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Magnavox Software

Supports Spill Crisis

Response Efforts

Magnavox Electronic Systems

Co.'s OSARMS (Oil Spill

Automated Response Management

System) is a PC based software (SW) application that provides a command, control, communications and computer information (C4I) system for responding to oil spill incidents. Automation is achieved by interactively linking personal computers into a Local Area

Network (LAN), and providing fully integrated SW application tools that allow efficient management of spill response and assets and activ- ities, effective communications, coordination and real-time situa- tion monitoring. OSARMS com- bines a regional database (Microsoft's ACCESS); a PC based

Geographical Information System (GIS); automated response man- agement, resource management and financial management sys- tems; and an oil trajectory model- ing system. The communications package runs under Microsoft's

Windows NT operating system.

According to Magnavox, the strength of OSARMS is derived from not only the unique software developed for the application, but the integration of existing commer- cial software packages that are in use by the oil spill response com- munity. The system includes online assistance and help with federal and state regulatory requirements, and future enhancements include fully automated resource and asset acquistion, allocation, deployment, tracking, cost accounting and cost containment support.

For more information on Magnavox

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BFI Provides Waste Disposal

Solutions

Through its subsidiaries and affil- iates, Browning-Ferris Industries (BFI) provides collection, process- ing, transportation and disposal services for a wide range of com- merical and industrial wastes, including shipboard waste.

According to the company, it worked with the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the U.S.

Coast Guard (USCG) to aid in the development of disposal standards under IMO's MARPOL Annex V standards.

BFI Shipboard Waste Services -epresentatives organize waste >ffloading the moment ships dock. )ctober, 1996

Specially lined boxes and labeling materials for waste and garbage are sent aboard, with acceptable quantities ranging from a single box to tonnage volumes. Ships' crews are responsible for packing waste in containers — a process the USDA or USCG may choose to monitor — and transporting them to the quay. From this point, BFI ensures that the materials are cor-

EVAC 90 Toilet rectly and securely packaged before acceptance. BFI agents take delivery of the containers, organize them, label those requir- ing special handling under APHIS (Animal Plant Health Inspection

Services) regulations, and provide ships' masters with appropriate receipts and documentation. BFI's certificates also reportedly satisfy various legal requirements for port

C»C*B •B 1 authority or terminal operators.

Containers are transported to proper disposal facilities in refrig- erated, sealed trucks for steam treatment, thermal treatment or incineration. BFI provides ship- board waste disposal program at major ports in the U.S., Canada, and internationally.

For more information on BFI

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EFFICIENCY IS IN THE

CONTRA-ROTATING PROPELLER

AQUAMASTER'S Contra-Rotating

Propellers (CRP) Z-drives can noticeably improve the economy of operating passenger, cargo, and -, tank vessels.

AQUAMASTER'S CRP can substantially increase fuel efficiency and/or improve vessel speed over open or ducted, fixed or controllable pitch propellers.

AQUAMASTER'S CRP wake is relatively smooth and turbulence-free; and its smaller propeller diameter makes it the best solution when shallow draft and high maneuverability is required.

Aquamaster

AZIMUTH THRUSTERS

AQUAMASTER-RAUMA, INC. 2315 N. Woodlawn Ave. Ste 103 Metairie, LA 70001

Phona (504) 883-8340 Fax (504) 883-8344 E-Mail lO4147.6140compusalva.com

KANE WAGroup

EXCELLENCE IN PROPULSION

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Split Version

There's no substitute for Blohm+Voss quality, reliability, safety and experience.

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Circle 211 on Reader Service Card 11 sewage systems solve all your marine sanitation needs.

Pre-Engineered Vacuum Collection System

Standard Design and Components

No Special Enaineerina

Low Volume Fresh Water Flush Toilet (3 pints/flush)

Small Diameter Piping . . . 1-1/2" and 2"

Reduces Sewage Volume by 90%

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Eliminates Toilet Vents

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