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SMI Accomplishes Tough Repair

Service Marine Industries (SMI) completed in-the-water bowthruster housing repairs aboard the Baton Rouge casino vessel, Casino

Rouge, a job completed without drydocking the boat. Following two site visits by SMI and diver inspection by a Baton Rouge-based diving services firm, it was determined that the vessel would have to be ballasted by the stern and that temporary closures would have to be installed on the tunnel ends to allow for the inspection and repairs, while the vessel remained afloat, dockside.

For more information on Service Marine

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USCG Interim Rule Brings Major

Changes For OSVs

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced an

Interim Rule (IR) establishing a new set of reg- ulations that govern the inspection and certifi- cation of offshore supply vessels (OSVs), includ- ing liftboats.

The rule contains many changes to existing regulations and policy governing conventional

OSVs and, for the first time, includes regula- tions for liftboats that currently do not require inspection. Existing OSVs and OSVs under construction that receive a certificate of inspec- tion from the USCG within 24 months after the effective date of the IR will have the option of complying with the new IR or continuing to comply with existing regulations.

The most significant impact of the new regu- lations is the consolidation requirements for off- shore supply vessels. Existing OSVs have been inspected and certificated under a number of regulations — Cargo and Miscellaneous Vessel

Regulations; and Small Passenger Vessel

Regulations — depending on their age and ton- nage. The USCG said the new regulations will remove uncertainties and inconsistencies by consolidating existing standards and policy into a single subchapter.

Comments on the regulations (CFD 82-004 and CGD 86-074) must be received on or before

February 14, 1996. They may be sent to Com- mandant (G-LRA/3406), U.S. Coast Guard

Headquarters, 2100 Second St. SW, Wash- ington, D.C., 20593-0001.

Q-West Produces Unique Tri-Hulled

Vessel

Seatruck trimaran Yellowfin.

After receiving an order to build a large fish- ing boat offering good cargo-holding capacities and speed, the Q-West shipyard produced F/V

Yellowfin, a Seatruck trimaran made of alu- minum with a Volvo Penta diesel engine as its power source. The vessel has been designated a "Tri-Hull Albatross Seatruck Fast Aluminum

Longliner." The three hulls are made of a weld- ed 8-mm aluminum sheet plate construction, and the overall length of the vessel is 55 ft. (16.7 m), with a 21-ft. (6.2-m) beam, draft of 4 ft. (1.4 m), and a displacement of 20 tons. Volvo

Penta's TAMD163P diesel engine, developing 500 kW (680 hp), serves as the power source.

For more information Q-West

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The NAVIGATOR

The Most Advanced High Precision DGPS System Made

The NAVIGATOR is a precision navigation instrument with a 12 channel parallel processing receiver. With position accuracy of 1-3 meters, our detailed chart shows your movement directly on the screen. • Shows all depth markings and bottom contours. • Add/Delete Nav Aids. • Worldwide Vector Digitized Chart

Database. • Chart Update Program. • Voyage Recorder. • Automatic Beacon Selection. • Vessel Traffic Surveillance Capability. • Automated Dependent Surveillance. • Pole to pole data communications via satellite. • Portable Pilot Pack Version.

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Rahway • New Jersey • 07065 • USA • 908-382-4344 • fax • 908-388-5111

The NAVIGATOR is built to the following MIL-SPEC Specifications:Water resistance & salt exposure;MIL-T 28800c para 4.5 6.2. Vibration 1.5g 10-100HZ

Shock 5G peak.

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Remote and Mobile

Systems

SAIC's custom enclosures are designed to suit client application and environment requirements.

Electronic/Navigation/Communications Shelters

Hangars and Electrical/

Mechanical Shop Space

Office Space/Conference Room

Operation Mission Control

Crew Lounge and Berthing

Laboratories

Climate Controlled Area

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Tel. (619) 686-5600 Fax (619) 686-5604 An Employoe-Ownod Company

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ICE VALVli & FITTING o division of V.V.S, Inc. - Servicing the Gulf Coast for all your piping needs -

Your full service source for all U.S. standard and metric valves, pipe fittings, pipe and tubing.

Houston, TX • Phone: (713) 641-6733

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