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gineers will offer installation assistance, after sales support and spares provision for Orkot's prod- ucts, which are designed with unique properties, including zero swell in seawater, high and com- pressive impact strength, low fric- tion enhanced by solid lubricants, the absense of toxic materials and ease of machining and installa- tion.

The Norwegian company's GX- 100 berthing system has a range of up to 200 m, and provides real- time data on approach speed, ship to jetty distance and ship range.

This information may be sent to control rooms, to large displays for outdoor sites on the jetty side, or transmitted to remote portable displays for use on the ship or tugs.

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Sonsub Purchases Perry

Tritech ROV

Perry Tritech, Inc. of Jupiter,

Fla., has announced the sale of

Triton No. 27 heavy work

Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) to Sonsub International, Inc. of

Houston, Texas. Developed to sup- port Shell Offshore Inc.'s Alliance

For Deepwater Remote Inter- vention Tasks, the 2,500-MSW, 75- hp Triton provides 3,000 kg through frame lift, 300-kg wet pay- load, a single 75-hp HPU, six chan- nels of simultaneous live video and 12 channels of data transmitted on optical fiber.

Triton 27 will be equipped with two manipulator arms and a full suite of advanced sensors and video equipment. Besides the

ROV, the system ordered by

Sonsub includes Perry's heavy lift

Racal-Decca Bridge System

Chosen For Fincantieri

SuperSeaCat

The first of six SuperSeaCat high -speed monohull passenger ferries being built in Italy by Fincantieri at its Riva Trigoso and Muggiano yards for Sea Containers will be equipped with Racal-Decca's

MIRANS integrated bridge sys- tems. Two MIRANS systems have been ordered through Telemar, the manufacturers' Italian representa- tive, and are due for delivery in

September.

The bridge systems will consist of interswitched X and S-band

BridgeMaster 340 ARPA radars connected to high speed antenna turning units.

The installation will also include a ChartMaster CM200R electronic chart module within the bridge array and another ChartMaster as an independent auxiliary worksta- tion. Both ChartMasters will be capable of displaying ARCS raster charts from the U.K.

Hydrographic Office and vector- ized charts. The MIRANS instal- lations aboard the SuperSeaCat will also include a Live Situation

Report module, which brings together all information necessary for safe and efficient vessel opera- tion.

The six aluminum ferries will measure 328 ft. (100 m) long, and represent a $200 million invest- ment by Sea Containers. The ves- sels will each be powered by four

Ruston 20 RK 270 engines, driving four S112 KaMeWa waterjets capable of carrying up to 800 pas- sengers and 175 cars at speeds up to 38 knots.

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Korean Interest Purchases

Autronica Ship Berthing

Radar

Autronica AS was awarded a contract by construction company

Hanjung to supply three ship berthing radar guidance systems to Korea Electric Power

Corporation (KEPCO). The sys- tems are due to be installed on

KEPCO's jetties at Samchonpo in

September, and will reportedly berth coal supply ships with greater safety and efficiency.

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