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Furuno Wins Eight NMEA

Awards For Excellence

Furuno, the international marine electronics company, was honored with eight prestigious awards from the National Marine Electronics

Association's (NMEA) Award of Ex- cellence for 1993. Furuno's awards were as follows: Furuno LP-1000,

Best Navigation Plotter; Furuno 1731, Best Small Boat Radar;

Furuno FR-8100D, Best Large Boat

Radar; Furuno FCV-581, Best Depth

Sounder (CRT based); and the

Furuno CH-24, Best Sonar (CRT- based). The company also won top honors in three new categories, which recognize dealer support pro- grams and activities, including: Best

Manufacturer-Dealer Relationship;

Best Dealer Training; and Best Co- op Advertising Program. For more information on Furuno,

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ACCL To Expand With

Arrival Of New Vessel

Luther H. Blount of Blount In- dustries, Inc. is building a new ves- sel for his cruise company American

Canadian Caribbean Lines, Inc. (ACCL), to introduce America's cruisers to new water routes in mid-

America. The MTV Niagara Prince, ready for an August 1994 delivery, will have an air draft of 16 feet and will reportedly be the first over- night ship in more than 100 years to transit the Erie Canal with passen- gers from Albany to Buffalo. It can also cruise Lake Champlain and the entire length of the Chicago River without raising a bridge. This is made possible due to the vessel's special construction, which features a convertible superstructure allow- ing the low profile to get under Erie

Canal bridges. The Niagara Prince is classified U.S. Coast Guard subchapter T-L, but will also carry a full SOLAS 74 certificate for near coastal cruising.

Astilleros Espanoles Gets

Order From MISC For Two

Containerships

Spanish shipbuilder Astilleros

Espanoles has won an order from

Malaysian International Shipping

Corporation (MISC) to build two 668-TEU containerships. Astilleros

Espanoles won the contract in an international open tender called by the Malaysian government. The vessels will be fully cellular containerships, with double-hull and a tall and narrow superstructure at the extreme fore. The vessels are 440 feet long with a breadth of 68 feet and depth of 34 feet. The ships will be built by the Juliana shipyard of Astilleros Espanoles in Gijon. For more information on Astilleros

Espanoles,

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ACR Appoints New Reps

ACR Electronics, Fort Lauder- dale, Fla., has appointed several new representatives for the company's marine product line. Ed

Morris of Ocean Southeast, Inc. has been selected to represent ACR in Florida, Georgia, Puerto Rico,

Bahamas and the Virgin Islands.

On the west coast, Bruce Brown of

Bruce Brown & Associates has been appointed to represent ACR in Cali- fornia and Hawaii along with asso- ciates Allan Molho and Kirk

Brown.

Seamen's Church Meeting

To Address Safety

The Seamen's Church Institute will hold its Safety-At-Sea Sympo- sium Wednesday, January 26 in

New York City. Panelists will be led by keynote speaker the Hon.

William A. O'Neil, secretary gen- eral of the International Maritime

Organization (IMO). In addition to ship management and compliance, the symposium will address pro- posed changes to the 1978 Interna- tional Convention on Standards of

Training. Contact: Andrea Laine,

The Seamen's Church Institute, 241

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