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Fednav Names Seaway

NewbuilcJs During Shanghai

Ceremony

The Fednav Group, a Canadian shipowing and chartering compa- ny, named two 34,000-ton, St.

Lawrence Seaway-suitable bulk carriers in a ceremony at the

Jiangnan Shipyard in Shanghai on May 17.

The first vessel, due for delivery this month, was named Federal

Calumet by Mary Culver, spouse of David Culver, chairman of

CAI Capital Corp., Montreal.

The second vessel was named

Federal Saguenay by Janet

Bumstead, spouse of David

Bumstead, executive vice presi- dent of Noranda, Inc., Toronto.

Both vessels were launched into the Huang Pu River in an unusual twin ceremony. These two ships are reportedly part of a six-ship package deal, with three vessels scheduled to come into service this year, and three scheduled for ser- vice next year.

According to Fednav, these ves- sels are an indication of its com- mitment to the future of the Great

Lakes/St. Lawrence Seaway

System.

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New Ashtech GPS Blends

Commercial/Military

Applications

On May 22, Ashtech, Inc., a

Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company involved in finding precision solu- tions for global positioning, announced the introduction of its

GG24 receiver, reportedly the first single-board receiver to tightly inte- grate U.S. Global Positioning

System (GPS) and Russian GLObal

Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) satellite-based naviga- tion technologies. Ashtech has stat- ed that this product is the first fully integrated receiver designed to take advantage of both disciplines, for commercial and non-military pur- poses.

The GG24's ability to receive and use signals from not only 24 GPS satellites, but also from the 24

GLOSNASS satellites, ensures its rapid integration into a wide variety of high-precision sea, land and air- based applications on a global scale.

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FBM Marine Wins Order For

MOD SWATHs

FBM Marine of Cowes, Isle of

Wight, U.K., has been awarded a contract to build two, 75.4-ft. (23-m) passenger transfer craft for the U.K.

Ministry of Defence (MOD). The vessels are scheduled to be delivered in July and September 1997, and are the first vessels of a small water- plane area twin hull (SWATH) design ordered by the agency.

The 75-passenger vessels will be used in support of Flag Officer Sea

Training (FOST) at Plymouth to transfer staff quickly and comfort- ably from warships and auxiliaries within the breakwater and in open sea condition. The vessels will be fitted with twin marine diesel engines of approximately 450-kW each, driving conventional pro- pellers to service speeds in excess of 11 knots in sea state 3.

For more information on FBM Marine Ltd.

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Orkot Names Allied Marine

Exclusive U.S. Distributor

Orkot, a manufacturer of fabric reinforced composite materials used in marine applications, has appoint- ed Allied Marine Services (AMS) as its exclusive marine distributor for the U.S. AMS will distribute marine products such as the compa- ny's specialized bearing composites, for example, Orkot's rudder and sta- bilizer fin bearings designed for operation in demanding marine con- ditions.

AMS has recently undergone an expansion program, opening offices in Connecticut, Washington and

Texas. The company's qualified en-

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