, flush deck hatches, a heavy duty towing bitt and full safety rail- ings around the work deck area.

Waterfront builds all types of cus- tom aluminum boats to fit the re- quirements of each owner using com- puter-aided designs.

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Durable mooring line madeofKEVLARand

DACRON - shown new (top) and after 18 months of rugged use aboard

USS Mississippi (below) - demonstrates no signifi- cant wear.

Lightweight mooring lines of KEVLAR make securing the ship less difficult, reduce topside weight and increase storage space.

USS Mississippi (CG N 40)

Official U.S. NAVY photograph

IDB-A Introduces

Lower Satcom Rates

Lower "per minute" satellite com- munications rates to and from the

Indian Ocean region (IOR) are be- ing offered by Rockville, Md.-based

IDB Aero-Nautical Communica- tions, Inc., (IDB-A), a supplier of mobile satellite services via

INMARSAT.

IDB-A's vice president & general manager, Jon Klein, said: "These price reductions are initiated to meet the demands of our customer base in the IOR, many of whom are using our services for oil & gas exploration in the new Commonwealth of Inde- pendent States. It is also important to note that these new global rates include final land-line delivery in the U.S., U.K. and Canada. IDB-A arranges delivery of voice traffic to all other countries for a flat rate of $.85 per minute."

Ajoint venture between IDB Com- munications and Teleglobe, Inc., of

Canada, IDB-A has been supplying ship-to-shore, shore-to-ship and re- mote location services since Janu- ary 1991 for a wide range of mari- time and land mobile users in the transport, pleasure cruise, fishing, oil and energy industries. Company services include telephone, facsimile, telex, electronic mail and data trans- fer communications routed via

INMARSAT through a global net- work of earth stations to the public switched telecommunications net- work.

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Key Appointments At Norshipco

At Norfolk Shipbuilding &

Drydock Corp.'s (Norshipco) recent annual board of directors meeting the following senior management promotions were announced: Rob- ert D. Twine, Sr., from assistant vice president of production to vice president, Berkley productions;

Frank E. Creasy, Jr., from assis- tant vice president, Brambleton, to vice president, Brambleton produc- tion; Richard H. Winslow, from vice president, controller and trea- surer, to vice president, chief finan- cial officer, controller and treasurer;

John W. Humphreys, from vice president, administration to vice president, administration and as- sistant secretary; and Carlos E.

Agnese, executive vice president of business development, marketing, estimating and contract adminis- tration, was elected by the company's stockholders to the board of direc- tors.

Norshipco also announced that

W. D. Payne, Sr., executive vice president and assistant secretary, and E. L. Carlyle, senior vice presi- dent and chief financial officer, have retired.

One of the largest corporations in the Hampton Road's area, Norshipco employs more than 3,000 people at its Norfolk shipyard.

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