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COMSAT Announces Global

Service And Lower Prices

For Inmarsat M, B

COMSAT Mobile Communica- tions opened its Eurasia land earth station, marking the introduction of global service and lower prices for its Inmarsat M and Inmarsat B services. With the operation ser- vice in the Indian Ocean Region,

COMSAT is reportedly the only company in the world to offer digi- tal mobile satellite services world- wide.

COMSAT'S new Eurasia land earth station, located in Kuantan,

Malaysia, joins COMSAT's stations in Santa Paula, Calif, and

Southbury, Conn.

The Eurasia station is linked by dedicated leased circuits for

COMSAT's Santa Paula station for operator assistance. It is equipped to provide all of COMSAT's ser- vices, including 24-hour operator assistance, foreign language assis- tance in more than 140 languages, specialized telephone services,

FaxMail service and other news and information services.

For more information on COMSAT

Circle 123 on Reader Service Card \utronica Marine Named

J.S. Agent For QMI

Autronica Marine USA of

Jorthvale, N.J. was named exclu- ive U.S. sales and service agent for (uality Monitoring Instruments td. (QMI), a manufacturer of oil list detection systems.

The QMI oil mist detection sys- m monitors up to 12 detection )ints simultaneously, with indi- dual detector heads (sensors) tiich are connected to the monitor ' cables instead of gas-filled pipes. ;cause of this feature, the moni- r can be mounted in the control am or on the bridge. Several gines can be monitored with a

Lgle QMI oil mist detection sys- n. The QMI oil mist detection item also reportedly has fast iction time, no false alarms, and long pipes and valves — all sen- heads are wired to the monitor.

For more information "ircle 125 on Reader Service Card prominent amid shipper demands that the cost of freight is also kept to a low level. The seaborne transport of forest products has become an increasingly specialized operation.

With freight rates under almost con- stant pressure from shippers, opera- tions have become more innovative and sophisticated, with a special fo- cus on cargo handling. Much debate continues on the merits of open hatch bulk carriers, RoRo cargoships, and the Sto-Ro, Pallet or cassette carry- ing options, and the use of contain- ers. To obtain a copy of the report, contact Malcolm Jupe, Drewry

Shipping Consultants, 11 Heron

Quay, London E14 4JF, England, tel: +44 71538 0191; fax: +44 71987 9396.

Japan's Ship Orders Up In

June

New orders in ship construction in Japan totaled 663,500 gt (29 ves- sels) in June 1994, a figure which is 0.3 percent higher than May's fig- ure of 661,600 gt.

June's figure is 173 percent higher than the same month in 1993.

The types of ships ordered for the month of June include: nine bulk carriers; eight containers; one oil tanker; two LPG tankers; three cargo carriers; two woodchip carri- ers; one barge; one chemical ship; and two reefers. © AHEAD. (2) ZERO-SPEED. Full steering effect in this mode. (3) ASTERN.

We've just taken another step ahead by going astern.

When you're firmly established as a world leader, it can be easy to become complacent.

But for HamiltonJet, quite the reverse is true... literally.

As the first to introduce the split duct deflector for superior astern thrust and vessel manoeuvrability, HamiltonJet has just advanced this concept another step.

The result is the patented HSRX servo- hydraulic follow-up control system. This major advance in applied hydraulics features a unique rotary valve integral with the deflector actuating cylinder.

The new HSRX gives full follow-up movement with enhanced reaction time and precision at the zero-speed position... simply. And all with inboard hydraulics for long life and easy maintenance.

HamiltonJet.

Definitely not astern in going ahead.

Highly Specified. Hamilton Jet

Manufactured In New Zealand by CWF Hamilton and Co. Ltd, P.O. Box 709, Chrlstchurch, New Zealand, Ph: 64-3-348-4179, Fax: 64-3-348-6969.

Worldwide Distributors — Italy, Spain, UK, USA, Canada, India, France, Germany, Holland, Australia, Finland, Hong Kong,

Indonesia, Korea, Norway, Greece, Singapore, Sweden, Taiwan, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Denmark, Phillipines, Panama, South Africa. cv swry Offers Report On ids In Seaborne Trade

Forest Products rewry Shipping Consultants made a new report available 1 "Forest Products: Trends in lorne Trade, Transport and iling." The report addresses jrospect of increase in trade nes in the forest products in- •y and its implications for the ling and logistics chain. Is- such as speed of cargo han- , cargo damage minimization/ lation and quality of shipping :e will become even more it, 1994

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