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Sperry Outfits Increasing Number Of

Ships With Integrated Bridge

The Sperry Marine VMS Integrated Bridge on the Colleen Sif.

In recent months, 11 new ships, seeking vessel navigation systems which will increase vessel safety and reduce operating costs, have joined the more than 125 ships equipped with a Sperry

Marine VMS Integrated Bridge. These vessels include:

Sensation cruise ship, owned by Carnival

Cruise Lines; Nordic Empress cruise ship, owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines; Costa

Romantica cruise ship, owned by Costa Crociere;

Colleen Sif containership, owned by K.I. Larsen;

Joergen Lauritzen reefer, owned by Lauritzen

Reefers; Maersk Euro Qarto containership, owned by K.I. Larsen; Eagle tanker, owned by Mobil

Shipping; Regal Princess cruise ship, owned by

P&O Cruises; USS Tempest patrol boat, owned by U.S. Navy; Polaris Star tanker, owned by Vela

International Marine Ltd.; and Via Ionio ferry, owned by Viamare. Realizing that 90 percent of all marine accidents can be avoided by improving navigation information and increasing the watch officer's conning time, Sperry Marine has de- signed an integrated bridge system which fuses all important data and control functions into centralized information displays for rapid analy- sis and action. The result is a substantial im- provement in risk management. This increased navigation safety means greater operating flex- ibility and reduced operating costs. By support- ing minimum manning levels and bolstering fuel savings, Sperry Marine's Integrated Bridge brings strong economic benefits to owner and operator.

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Boston Whaler Fire/Rescue Boat On

Duty At Massport Fire Department

Boston Whaler, Inc. delivered a new 27-foot

Challenger fire/rescue boat to the Massachusetts

Port Authority (Massport) Fire Department head- quartered at Logan International Airport in Bos- ton.

Built by the Commercial Products Division of

Boston Whaler, Inc., Massport's new fire/rescue boat will be used chiefly for fast response to emergencies in the waters surrounding Logan

International Airport as well as within Boston

Harbor itself. The Massachusetts Port Author- ity, through its Maritime and Aviation Divisions, is responsible for the operations and mainte- nance of the Port of Boston, Logan International

Airport and the Tobin Bridge. 16

Acquisition of this new high performance fire/ rescue boat marks the second Boston Whaler selected by the Massport Fire Department for on- the-water fire fighting duty. An earlier 21-foot

Boston Whaler has been in service since 1977.

In addition to full communications, instru- mentation and navigation equipment, Massport's

Challenger 27-foot was customized with heavy duty rubbing strakes, stainless steel cutwater, spotlight, bow docking lights, floodlights, cockpit lighting and a thru-hull fitting for future instal- lation of a fire pump.

Massport's 27-foot Challenger is powered with a pair of 200-hp Mercury outboards.

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Mine Countermeasure Vessel On Trial

At Kvaerner Mandal A.S. Yard

The first in a series of nine advanced Mine

Countermeasure Vessels (MCMVs) built by the

Kvaerner Mandal A.S. Yard for the Royal Norwe- gian Navy (RNoN) has successfully completed more than 70 percent of the extensive test pro- gram. Impressed with the progress of the trials, the yard planned for completion of the test pro- gram by the end of 1993 when the vessel was delivered to the RNoN.

The vessel being tested is of the Oksoy-class mine hunter, four of which are to be built. The remaining five vessels of the contract are mine sweepers of the "Alta-class." The design of the

MCMV is 75 percent air cushion borne Surface

Effect Ship (SES). The facilities of Kvaerner

Mandal A.S., which is a subsidiary of the Kvaerner

Group, have been specifically planned and laid out for the building of high-performance vessels, both military and commercial.

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Halotron In Cooperation Agreement

With Unitor and Svenska Skum

Halotron Inc., Unitor AS, Oslo, Norway, and

Svenska Skum AB, Gothenburg, Sweden, an- nounced they have entered into a mutual coop- eration agreement committing the companies to the sale of Halotron™ fire suppression and extin- guishing agents and systems to the worldwide shipping and maritime industries. American

Pacific and Unitor have separately entered into a distribution agreement that encompasses the worldwide maritime and North Sea Offshore

Market. The Halotron agents and systems have been developed by American Pacific as replace- ments for halon 1211 and 1301. The Halotron agents are designed to meet the requirements for "clean" and environmentally-friendly products.

It is expected that the necessary marine approv- als of Halotron will be obtained no earlier than the summer of 1994. For more information on

Halotron from American Pacific Corporation,

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For North America contact:

BELL POWER SYSTEMS 677 Cromwell Avenue, P.O. Box 769

Rocky Hill, CT 06067

Tel: (203) 563-5176 • Fax: (203) 257-7899

CK POWER PRODUCTS 9290 West Florissant, St. Louis, MO 63136

Tel: (314) 868-8620 • Fax (314) 868-9314

CK POWER PRODUCTS CORPORATION OF FLORIDA 229 Southwest 54th Court, Ocala, FL 32674

Tel: (904) 237-7660 . Fax: (904) 237-0855

CN POWER SYSTEM 220 Harter Avenue, P.O. Box 650

Woodland, CA 95695

Tel: (916) 666-6624 • Fax: (916) 661-1226

DIESEL-BEC, INC. 2805 Pitfield Boulevard

St. Lauren, Quebec H4S1T2 Canada

Tel: (514) 335-0940 • Fax: (514) 335-0080

EMERSON POWER PRODUCTS 426 South Cloverdale Street

Seattle, WA 98108

Tel: (206) 764-3850 • Fax: (206) 764-3832

ENGINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC. 1709-B South Slappey Boulevard

Albany, GA 31701

Tel: (912) 888-1900 • Fax: (912) 435-2946

ENGINES, INC.

U.S. Hwy. 49 South, P.O. Box 425

Weiner, AR 72479

Tel: (501) 684-7361 • Fax: (501) 684-7338

Branch Office:

U.S. Hwy. 61 South, P.O. Box 1154

Cleveland, MS 38732

Tel: (601) 843-0083 • Fax: (601) 843-0856

HEARTLAND ENGINE COMPANY, INC. 2113 East Smithville-Western Road

Wooster, OH 44691

Tel: (216) 345-5068 . Fax: (216) 345-7339

NORTH AMERICAN ENGINE COMPANY 3003 Thurston Rd., Greenboro, NC 27406

Tel: 1 (800) 543-2289

Tel: (919) 370-4776 • Fax: (919) 370-4993

SUPERIOR DIESEL 1632 N. Stevens Street, P.O. Box 1187

Rhinelander, WI54501

Tel: (715) 369-5900 • Fax: (715) 369-5918

Branch Offices: 461 East Fen Road, Coldwater, MI 49036

Tel: (517) 278-2445 • Fax: (517) 278-8272 and 204 North 37th Road, Mendota, IL 61342

Tel: (815) 538-1818 • Fax: (815) 538-3200

WESTERN ENGINE DISTRIBUTORS 321 Industrial Street, Bakerfield, CA 93307

Tel: (805) 327-3881 • Fax: (805) 327-1731

Branch Offic*: 3301 Hill Street, Long Beach, CA 90804

Tel: (310) 494-6733 • Fax: (310) 985-0718

YORK POWER SYSTEMS 804 West Cotton, P.O. Box 3939

Longview, TX 75606

Tel: 1 (800) 322-1980

Tel: (903) 757-4700 • Fax: (903) 757-9927

Branch Office: 4601 Pinemont, Suite 114, Houston, TX 77041

Tel: (713) 460-1134 • Fax: (713) 460-9532

For Europe contact:

JOHN DEERE SARAN

B.P. 13, 45401 Fleury Les Aubrais, France

Tel: (33) 38 82 60 23 • Fax: (33) 38 82 60 00

For Asia, Caribbean, Central and

South America contact:

JOHN DEERE INTERCONTINENTAL, LTD. 400 19th Street, Moline, IL 61265-1388

Tel: (309) 765-3310 • Fax: (309) 765-3197

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