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The CruiseCom Network

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Veracom International's CruiseCom global network will provide cruise ships with high-speed/quality communications at a low cost.

ScandiSpace Wins Contract

For CruiseCom Europe Services

A contract to provide CruseCom European services for two new cruise ships was awarded to

Stockholm, Sweden-based ScandiSpace by the shipping company Euroway, of Malmo, Sweden.

A subsidiary of Veracom International, the parent company of the Washington, D.C. based

Veracom Group, ScandiSpace has been working closely with Euroway to define and develop the

CruiseCom Europe communications concept.

CruiseComSM was established by the Veracom

Group to be a specialized satellite communica- tions service for the rapidly emerging maritime mass communications market, including; tele- phones, data, telefax and videoconferencing to passenger cruise ships. The service is designed to provide global seam less continuous high- speed, high-quality and low cost communica- tions.

Service will eventually be available in North- ern European waters, the Mediterranean, the

Caribbean and the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian

Oceans. Veracom's initial priority is to make

CruiseCom Europe and CruiseCom Caribbean fully operational.

The innovative new service will provide ship owners and operators with the ability to operate their vessels with greater efficiency, while creat- ing a new profit center by reselling volume tele- phone service to passengers and crew.

For free literature about Veracom's CruiseCom network, including Scandispace,

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Hanjin Christens

Ultra-Large Boxship

To Korea Owners

A christening ceremony was recently held at the Young-Do Shipyard of South Korean ship- builder Hanjin Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., in

Pusan, South Korea, for the 4,024-TEU ultra- large container ship M/V Hanjin Osaka, built for Hanjin Shipping Co. The 24-knot boxship was christened by Mrs. Kim Jeong-Il, wife of

Hanjin Group chairman Cho Choong-Hoon.

The Hanjin Osaka is the first in a series of six container ships for Hanjin Shipping. The con- struction program will be completed in early 1994. The Hanjin Osaka is expected to be completed this month, and be put into service between the Far East, North America and Eu- rope.

With a length overall of950 feet and breadth of 106 feet, the 54,400-gt Hanjin Osaka will be powered by a single 51,500-bhp Sulzer 10RTA 84C main diesel engine.

For free literature detailing the shipbuilding facilities of Hanjin Heavy Industries,

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Atan1{gauging tape and valve> m that seal in toxic vapors.

The task of keeping hazardous benzene vapors safely away from employees — and preventing any escape of these fumes into the atmosphere — is receiving the highest priority from ship owners and operators at U.S. and all worldwide ports.

That's why MMC has developed this new Closed

Trimode™ gauging/sampling system for marine applica- tions. It's a gas-tight version of the popular MMC Flexi-

Dip™ hand-gauging tape that has been widely used in the maritime industry for over 15 years.

When used in conjunc- tion with MMC vapor-control valves (shown), it forms a secure barrier that keeps harmful vapors safely in check.

This new lightweight gauging tape meets all USCG regulations and has FM,

BASEEFA, CSA and SAA approvals (intrinsically safe).

Smaller Mero-B valve also accepts

Closed tape

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Phone: 0670-738111

Telex: 537005 MARINE G

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MMC (Asia) Ltd. 2-20,4-Chome, Isobe-Dori

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Japan

Phone:078-251-1033

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