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NORWEGIAN MARITIME REVIEW (propellers), Mar-El (remote sys- tems), Moland (alarm, monitoring and control systems), Vingtor (infor- mation systems), Norcontrol (navi- gation systems), Tranberg (naviga- tion and signal lighting), Hydro

Aluminium Vik Verk's (lightweight aluminum systems), Colt Industrier (window systems), Glamox (light- ing), Jets Vacuum (sewage systems),

Marintek (ship model testing and hull design), and Eksoportfinans (financial).

Another Norwegian high-tech com- pany, TTS Technology, recently teamed with Thornycroft, Giles &

Co. (TGC) — developers of the

FastShip — to jointly develop the world's fastest container handling technologies. Under the agreement,

TTS will invest up to $2.5 million to become an equity partner in TGC and complete the development of the

Alicon terminal handling and ship loading/unloading system, designed to provide a cost-effective interface between marine and land-based logistics systems. "...We sought to "orm a strategic partnership with a

Irm that has internationally recog- lized expertise in the design and nanufacture of sophisticated equip- nent and reliable material handling ystems that must function in a ough environment," said Ronald ^ornelison, president and CEO of

X-rC. "We believe TTS to be the ieal partner for this task." The

Jicon system combines an orderly sceival/distribution and marshaling f incoming and outgoing containers 1 ports with the extremely fast >ading and unloading of the astShip vessels. Use of the system designed to expedite ship turn- "ound time to about six hours for ie 1,448-TEU vessel. iding the wave

The cyclical volatility of the mar- ine market meant good news for me companies, not so good news r others.

The first half of 1996 included ports from Norwegian shipbuilder d engineering group Kvaerner it its first-half profits dropped 60 rcent, mainly from poor results in oil and gas and pulping business-

Meanwhile, its acquisition of ifalgar House continues to be utinized as to how it will affect ! company in the long term.

While the overall numbers were ra, shipbuilding activity report- y remained strong, with a strong -tax profit. Expectations are for shipbuilding units to deliver itember, 1996

Ulstein To Highlight Offshore Abilities At SMM '96

Ulstein will be highlighting its unrivalled range of UT700 off- shore vessel designs at the SMM exhibition in Hamburg, as well as the latest developments from the group's equipment companies.

The mainstay of the Ulstein

Group's shipbuilding division,

Ulstein Verft, remains securely in offshore tonnage, and a healthy orderbook emphasizes the compa- ny's dominance of this market sec- tor. Of the 18 offshore support vessels on order at North

European yards in July, nine were being built to an Ulstein UT700 design, and six of these were placed at Ulstein Verft itself.

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