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ABS Terminates Pact

With Cyprus Register

The American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) announced that effec- tive March 31, 1995, its agreement has been ended with the Cyprus

Bureau of Shipping (CBS) to assist in the development of that society.

Dating back to 1985, shortly after

CBS was founded, the agreement covered ABS assistance in provid- ing: administrative and technical advice; administrative and techni- cal training at ABS offices; and use of ABS Rules for classing CBS ships.

Until 1993 the operating head of

CBS had been secured from the

ABS management staff. "The intent of our agreement was to help CBS establish the basic foun- dation from which to become a self- sufficient class society able to serve the local maritime community. We feel this purpose has been served and the agreement had come to its natural end," said Robert D.

Somerville, ABS president.

He pointed out that two other agreements between ABS and CBS continue. One addresses mutual cooperation for the dual classifica- tion (ABS/CBS) of ships, and the other addresses non-exclusive rep- resentation.

Zentech Wins MarAd

Contract

The Maritime Administration (MarAd) has awarded a contract — through its Ready Reserve Fleet -

Texas Div., Port Arthur, Texas — to Zentech, Inc. of Houston for the design review and engineering modifications to existing LCM (Landing Craft Mechanized) ves- sels. The project covers upgrading and converting 13 LCM vessels into three types of support vessels, con- sisting of tow tugs (8), lay repairs (2), and diver units (3).

Modifications include complete reconfiguration of bows and other changes to main structures, includ- ing the relocation of pilothouses and new construction of pilothouses together with installation of pipe handling appurtenances for the

LCM conversion. The work will meet ABS and U.S. Coast Guard standards.

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USGIC Releases Market

Model For GPS Equipment

The U.S. GPS Industry Council (USGIC) predicts that the world- wide market for global positioning system (GPS) receiver equipment is expected to grow to more than $8 billion by the year 2000, with ma- rine and military applications an- ticipated to account for $290 mil- lion in sales.

The collective market estimate was developed using the same tech- niques used in corporate strategic planning models of individual

USGIC member firms.

May, 1995

The study also identified two emerging trends in the GPS evolu- tion: the first is the continuous 30 percent per year decline in the cost of the hardware content; the second is the increased contribution of em- bedded software in the end-user ap- plication. The USGIC market model will be updated annually and be ad- justed appropriately as real market data becomes available from the member companies.

WesTech Gear Ships Pipe

Tensioners To Singapore

WesTech Gear Corp. recently shipped its latest series of Linear

Pipe Tensioners to Singapore where they will be installed on board the

M/V Solitaire, a pipe-laying vessel currently under construction to be owned and operated by Allseas En- gineering B.V. of The Netherlands.

The LPT-220 pipe-laying system is reportedly the largest caterpillar- type tensioner ever built, consisting of three identical tensioning units each designed to hold 100 metric tons of constant tension. A 400- metric-ton capacity abandonment and recovery (A&R) winch with two storage reels and instrumented sheaves are also included in this system.

The tensioners and winch are

KaMeWa Waterjets for speed and economy

Installed in fast passenger/car ferries world- wide, KaMeWa Waterjets have opened up new horizons in terms of speed, economy and passenger comfort. • KaMeWa Waterjets offer higher speeds than any other marine propulsion system on the market today. • At high speeds, KaMeWa Waterjets are more fuel efficient than propellers, while noise levels can be 50% lower. • Higher speeds offer scope for more frequent crossings and thus a greater number of passengers carried.

KaMeWa offers a complete range of water- jets starting from lightweight units in the 100-1,500 kW power range. Although the largest unit built by KaMeWa to date has an output of 22,100 kW, there is no upper limit on size and larger units are currently being designed.

More than 800 KaMeWa Waterjet units are currently installed in monohulls, catamarans, wave-piercers, foil-borne catamarans and rigid side hull surface effect ships.

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