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Comsat Technology

Services Provides

Simulator For Rotterdam

Comsat Technology Services has won a contract from MarineSafety

International Rotterdam B.V. (MSR) to deliver a multi-station vessel traffic services (VTS) train- ing simulator for the Port of

Rotterdam in the Netherlands.

The VTS simulator is a state-of- the-art design, built around

Comsat's new VTS product, using

Sun Microsystems workstations, which are configured in an

Ethernet network.

MSR was established by the

Municipality of Rotterdam and

MarineSafety International to de- velop a world-class maritime re- search and training center in the

Port of Rotterdam, the world's busi- est port and gateway to Europe.

MSR also operates maritime simulator centers at the U.S. Mer- chant Marine Academy in Kings

Point, N.Y. and at Newport, RI, site of the U.S. Navy Surface War- fare Officers School.

The VTS simulator will be deliv- ered in the fall of 1993, when MSR is scheduled to begin training. The simulator will include 11 modern workstations.

Comsat Technology Services is a division of Comsat Corp, an in- ternational communications com- pany which provides voice, video and data services to customers worldwide by fixed and mobile tech- nologies.

For more information on the ser- vices of Comsat Technology Services,

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NOAA And MML Agree On

Joint Operation Of Tampa

Navigation System

NOAA's National Ocean Service (NOS) and the Mote Marine Labora- tory (MML) of Sarasota, Fla., en- tered a cooperative agreement for the ongoing management, operation and maintenance of the Tampa Bay

Physical Oceanographic Real-Time

System (PORTS). Funding to sup- port the first 12 months of the agree- ment is being provided by a consor- tium of Tampa Bay area interest and environmental groups.

NOS designed and installed the

Tampa Bay PORTS in response to user concerns about safe naviga- tion, hazardous material and oil spill prevention and response, search and rescue, and environmental manage- ment. PORTS is a data acquisition and information dissemination tech- nology developed over a seven-year period by NOS. The Tampa Bay

PORTS improves the margin of safety for moving petroleum prod- ucts and highly hazardous liquid sulfur and hydrous ammonia in tankers and barges.

The PORTS technology allows ships, berthed or underway, to ac- cess real-time water level, current and meteorological data via touch- tone or cellular telephone for use in planning or modifying vessel move- ment in Tampa Bay.

The Tampa Bay PORTS is report- edly the first system of its kind any- where in the world.

Marco Shipyard

Completes Modifications

To F/T Defender cations by Marco Shipyard.

Marco Shipyard, Seattle, Wash., designed and completed the third phase of extensive modifications to the 195-foot "Defender." This latest phase, completed within 13 weeks, included fabrication and installa- tion of a new shelter deck with raised bulwarks and the replacement of the existing stern gantry with a new, larger gantry.

The transformation of the De- fender began in October 1991, when

Marco Shipyard embarked on a 12- week program to convert the vessel from a RSW tender to a RSW trawler.

The vessel was repowered, new fish- ing equipment was installed and two aft RSW holds were added.

The second modification phase took place in March 1992, when the vessel returned to the shipyard for installation of new reduction gears and shaft generators.

In addition to the installation of the shelter deck, 30-ton gantry and net platform, the shipyard moved the trawl winches and installed a 135-ton keel for stability.

A new RSW system was also in- stalled.

For complete information on

Marco Shipyard's conversion ser- vices,

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German Government Plans

Sale Of East German

Warships To Indonesia

As part of its program to dispose of the former-East German Navy, which was integrated with its western coun- terpart after reunification, the Ger- man Government is selling 39 naval vessels to Indonesia.

As part of the navy deal, the Indo- nesians will additionally purchase three diesel submarines currently under construction in German ship- yards.

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