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tons at an ocean draft of 20.4 ft. (6.2 m).

The newbuilding, as yet unnamed, will feature a single unobstructed cargo hold, measur- ing 296 x 55 ft. (90.2 x 16.7 m) — a feature that has contributed to the ease and speed of cargo loading and discharge on her sister barges, and thus to their popularity among customers.

The new barge was engineered and designed by Gretna Machine and Iron Works, Inc., which, like

Moss Point Marine, is a subsidiary of the Trinity Marine Group.

Hatch covers will be provided by

MacGregor (USA), Inc., and the hatch crane by Marine Travelift,

Inc. Deck machinery is from

NETEC, Inc.

When completed in October of this year, this new building will augment Moran's dry bulk fleet, consisting of the barges

Bridgeport, Somerset, Virginia and

Maryland. Subsidiaries of Moran

Towing Corporation operate a fleet of 54 tugs and 13 barges that pro- vide tugboat assistance at major

U.S. ports, as well as barge trans- portation services and worldwide ocean towing.

For more information on Trinity

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Sperry Integrated Bridge

Chosen For Hibernia Project

Shuttle Tankers

Shipowners MCM (Mobil Oil

Canada, Chevron Canada

Resources and Murphy Oil) and

Atlantic Shuttle I (Pennecon/

Ugland) have chosen the Sperry

Marine Inc. Vision 2100 Integrated

Bridge for the 127,000-dwt shuttle tankers to be used on the Hibernia project. The two ships are being constructed at Samsung Heavy

Industries in Korea. These shuttle tankers will operate on the

Hibernia Oil Field and on the East coast of Canada and the U.S. "We are especially proud to have won this project, as this firmly establishes Sperry's leadership position in ship integration sys- tems," said J. Nolasco daCunha,

Sperry vice president for Sales and

Service.

For more information on Sperry Marine

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Inmarsat Launches First

Third-Generation Satellite

The first Inmarsat-3 satellite, claimed by Inmarsat to be the world's most advanced commercial mobile communications spacecraft, was launched from Cape

Canaveral, Fla., on the evening of

April 3, 1996, aboard a Lockheed

Martin Atlas IIA. This was the third launch attempt. The first two were delayed due to adverse weather. Inmarsat's third genera- tion, which will eventually com- prise five satellites, will expand the availability and usefulness of global mobile satellite communica- tions by making lower cost commu- nications services possible operat- ing with even smaller, more eco- nomical mobile and transportable terminals.

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AMSC Reports Successful

AMSC-1 Satellite Tests

American Mobile Satellite

Corporation (AMSC) announced positive results from tests of the reconfigured CONUS spotbeams on its AMSC-1 mobile communica- tions satellite.

AMSC performed testing of the spotbeams throughout the U.S., with particular focus on their per- formance at the edge of the satel- lite's coverage area. The tests ver- ified that the power levels and ser- vice capabilities were unaffected by the reconfiguration of the spot- beams to correct power fluctua- tions experienced in the Eastern spotbeam. "We are quite pleased, but not surprised, at the test results," said Brian Pemberton, president and CEO of AMSC.

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