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Siemens Releases "SM-TV,"

Video Newsletter

Siemens Marine Systems has pro- duced its first edition of SM-TV, a 12.5-minute video newsletter. The program features news and infor- mation of particular interest to the

North American marine industry.

The four-part program takes the viewer from Atlanta, Ga., to Ham- burg, Germany, with a few stops in between, providing candid inter- views with key personnel and in- dustry specialists, as well as touring on-site applications. Just a few of the video's highlights are: tour of the Atlanta facilities; attending the

SMM show in Hamburg; a discus- sion with James McCaul of the

International Maritime Associates (IMA) of Washington, D.C.; and a service call on the Marchen Maersk at Long Beach.

For information on the video,

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Southwest Ocean Services

Announces Two Contracts

Southwest Ocean Services, Inc. of Houston, Texas, was awarded a contract from Shell Offshore, Inc., of

New Orleans, to design and fabri- cate supply boat barrier nets for the

Auger Tension Leg Platform to be installed in the Gulf of Mexico.

Southwest Ocean Services will team with Tension Technology Intl. and

United Ropeworks (U.S.A.) Inc. to provide engineering, manufacturing and fabrication for the project.

Manufacture and fabrication of the nets is scheduled for completion this month.

Southwest Ocean Services also announced that an agreement has been reached with Cordoaria Sao

Leopoldo (CSL) of Brazil, to func- tion as a service center and distribu- tor. CSL manufactures double- braided rope in 13- and 21-inch cir- cumference sizes. Southwest Ocean

Services specializes in the fabrica- tion of large synthetic rope assem- blies.

Southwest Ocean Services pro- vides design and fabrication services for all types of synthetic fiber ropes, hardware and rope systems.

For more information on the prod- ucts and services Southwest Ocean

Services, Inc. offers,

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Maritime Services Revamps

P&O's "Love Boat" Lounge

Maritime Services Corp. and its wholly-owned affiliate, MSC Mari- time Canada Ltd., have completed renovations on the 553-foot cruise ship, Pacific Princes.

This is the 12th contract MSC has completed in three years for P&O

Cruises, Ltd. of London, owners of the Pacific Princess. The multi-mil- lion dollar renovation of the British- flag vessel, which was done at Yar- rows, Ltd., Repair Division, Victoria,

British Columbia, Canada, was com- pleted in 24 days.

After meeting with the vessel's interior designers in Genoa, Italy,

MSC representatives returned to their Hood River (Portland), Ore., facility to fabricate interior compo- nents. MSC supplied ceilings, wall coverings and furnishings for the

Pacific Princess' casino, which got a new Las Vegas-style look. MSC also supplied many components for the revamping of both the show lounge and passenger cabins.

For more information on MSC,

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Mackay And JRC Sign

Long-Term Agreement

Japan Radio Company (JRC) and

Mackay Communications have signed a long-term installation, maintenance and service agreement which complies fully with the shore- based maintenance requirements stipulated in the 1988 amendments to the 1974 Solas Convention imple- menting the Global Maritime Dis- tress and Safety System (GMDSS).

JRC is engaged in the manufac- ture and sale of radio communica- tions and navigation equipment for the marine market.

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For information on JRC,

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Avondale Sells Its Harvey

Quick Repair Division

To Bollinger

Avondale Industries, Inc., New

Orleans, La., has signed an agree- ment to sell the assets and busi- nesses associated with its Harvey

Quick Repair Division, located in

Harvey, La., on the Harvey Canal, to Lockport, La.-based Bollinger

Machine Shop & Shipyard, Inc.

Avondale is one of the nation's leading marine fabricators. In addi- tion to its shipbuilding operations, the company specializes in boat struction and is a major repair tractor for commercial and gov ment vessels.

Bollinger Shipyards has bee: the ship repair and construci business for almost 50 years an privately owned. Bollinger will i have a total of 16 drydocks availa to service their customers at fac ties in Lockport, Larose, Algiers E now Harvey, La.

Loral Librascope Wins $4.4 Million Contract

For Submarine Systems

Loral Corporation announce that its Loral Librascope division,

Glendale, Calif., has received a $4 million, 48-month contract from tl

Defense Advanced Research Projei

Agency (DARPA) to develop fieldable prototype artificial intelli gence-based submarine plannin and control system.

The company said that its sub marine engagement automatec planning and control systen (SEAPACS) contract calls for a sys- tem that will provide appropriate offensive and defensive action rec- ommendations for submarine en- gagements.

Loral Librascope will also pro- vide a proof-of-concept automated torpedo attack and defense system to be demonstrated in a laboratory and at sea, and will demonstrate system design by applying it to strike warfare problem scenarios. Accord- ing to Loral, the completed system could be installed onboard all of the

Navy's submarines by 1996.

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industry Indus- tries (MHI) has introduced a new lightweight high-speed engine, which will be suitable for the propulsion of fast catamarans, dynamically-sup- ported craft and smaller naval patrol vessels

The S16R-MTK-S engine is an alloy-framed V-16 with 170 mm cyl- inder bore and 180 mm piston stroke and develops 2,850 bhp (2,100 kW) at 2,000 rpm, and weighs only 5,4 tons. This represents a weight/ power ratio of 4.2 lb/bhp.

The fuel consumption is reported to be less than 0.35 lb/bhp-h. The engine is fitted with Mitsubishi tur- bochargers and fuel injection equip- ment. It is claimed to have very low noise and vibration levels and has been designed for easy maintenance.

Mitsubishi plans to introduce six- and 12-cylinder versions of the en- gine in the near future.

The first application for the new engine will be in driving the

Mitsubishi MWJ-5000A water jets which propel the 350-passenger su- per shuttle Rainbow, a 40-knot plus hydrofoil catamaran which is being built at Mitsubishi's Shimonoseki shipyard, for local commuter services.

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