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Orkot Engineering Plastics Inc., 2535 Prairie Road, Eugene, Oregon 97402 USA. Tel: 503 688 5529 Fax: 503 688 2079 tsui Develops Engine For [manned Submersibles litsui Engineering and Ship-

Jlding Co., in conjunction with i University of Tokyo's Institute

Industrial Science, has developed liesel engine system which re- tedly allows robotic submersible kft to operate under water for a kximum of 24 hours. ctric Motors To Power >noco's Newest Tanker

JConoco's newest double-hull

Inker, to be delivered to the

Impany's Norwegian affiliate in |)95 from Samsung Shipbuilding id Heavy Industries of Korea, will i one of three crude oil tankers in he world to be powered by electric [otors. Reportedly four diesel-pow- red electric generators will power | pair of 15,000-hp electric motors ' drive the ships propeller. racor Gets $36.7-Million/ |ive-Year Navy Contract

Tracor Inc. announced its Tracor kpplied Sciences Inc. subsidiary leceived a five year contract, in- lluding options, with a total value

If $36.7 million to provide engi- neering and technical services to |he naval Electronic Systems Engi- leering Activity operation in tnigoes,Md. The services will be in pupport of shipboard and shore-

Dased "Identification Friend or Foe"

Systems and programs.

Inisys Unit Gets Three ($500,000 Navy Pacts

Paramax, a unit of Unisys Corp.,

Ireceived three $500,000 contracts

Ifrom the U.S. Space and Naval

I Warfare Systems Command for the

I Navy's Next Generation Computer [Resources Program. The three fixed-price contracts total $1.5 mil- lion, according to the company, and [ each contains options which bring the potential value of the relation- ship to between $15 and $39 mil- lion over the next five years.

Station Casino Has

Preliminary Approval For

Riverfront Project

Station Casino announced it re- ceived a permit from the Army Corps of Engineers which grants prelimi- nary approval for construction of a riverboat dock as part of the company's proposed 52-acre St.

Charles Riverfront Station project.

The St. Charles project consists of a 387-foot riverboat with 24,000-sq.- ft. of casino space, and a capacity for 2,100 passengers. In addition, the company intends to develop a 90,000-sq.-ft. food and entertain- ment barge. The St. Charles Sta- tion is expected to open in late 1993 or early 1994, at a cost of $50 mil- jJune, 1993 lion. Long term plans for the Mis- souri River complex include the ad- dition of up to three more riverboats.

Mitsubishi, Skaarup Study

Debates U.S/s Tanker

Design Mandates

Tanker design provisions man- dated by the U.S. may increase the potential for environmental dam- age from major oil spills, a study dubbed "Tanker Design for Pollu- tion Prevention" contends.

The study, prepared jointly by

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and

Skaarup Oil Corp., declared that a mid-deck tanker would be at least as effective in some circumstances, and "definitely more effective" in preventing environmental damage than the Congressionally-mandated double-hull design.

The report also urges Congress to reconsider its position excluding all tanker designs except double-hull, in the face of overwhelming techni- cal evidence from around the world that other designs may be equiva- lent or better.

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