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Gladding-Hearn Delivers First

Composite Catamaran

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding delivered two high-speed, passenger catamarans, which are^^e ship- yard's first to comhftii^kevTWr and carbon fiber with aluminum Asupef^^uctures. The vessels^ ^Ite fl^uilt for Water >©i±ati(\ Alternatives. The veffSfcV,4s^ures: Detroit Diesel engMs; Twin Disc gears; MJP waterjets; Alaska Diesel gensets;

Raytheon radar, depth sounder and loud hailer; ICOM VHF; and a

Ritchie compass.

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Valmet Gearboxes Chosen

Valmet Power Transmission was tapped to design and manufacture the propulsion gear driv^for Stolt-

Nielsen's new chemical \tanker, which is bei^r biiltTbTw^gN.M.A.

Shio^Lrdk 'jyrtahl^s^ne of three, is f4/elu\d for delivery in August.

The 5,4\0-cu-m chemical tanker has a diesel-electric power station machinery, and is equipped with

Wartsila diesel engines and Valmet reduction gear.

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Zodiac Introduces New Boat

Zodiac of North America has intro- duced the 380 Deluxe yacht tender. "With the 380 Deluxe, Zodiac can offer its customers a smaller boat with features that usually come with larger craft," said JJ. Marie, president of Zodiac.

The Zodiac 380 Delutffl features a white, fiberglas^ttml tttea with removable bfojyulcyrtAaflAvhich elVAiatiw the^no^a for the vessel to be transported in case of repair.

The 380 Deluxe is designed to hold five passengers, and the vessel fea- tures molded-in seating and console, custom padded steering wheel, inboard fuel tank with 10.5-gallon capacity, and navigational lights

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OMI Seals Deals

OMI Corp. completed the sale of one of its U.S.-flagged product tankers and its last U.S.-flagged dry bulk^arrier, ancf contracted to dis- pos^>f its onlyif,PG carrier, the 1975-rWlt General. The company also completaff the wrap-up of its

Wilomi, Iri^/oint venture with affil- iates of Av/a&tg Wilhelmsen & Co. of

Oslo, N^vay.^The wrap-up results in twd' of the joint venture's

Suezimx crude carriers being whol- ly-ow/ed by OMI, and the joint ven- ture'* product carrie\ and a newly deli/ered vessel beingVholly-owned byiwilhelmsen. OMI's fVet current- ly totals 32 vessels, aggregating approximately 2.7 million dwt.

M&K Wins Rebuilding Project

Mjellem & Karlsen (M&K) has won the contract for a major upscal- ing of seismic survey vessel R/V

Western Regent — owned and oper- ated by the Western Geophysical

Division of Western Atlas

International, Inc. The project will start this month anck end itl April.

The ship's atrsprtivjrlt^jF^'tapJbili- and^em^soufce control rooms will be stripnedlown and rebuilt to install the la^st and most advanced sys- tems for high-volume seismic data acquisition; propulsion motor capac- ity will be augmented to increase the vessel's bollard pull; and the aft ship hangar will be outfitted with seismic equipment and piping.

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EN.VJR.QVAC sewage systems solve all your marine sanitation needs.

Pre-Engineered Vacuum Collection System

Standard Design and Components

No Special Engineering

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Raytheon Outfits Lifeboats

Raytheon Marine has equipped the first of up tc for the U.S. state-of ics -

Systems of New vessels have a self- capability.

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Technical Marine Service Inc.

Voice: 503/285-8947

FAX: 503/285-1379

E-mail: [email protected]

The TMS Levej

Level Computer offers

Using the existing ta sense lines analo

LevelCom 100 is a replacement for obsofe mercury tank level indie

Designed to be i§fiajfl| Kxibl and simple to operate, tli and displays depth, volume ; weight in liquid storage tank regardless of the contents or shape of the tank.

C Fully programmable, with alarm, functions, the LevelCom 100 is lie new standard for tank level mmmmmmm

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ORCA II Marine Sanitation Device

Sizing to Fit 12 to 500 People

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