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RTK Marine U.K. Gets

Contract For Pollution

Control Workboat

RTK Marine received an order from the Port of London Authority for one of its 512 Sea Truck

Workboats.

The 41.5-foot Sea Truck will be able to respond rapidly to an oil pollution incident on the River

Thames and act as a first line of defense to deploy a range of oil con- tainment and recovery equipment.

Propulsion is by twin Volvo Penta diesel engines complete with outdrive units. This craft will be capable of beaching to land equip- ment which will assist clean-up op- erations ashore.

A unique feature of the Sea Truck is the built in bow ramp to facilitate deployment of pollution control equipment either afloat or ashore.

RTK Marine has been construct- ing Sea Trucks for more than 25 years.

To date, more than 1,100 boats from 16-feet to 52-feet have been constructed at their Poole, England factory.

For more information on RTK

Marine,

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Comsat Brings

Teleconferencing To Sea

The Radisson Diamond became the first cruise ship in the world to hold a live two-way satellite video conference between ship and shore.

The event was conducted by Comsat

Mobile Communications as part of a press demonstration to show how advanced shipboard communica- tions have become.

The video teleconference was held between the Radisson Diamond, during a five day tour of the Carib- bean, and Comsat Mobile Commu- nications' Washington, D.C. head- quarters. "We chose the Radisson Diamond for this first time event because of the ship's unique business service center and focus on business meet- ings and incentive travel," said John

R. O'Brien, vice president of mar- keting and program management for Comsat Maritime Services. "Business people have traditionally shied away from business meetings on cruise ships in large part because of the perception that there are very limited communications capabilities on board," Mr. O'Brien said. "We wanted to show that the old perception is no longer valid. This ship has some of the most sophisti- cated mobile communications equip- ment in the world on board, and we decided to connect it to a brand new technology using high speed data (56 kbps).

This allows the communications capabilities to move up by an order of magnitude, including broadcast quality audio and two-way digitally compressed video conferencing."

The service has just recently be- come possible for ships because of a new high speed data modem and interface device developed by

Magnavox Electronic Systems Com- pany that permits the ship's

Inmarsat satellite system (Satcom) to provide a two-way, or "duplex" service, allowing interactive conver- sations and simultaneous video.

Another unique feature of the

Comsat service is that it is "demand assigned," meaning that anyone with the proper equipment can simply "dial up" the video conference con- nection. Special satellite transpon- der leases and the complicated coor- dination procedures associated with typical video conferences are not necessary.

This makes the service ideal for last minute meetings, emergency medical consultations with shore- based hospitals, and for research vessels and off-shore oil platforms needing to share timely information with shore.

Comsat Mobile Communications, a division of Comsat Corporation provides maritime, aeronautical and international land mobile services to customers around the world.

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Mobile Communications,

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Bally Gaming Opens

New Riverboat Sales Office

In Biloxi, Miss.

Doug Sanderson, Director of

National Casino Sales for Bally

Gaming, Inc., announced the open- ing of the company's new office in

Biloxi, Miss.

This satellite office will focus on sales and service of gaming equip- ment for the expanding riverboat gaming market. It is headed by

Don Boone, the company's new

General Manager of Riverboat Gam- ing Sales.

A twenty-year veteran of the ho- tel and casino industry, Mr. Boone spent the last three years as Sales

Distribution Coordinator at Bally

Gaming, Inc. in Las Vegas. He may be contacted in Biloxi at (601) 374- 7700 regarding riverboat gaming.

Bally Gaming, Inc., is a Las Ve- gas-based leading designer and manufacturer of reel-spinning slot machines, video gaming equipment, and video lottery terminals.

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Gaming,

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RTK Marine's Sea Truck Workboat