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SCG Backs Industry's lodel Spill Response Plan

A model spill response plan, de- iloped by the maritime industry r shipboard use, has received U.S. oast Guard support.

The model plan, now available to lipowners worldwide, reflects the irmat of recently issued USCG guid- nce. The plan was developed by ie International Association of In- ependent Tankers Owners [ntertanko), the International

Ihamber of Shipping and the Nor- wegian Shipowners' Association.

Progress was recently made when 3oast Guard Commandant Adm. ftme told Intertanko that owners ubmitting VRPs by February 18, .993, will be held to comply with )PA 90 vessel response require- nents for a period of five years.

According to Intertanko director rrygve Meyer, "Use of the model plan— available as a document or in

PC disc format—will help owners meet the deadline. While much ef- fort is still required to develop sub- missions for individual vessels, own- ers using the model plan will find the task easier. They can also be confident that they are working to a format acceptable to the USCG."

Intertanko has produced a sepa- rate publication called "How to Pro- ceed Under OPA 90," which discusses the various requirements connected with vessel response planning.

The model plan is available from

Intertanko, Gange Rolvsgate 5,0273

Oslo. Fax: +47 2 563222.

AT&T Among Leading

Investors In Americas-1,

Columbus-ll Systems

AT&T recently announced that it is among the leading investors in

Americas-1, a new $220-million un- dersea fiber optic cable system con- necting the U.S., St. Thomas, Brazil,

Trinidad and Venezuela. AT&T has 25 percent ownership in the system.

Columbus-II is a $360-million sys- tem which will connectPalermo, Italy;

Funchal, Portugal; Sardina, Spain;

St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands; West

Palm Beach, Fla., and Cancun,

Mexico. Both systems will work to- gether to enhance each other's resto- ration capabilities.

A portion of both fiber optic cable systems will use new AT&T Bell Labo- ratories SL2000 undersea cable tech- nology. The new technology can re- portedly carry communications data at speeds of up to five billion bits per second—ten times the speed of today's newest transoceanic systems.

In 1994, Americas-1 is expected to complement the recently completed

Caribbean system, Taino-Carib.

Americas-1 will also operate with another fiber optic cable system planned for the region, Columbus-II.

Americas-1 is owned by 58 inter- national telecommunications carri- ers. The supply contracts for this system were awarded to AT&T Sub- marine Systems, Inc. (AT&T-SSI) and Alcatel Submarcom. AT&T-

SSI will design, engineer and install

January, 1993 more than three-fourths of the

Americas-1 system, including the cable segment using the latest gen- eration SL2000 cable system.

Construction on the Columbus-II system is expected to begin in Au- gust 1993 with service starting in

December 1994.

For more information on the services and products offered by AT&T-SSI,

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Litton Awarded Multimillion

Dollar U.S. Navy Contract

Litton's Guidance & Control Sys- tems division, headquartered in

Woodland Hills, Calif., has been awarded a multimillion dollar con- tract by Hughes Aircraft Mississippi to produce 342 LP-81 inertial mea- surement units (IMUs) for the U.S.

Navy's Advanced Capability (ADCAP)

MK-48 torpedo.

Since 1985 Litton has produced approximately 700 IMUs for the

ADCAP program.

Work on the contract will be ac- complished by Litton's Guidance & Control Systems division facili- ties in Grants Pass, Ore., Salt Lake

City, Utah, and Woodland Hills,

Calif., and continue through the year 1995.

COMMUNICATION SYSTEM

RADIO

TELEPHONE

ON BOARD

MARINE DIGITAL TELEPHONE

SUPPLIED WITH ONLY TWO-CORE CABLE (NORMAL TELEPHONE

CABLE. TWISTED PAIR). EACH TELEPHONE CAN HANDLE: • LOUDSPEAKER FOR ALARMS. MESSAGES. ENTERTAINMENT

PROGRAMS. WAKE-UP... • VOLUME CONTROL WITH OVERRIDE

FUNCTION • DISPLAY SHOWING EXTENSION NUMBERS.

MESSAGES. TIME • LAMP FOR MESSAGES WAITING (FLASHING)

AND BUSY (LIGHTS) •4 + 5 KEYS FOR PROGRAMMABLE FUNCTIONS (MUSIC PROGRAMS. WAKE-UP, PANTRY CALL, ETC.)

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Teleste Marine

Communication,

Teleste Tele AB

E A Rosengrensgata 29

S-421 31 V. Frolunda

Sweden

Phone +46 31 450 480

Fax +46 31 455 195

Telex 27229 (TMARIN S) 19