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Daewoo Wins China Oil

Production Facility Contract

South Korea's Shipbuilding and

Heavy Machinery Co. was awarded a contract worth an estimated $53 mil- lion to build oil production facilities for the Xijiang oil field off China, the company announced.

According to the company, Daewoo will start construction of oil rigs in the first half of the year to complete delivery by January 1995.

Todd Awarded $20 Million

Modification Contract

Matson Navigation Co. has awarded a contract exceeding $20 million to Todd Pacific Shipyard Corp,

Seattle division, to modify two of its container ships, the S.S. Maui and the S.S. Kauai. The contract will mean an additional 250jobs at Todd's

Harbor Island Shipyard in Seattle.

Some of the work to be done in- cludes increasingthe 40-foot container capacity and enhancing the vessels productivity by converting three of the five container holds to a hatch coverless design. Matson is the first

U.S. carrier to convert its ships to an open top design. The project will involve installing vertical cell guides that extend from the hatches for stack- ing container s, eliminating the hatch covers which ordinarily separate be- low-deck and on-deck container stow- age. The cell guides will allow con- tainers to be stacked 10 high and eight across without the need for lash- ing or placement of twist locks to keep containers secure. The shipyard work will also extend each vessel's service life to 40 years, by sandblasting the salt water ballast and molasses tanks and applying a new paint system. "As a U.S. flag Jones Act carrier,

Matson is pleased to award this con- tract to an American yard," said Bra- dley Mulholland, Matson president and CEO. Matson selected a U.S. yard, despite some lower bids form foreign competition, in its ongoing support of the U.S. industry.

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Each of these MMC Trimode"

Flexi-Dip™ gauging tapes will give you the same accurate measurement of ullage, interface and temperature — and do it quickly in a single tank penetration.

But the Closed model goes even further. It is gas-tight, especially when the vapor valve is open. This meets the stringent requirements of the U.S. Coast

Guard for vapor-recovery situations, especially during the loading process.

Both are very simple to use. Ullage and interface indications are audible:

Closed

Trimode1" a steady tone when the probe reaches oil and a beep-beep when it senses water. The tempera- ture is shown as a digital LCD readout on the hub. The tapes are marked in feet and inches on one side, metric on the other. (However, with the

Closed model, this dual reading feature is not applicable; you must choose one or the other.)

MMC tapes are approved as intrin- sically safe by FM, BASEEFA, CSA and

SAA, and are also IMO-approved for tankship use.

Keeping You in Control

How to get the best possible atmospheric protection during tan\ gauging.

MMC International Corp. 60 Inip Drive

Inwood, NY 11696-1096 U.S.A.

Phone: 800-645-7339 516-239-7339

Telex: 96-0140 MAMCAFINND

Fax: 516-371-3134

MMC (Europe) Ltd.

South Nelson Road

South Nelson Industrial Estate

Cramlington

Northumberland NE23 9HL UK

Phone: 0670-738111

Telex: 537005 MARINE G

Fax: 0670-738789

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

Chuo-ku, Kobe 651

Japan

Phone: 078-251-1033

Telex: 5624163 OPECK J

Fax: 078-252-0265

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The new Racal-Decca BridgeMaster radars clearly represent a major breakthrough.

The explanation is a plain as day. A processing technique unique to Racal cuts through the clutter caused by rain and waves. You only see enhanced, real targets.

Spurious, misleading images aren't the only things that don't appear on BridgeMaster.

The bolt-on extras that typify the competition are notably absent.

Again the reason is simple —they come as standard with BridgeMaster.

True motion, azimuth stabilization, navigation interface and electronic plotting with 10 target capacity are all part of the most complete radars on the market.

You can choose from 14 or 20 inch displays (color or mono), 10, 25 or 30 kW X and S Band transceivers and 4,6,8 or 12 ft. antennae- all of them conforming to IMO.

And, if that isn't enough, full 20 target autotracking and extensive video-mapping facilities are available as fully integrated options.

To see more on what you don't see (if you see what we mean) see the address below.

Mackay Leaders in maritime navigation/communication electronics for over 75 years

Mackay Communications, Inc. 300 Columbus Circle, Edison, NJ 08837

Tel: 908 225-0909 Fax:908 225-2848 Telex: 4754132

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THE NEW RACAL-DECCA BridgeMaster

It s what you don t see in BridgeMaster that makes the difference

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