Page 109: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (June 1994)

count on highly trained COMSAT operators such as Suzanne Loetz of our Santa Paula facility. Suzanne recently sprang into action to get quick rescue assistance to a cargo ship sailing near Indonesia after she received an urgent distress call saying the ship had been boarded by armed pirates.

Plus . . . you can always count on

COMSAT operators to help you with services that can maximize the efficiency of your communications: • FREE Time and Charges • FREE Operator Assistance • FREE Translation Assistance in Over 140 Languages • 56/64 kbps Call Assistance • Telex Group Calls • Credit Card Billing • Global Telex Switching Services

Circle 217 on Reader Service Card

Marino Inland Fabricators Builds Live-Aboard Towboat For

TIC Marino Sorvicos

Whatever the situation, COMSAT's operators are ready and anxious to help you. During an emergency . . . helping you conduct business ... or just making sure you are never out of touch when you are out at sea.

Unlike other providers, we don't provide you with mere switching services or electronic voices. We provide you with real, live people whose only job is to help you.

COMSAT service. It's what we're all about... in every situation. $$ COMSAT

Vi' MARITIME SERVICES 1-800-424-9152 (Toll Free in the U.S.) 22300 COMSAT Drive, Clarksburg, MD 20871

Outside the U.S.: +1-301-428-2379 119

As a continuation of its expan- sion into new markets, Marine In- land Fabricators has built a live- aboard towboat at its Panama City,

Fla. yard. Delivery was made to

TLC Marine Services, Inc. of

Lockport, La.

The largest boat Marine Inland

Fabricators has built to date, Chad

D has 55' x 18' x 6' molded dimen- sions and is powered by two rebuilt

Detroit Diesel 8V-71 naturally as- pirated diesel engines with Twin

Disc MG-509 gears at 2.95:1 reduc- tion. Propellers are 36" x 26" four- blade "workhorse" wheels by Michi- gan Wheel Corp.

The steering system, designed by Bollinger Shipyards, consists of

Kobelt electric jog controls over a hydraulic system and dual steering cylinders. Living accommodations consist of a galley, bunk room for two crew, bathroom and shower. A

Humphrey sanitation system pro- cesses effluent.

The boat will be used as a service vessel for the oil and gas rigs in "oil patch" of southern Louisiana and

Texas. The boat is capable of carry- ing tankage of 5,600 gallons of fuel and 5,600 gallons of potable water.

A John Deere diesel 4039DM genset supplies 25 kW three-phase electric power to the boat's transfer pumps, steering, lighting, naviga- tion equipment and the central air conditioning installed by Com- plete Air Conditioning & Re- frigeration.

For more information on

Marine Inland Fabricators,

Circle 76 on Reader Service Card

RTK Marine Builds River

Survey Seatruck Destined

For Bangladesh

Poole (U.K)-based boat builder

RTK Marine has recently completed trials on a 39-ft. (12-m) Seatruck for delivery to an owner in Bangladesh.

The Seatruck was purchased by a consortium of the Dutch company

Delft Hydraulics and the Danish

Hydraulic Institute for use as a river survey craft on the Bangladesh

Government Flood Action Plan.

The vessel is propelled by twin

Volvo Penta 130-hp diesel engines, propulsion units which provide a fully laden speed of 18 knots. A total of 160 gallons of fuel can be carried on-board, essential for the extensive distances involved in the survey.

A pair of diesel generators are installed to provide power for the galley, survey equipment and airconditioning units

The vessel is designed to carry out hydrographic surveys away from its base resulting in trips of several days duration. The air- conditioned cabin is equipped with bunks, galley, refrigerator and toi- let.

A unique feature of this craft is the requirement for a Moonpool, i.e. a hole throught the bottom of the boat to deploy sophisticated survey equipment directly into the river.

June, 1994 ... a COMSAT operator.

Anytime at all, 24 hours a day, every day.

Anywhere in the world you may sail. They're standing by to help you in any way they possibly can.

Courteously. Tactfully. Professionally. And, most of all, at no charge!

COMSAT operators are the only team of operators in the Inmarsat system dedicated to working around the clock to personally assist you in every way possible. From placing your person-to-person calls to helping you conduct business at sea, they are always there to help you.

In fact, many people at sea have come to think of COMSAT operators as a "friendly voice from home" that they can always count on.

And in a real emergency, you can always