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Astilleros Espanoles Delivers

Bulk Carrier To Malaysia

The Astilleros Espanoles SA (AESA) yard in Gijon has delivered the Bunga Mas Satu, first of a containership series ordered by the

Malaysian International Shipping

Corporation. The vessel was deliv- ered April 14, over a month ahead of schedule. Bungu Mas Satu is a double-hulled cellular container vessel. The 443.5-ft. (135.2-m) ship is classed by Germanischer Lloyd.

The Sulzer main engine, type 6RTA52U, drives the vessel to a service speed of 17.3 knots at 90 percent MCR.

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KaMeWa Acquires

Aquamaster From Finnyards

KaMeWa AB of Sweden, a sup- plier of marine propulsion systems, has acquired Aquamaster-Rauma, the Finnish azimuth thruster and deck machinery company, from

Finnyards.

Ingmar Jensen, KaMeWa's managing director, said, "With the addition of Aquamaster's comple- mentary product range we can now offer our customers a full range of propulsion products including a wide variety of thruster types. The

Rauma deck machinery business is an exciting new product line for us, with excellent potential for future development."

Timo Salokoski, managing di- rector of Aquamaster-Rauma, added: "Future access to, and col- laboration with, KaMeWa's world- renowned research laboratories will strengthen our ability to further develop vessel concepts such as safety tankers and escort tugs."

KaMeWa's products include fixed and controllable-pitch propellers, tunnel thrusters and rotatable thrusters for the offshore industry, waterjet propulsion systems and electronic control systems.

KaMeWa is part of the Propulsion

Technology Div. of Vickers PLC, based in the U.K.

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SCA, AWSC & Others Meet

At First-Ever Meeting

Representatives and members of five shipyard industry groups met

April 4 at the Madison Hotel in

Washington, D.C., to discuss key issues in the U.S. shipbuilding and repair industries. The meeting was organized by the Shipbuilders Coun- cil of America (SCA) and the Ameri- can Waterways Shipyard Confer- ence (AWSC). Other groups in- volved were the South Tidewater

Association of Ship Repairers,

Southeast Shipyard Assn., and San

Diego Ship Repair Assn.

Tom Jones, vice president of

Atlantic Marine and chairman of

SCA, and Harvey Walpert, senior

May, 1995 vice president of the Trinity Marine

Group and chairman of AWSC, pre- sided and each presented briefings on a list of issues that included: the

OECD Shipbuilding Agreement, preservation of the Jones Act, regu- latory reform, the Maritech program,

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Mr. Jones said the meeting would lead to more cooperation in advanc- ing common views in the industry.

Reviewing the meeting, Mr.

Walpert said, "This industry meet- ing has brought forth historic con- sensus on several important issues.

Our discussions will lead to coop- erative action at a crucial time."

The group has decided to convey this consensus to members of Con- gress and the Executive Branch. "The SeaOtter meets or exceeds the specifications of other ROV systems sold at twice the price." •Jack Fisher, President

J.W. Fishers Mfg., Inc. "The SeaOtter is powerful enough to handle currents, « and rugged enough to reach depths of up to 500 feet. It features four variable-speed remote controlled motors, a CCD color camera, four lOOw lamps, and a 13" topside color monitor. A more powerful

ROV called the SeaLion is also available, and any SeaOtter may be upgraded to a SeaLion."

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