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Sea-Hornet Equips West Coast

Superferry

B.C. Ferries' Spirit of British Columbia has been equipped with Sea-Hornet Marine

Industries Inc.'s IVR-6600 Integrated Voyage

Recorder. The vessel is reportedly the first in the world with such a complete voyage data recording system.

Using digitized data captured from the ves- sel's onboard radar receivers during an actual voyage, Sea-Hornet engineers reconstructed radar displays of that voyage on an IVR-6600

Playback Station at their North Vancouver facility. In addition to raw radar signals, the

IVR-6600 also simultaneously acquires, digi- tizes and stores continuous video camera feeds, microphone outputs, radar screen images, GPS navigational data, and engine and operational information. The system may be configured for a wide variety of marine applications, from workboats to cruise ships to military vessels.

Sea-Hornet also received a letter of intent from B.C. Ferries to install this voyage data recording system on the majority of its fleet.

For more information on Sea-Hornet Marine Industries

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Mid-South Towing has signed a contract to purchase and equip its entire fleet with

BOATRACS satellite-based marine com- munications and tracking systems. After testing and evaluation, Mid-South Towing, a river marine transportation company, decided to equip its fleet with the BOA-

TRACS system to increase efficiencies and enable quicker response to customers' needs. "The BOATRACS system is a valuable addition to our fleet operation," said Mike

Marshall, senior port captain of Mid-

South. "With the addition of BOATRACS, we are able to reliably and conveniently communicate with our entire fleet within minutes."

For more information on BOATRACS

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World Ferry Operators To Meet In

Vancouver

Ferry operators from around the world will convene in Vancouver from September 22-25 for the 21st Annual Meeting of the

International Marine Transit Association (IMTA). Frank J. Rhodes, president of the association, recently announced details of the conference program, and extended an invitation to public and private transporta- tion agencies, corporations and ferry opera- tors to join the information exchange. "This gathering of ferry operators, large and small, offers a unique opportunity to learn what's new and what's working, and how to approach operational problems or challenges," said Mr. Rhodes. He also acknowledged the IMO's recent recognition of the event. "We are delighted to have been honored with the grant of consultative sta- tus by the IMO, and look forward to partici- pating in and contributing to future deliber- ations ... We will recognize IMO's World

Maritime Day theme, Achieving Excellence

Through Cooperation, in our proceedings," added the IMTA leader.

The conference will focus on issues of marine safety and design, new fast ferry technologies — including the Stena HSS — and urban ferry systems. A hands-on oppor- tunity to investigate ferries of the Pacific

Northwest will be offered, in addition to special presentations to be given by officers of the ferry systems of Alaska, British

Columbia, Washington state and private ferry operators of Puget Sound. The event organizers expect Chinese ferry operators, representatives from Europe's International

Union of Public Transport and members from the U.S.-based Transportation

Research Board's Committee on Ferry

Transportation to be in attendance.

For information on the IMTA conference schedule, contact Radm. Michael Martin at B.C. Ferries, tel: (604) 381-1401; fax: (604) 381-7238. For registration informa- tion, contact the IMTA Conference

Secretariat at tel: (604) 681-5226; fax: (604) 681-2503.

STAN-BLAST

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Distributor for GMA garnet

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Tel: 1-800-783-1777

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Tel: 1-800-783-7778

Fax: 409-740-3515

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BOATRACS

The Leader in

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Maritime Satellite

Communications

Q: Why do companies like Dixie

Carriers, National Marine,

Hollywood Marine and

Tidewater use

BOATRACS???

A: Because they: • Save Time and Money. • Can send and receive messages beyond cellphone range. • Get a position fix on their vessels with each message, or more frequently if they like. • Send only the information they want, without the risk of unclear or garbled reception. • Get the data they need, when they need it, and can import it directly into their Information

Management System without having to re-enter it. • Want to manage their boats and their business, not their message traffic.

Call for more information, and find out how BOATRACS can help your company.

BOATRACS, INC. 6440 Lusk Boulevard

Suite D201

San Diego, CA 92121-2758

Toll Free: 1-800-336-8722

FAX: (619) 587-1073

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August, 1996