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Target markets/for Kvaerner's shipbuilding interests, collectively, are predominantly in the sps^al- ized or jrapital-intensive cate- gories.

Thisincludes the unit cargo, reefe/ ship, cruise and ferry,

LNGC, LPGC, chemical tanker, shuttle carrier and Arctic oil and gas sectors^t^seaPhh and develop- ment ejxieavors are shaped by the kyig^rm commitment 1 sophisticated end of the newbuild- ing business.

It is also developing advanced projects such as the innovative Sea

Launch program.

The latter breaks new ground in spacp^fechnology Engineering, failing the construction million plus mothership at the

Kvaerner Govan yard in Glasgow and a $78-million adaptation of the former North Sea oil platform

Odyssey at the Kvaerner

Rosenberg yard in Stavanger,

Norway.

Falk has built a reputation in the marine drive industry.

A reputation for dependability that has stood up as well as our equipment. Since 1916, Falk has been manufacturing straight reduction and reverse-reduction drives for virtually every type of marine vessel in operation. Our standard MRH and MR Series drives, as well as our custom-designed drives, all share important features: state-of-the-art engineering, durable materials, and quality assurance that starts in design and lasts through years and years of continuous, efficient operation.

There's a name for that kind of "no downtime" dependability.

The name is Falk.

For more information about our marine drives, as well as other Falk equipment, call 1-800-545-5215 ext. 851, or your local Falk marine distributors:

Marine Systems, Inc. 502-443-8900

Walker Boatyard 502-444-4061

West Kentucky Machine Shop, Inc. 502-444-0069

FALK

Ship's Suppliers ajor>equipment suppliers such as Kvaerner, Ulstein, Ultveit Moe,

Simrad aid Kongsberg Norcontrol also offel yards the advantage of single so\rce purchasing for total systems pafck^ges, an attractive option for shipbuilders in today's times of tighter c<»t control and ever-shrinking workforces.

In recent montlfs, Norwegian ship supply speci^ist Unitor has landed its largeyever single con- tract. The $15piillion deal calls for turnkey prclect management and supply of thermal insulation systems to two] Hyundai-owned

LNG carrier : newbuildings ordered in South iCorea.

The Kvaerner and Ulstein groups account not only for a large slice of West Coast shipbuilding capacity, but also for much of the (Continued on page 52)

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To capitalize on the projected demand for emergency towing sys- tems (ETS), ScanRope has devel- oped a wire ETS and fiber ETS (both patent pending).

In 1994, an

IMO resolu- tion was drafted man- dating that all oil, gas and chemical tankers of 20,000dwt and more be equipped with an ETS.

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ScanRope pending) is espaCI^ly^^signed for vessels with stnongpoint, chafing chain and fairlead already installed.

For more information from ScanRope

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