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Mackay Communications has presented the

NERA Worldphone Office (Mini-M Inmarsat ter- minal), which reportedly provides access to inter- national dial-up telephone, fax and data networks.

The key features of the product include: 4.8 Kbps voice; a rechargable NIMh battery and charger integrated in the phone; and a SIM card for per- sonal mobility, management and authentication.

Options include prepaid minutes, call forwarding, short message service (SMS) and voice/fax mail.

Hito< To Supply Oil loading System For

Brazilian Offshore Operation

Hitec Marine, formerly Marine Consulting

Group (MCG), has been awarded a contract to pro- vide an oil loading system for Petrobras' Marlin field offshore Brazil. The contract is for the supply of a complete offloading and tandem mooring sys- tem for the ship Cairu. The ship will be converted into a mobile production unit at Astilleros

Espanoles' Cadiz yard in Spain.

Oceonics Completes Geophysical Survey For

Proposed Container Port

Oceonics Singapore, part of Oceonics' worldwide group, has recently completed a high resolution geophysical survey for the proposed new container port at Pasir Panjang. The project was contracted by the Port of Singapore Authority (PSA) following

Oceonics' initial survey of approximately 600 km in 1994.

The most recent project involved the use of boomer and sparker systems on separate passes and 16.4-ft. (5-m) line separations for observing details of the limestone bedrock, and mapping the limestone top and its contact with adjacent rocks and sediment, in order to locate cavities with a diameter in excess of 2 meters. Use of the compa- ny's MN8 DGPS system ensured the necessary positional accuracy for this objective.

Intermarine USA Wins RIB Contract

Savannah, Ga.-based Intermarine USA will develop a 35-ft. (10-m) rigid inflatable boat (RIB) prototype for the Naval Special Warfare RIB (NSW

RIB) program. This contract was awarded in late

June by the U.S. Special Operations Command, and upon completion, the prototype will be evalu- ated in a test against several other prototypes at

MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. The winner of these tests will reportedly receive a contract to supply up to 24 of the vessels a year through 2002.

Intermarine's design uses fiber reinforced plastic (FRP) foam cored hull construction with twin marine diesels. With a waterjet propulsion config- uration, the RIB will reportedly be capable of speeds in excess of 50 knots. It is equipped with its own purpose-built trailer, and the boat/trailer com- bination is air transportable in military airlift cargo craft.

Oceaneering To Survey Japanese Coastal

Wreck

Houston-based Oceaneering International announced the award of a contract by the U.K.

Department of Transport and the European

Commission to perform an initial survey to locate and identify the stern section of M/V Derbyshire.

The purpose of inquiry is to determine the actual cause of the vessel's loss, which has been the sub- ject of ongoing debate since the ship sank in 14,107.4 ft. (4,300 m) of water off the coast of

Japan in 1980, with extensive loss of life.

Subsidiary Oceaneering International Services

Ltd. will perform the contract, which is to involve deployment of the company's Magellan 825/DOSS system from M/V The Performer. Oceaneering ini- tially located and positively identified the wreck in 1994, using the Magellan 725 and Ocean Explorer 6000 search system. Oceaneering is an advanced applied technology company that provides engi- neered services and hardware to customers in the marine and other harsh environments. 52 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News