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Marine Cellular Antennas

Available From Morad

Morad Electronics Corporation,

Seattle, Wash., has announced the availability of its UHF marine cel- lular antennas.

Morad UHF 800HD antennas work for a variety of marine cellular applications. Constructed mostly of stainless steel and anodized alumi- num, they are built to resist corro- sion and breakage in severe envi- ronments, such as salt, wind, mois- ture and ice.

Morad cellular antennas are used by the Washington State Ferries and have also been purchased for marine use by Cellular One, one of the world's largest cellular compa- nies.

The company's antennas are rea- sonably priced and are available throughout North America at au- thorized Morad dealers.

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UHF marine antennas,

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Stevens Technical Services

Awarded Contract

Worth $2,395,270

Stevens Technical Services, of

Brooklyn, N.Y., has been awarded a contract worth $2,395,270 for the deactivation and lay-up of the Ready

Reserve seabarge SS Cape May.

FMC OK's Atlantic Pact,

But Promises To Keep TAA

Under Careful Scrutiny

A controversial rate-setting and capacity-cutting agreement between 12 containership lines involved in the North Atlantic trade, known as the Trans-Atlantic Agreement (TAA), will be allowed by the Fed- eral Maritime Commission (FMC) to pass into effect.

The FMC had threatened to go to court to block passage of the TAA on the grounds that some of the agreement's terms violated shipping laws by restricting competition.

However, Christopher L. Koch, chairman of the commission, stated that the TAA will be the "most scru- tinized and monitored" agreement in the agency's history and did not rule out a future court challenge if the agreement produces "unreason- able rate actions or service reduc- tions."

A controversial feature of the TAA calls for a 20 percent reduction in westbound Atlantic ship capacity over a minimum of two years in an effort to stabilize rates.

While carriers emphasize the necessity of rate stabilization in the volatile trade, shippers argue that capacity-reduction plans are dis- criminatory, market-distorting de- vices that violate anti-trust laws.

Potential Of Cuban

Cruise Market Explored

It is reported that most of the cruise lines based in Florida have already begun planning for the day when a change in Cuba's leadership will end the U.S. imposed economic embargo and allow passengers to travel freely between the two coun- tries.

Havana, Cuba is only 220 miles from Miami, making the route ideal for three- and four-day cruises.

Market Scope, Inc., an indepen- dent research firm, recently com- pleted a two-year study on Cuba's prospects as a cruise destination and forecast that 1.2 million people will make the trip annually within five years of renewed ties with the

U.S.

The study indicated that after its port infrastructure had been re- paired and new terminals added, 1.8 million cruise ship and 600,000 ferry passengers would travel to

Cuba each year.

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