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Cincinnati Gears On New

Ausfal Ferry

Cincinnati Gear Co. (CGCo) was awarded its second order from Austal

Ships of Australia for two MA-107 marine reduction gearboxes. Austal

Ships' latest catamaran ferry, hull

No. 116, will feature two Cincinnati

Gear MA-107 units, each powered by an AlliedSignal TF-40 gas tur- bine. The 131-ft. (40-m) fast ferry, to be delivered to Yuet Hing Marine

Supplies of Hong Kong, will be ca- pable of full load cruising speeds of 43 knots.

The propulsion systems on this

Austal application will feature

CGCo's CIN-TEC control system, which monitors and controls opera- tion of the MA-107 gearbox, and its relationship with other propulsion system components.

For more information on Cincinnati Gear

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Keith Marine To Build Tender

For Royal Caribbean

Keith Marine, Inc., (KMI)ofGreen

Cove Springs, Fla., has been awarded a contract to construct an 85-ft. (25.9-m), 300-passenger steel passenger tender for Royal Carib- bean Cruise Lines (RCCL).

The vessel will be constructed in

KMI's Palatka, Fla., yard to ABS and DNV requirements. This is the

Ritchie sets a new standard in Electronic

CompassTechnology... r 1 \ ~o -CO"" - ( H \hitchie/ s % 06

CD • C3 GO ^

GPS/LORAN/SATNAV

RADAR/CHART PLOTTER

AUTOPILOT

Easy Interfacing.

Ritchie's MagTronic Heading System is setting a new standard for Electronic Compass Technology.

That's because the MagTronic Sensor produces a crisp, clean signal that converts directly to digital information with accuracy and repeatability un- matched by other sensors. This sensor can also provide identical heading data for all your on-board navigation instruments. In fact, you can usually connect up to three instruments including your compass display directly to the sensor. That's ^ Easy Interfacing. If your electronics require several different signals all at one time, That's > Easy too. All it takes is a

MagTronic Interface Enclo- sure and simple slip-in

MagTronic Interface Modules.

Imagine, no more conflicting heading data. Your LORAN, GPS, SATNAV,

CHART/PLOTTER, RADAR and AUTOPILOT will all have the same precise heading data and

MagTronic's unmatched 1/2-of-one degree accuracy.

For more information about Ritchie Electronic

Compasses, see your favorite Marine or Electronics

Dealer or ask for your FREE Ritchie Catalog.. .it has everything you need to know about the new standard in modern Electronic Compass

Technology...and

Ritchie Magnetic

Compasses, too.

Remember, at Ritchie, Technology is never outdated...it's Standard.

RITCHIE" E. S. Ritchie & Sons, Inc. 243 Oak Street, Pembroke, MA 02359

Tel: (617) 826-5131 • Fax: (617) 826-7336

Circle 323 on Reader Service Card 14 sixth vessel KMI has built for RCCL.

KMI, involved in shipbuilding, conversion and repair of private yachts and commercial vessels since 1978, will open a new 22-acre facil- ity at the St. John's River Barge

Port. The yard layout will more than double capacity.

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AMC, Weeks Jamestown

Sign Cooperation Pact

American Marine Corporation (AMC) of Ossining, N.Y., and Weeks

Jamestown, Inc. (WJI) of Cranford,

N.J., announced the formal signing of an agreement that solidifies the working relationship between the two major marine response organi- zations. Together the two compa- nies bring to the oil and transporta- tion industry the first network of marine response capability that fully meets OPA 90 requirements for oil spill cleanup, salvage, firefighting, emergency lightering and towing.

Weeks Jamestown is a wholly- owed subsidiary of Weeks Marine, a marine company with extensive background in salvage, heavy lift, and emergency lightering opera- tions. The company's range extends throughout the East, West and Gulf coasts, as well as Hawaii and the

Caribbean Basin. The Weeks tug fleet consists of more than 30 ves- sels including oceangoing salvage tugs with 68 tons of bollard pull.

More than 40 floating cranes and derrick rigs provide both lighterage and heavy lift capability up to 700 tons. More than 120 barges and an extensive array of specialized equip- ment form the company's salvage capability.

American Marine Corporation was organized in 1994 to provide a cost-effective alternative to existing

OPA coverage options for compa- nies that transport, store and handle oil. AMC has mitigated the heavy financial burden of this coverage through the creation of a response organization that emphasizes maxi- mum utilization of existing commer- cial resources, supplemented as re- quired to provide full OPA 90 cover- age at substantially lower client costs. Through a cost-effective ap- proach, AMC has been awarded Fi- nal Level E Classification by the

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) in Rivers/

Canals and Inshore/Nearshore en- vironments and Interim Level E

Classification in Offshore/Open

Ocean. The USCG inspection for

AMC Final Level E Classification is scheduled for early December.

Together, the AMC-WJI team provides full-range OSRO, salvage, emergency towing, firefighting and emergency lightering services that fully meet the compliance require- ments of OPA 90.

For more information on AMC

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For more information on

Weeks Jamestown

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