Page 94: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (February 1997)

EUROPEAN UPDATE

Following is a listing of companies mentioned in this month's European UgfJdfe, in the order they appear.

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MacGregor.. 1

Bureau Veritas . 2

Advanced Boat Construction 3

Vosper Thornycroft .... 4

Austal Ships .... 5

KaMeWa .TX^. 6

Figura ArkitejjtefT 7

Kelvin Hpgffes 8

Systems of Australia 9

Reintjes 10

Germanischer Lloyd 11

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WESTERN MACHINE WORKS 1870 Harbour Road - North Vancouver. BC - Canada - V7H 1A1

Phone: (604) 929-7901 Fax: (604) 929-7951

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SEMCO — MARINE INC — •SEMCO TV-AT-SEA Satellite TV •SEMSAFE Watermist Fire Fighting •SEMCO Switchboards & Consoles •SEMCO Voyage Recorder & Masterclock •Electrical Installation - Worldwide •24-Hour Service At Sea or In Port •European Spare Parts and Cable in Stock 'Meet us at Booth #826 Seatrade '97 Miami Beach,

March 11-15 1997"

Phone (954)792-9666 Fax (954)321-6517 3721 S.W. 47 Ave. - Ste. 309* Ft. Lauderdale* FL 33314 - U.S.A.

Biggest U.K. Fishing Vessel Newbuild

Program In Years Is Announced

Desprte quota cutbacks and European Community decommissioning threats, 27 Ahing vessels more than 40 ft. m) in length ajrcl collectively valued at more than million/ne currently under con- struction for U.Kc^mep^iccording to the 1997 edi- tion of Fishing Vessepg^Britain & Ireland. Yards in

Norway, Polandamd Spain as well as the U.K. are benefiting frojC the biggesb^iewbuild program for many yearp^hich includes 40^1. beam trawlers to 230-ft. U?0-m) pelagic vessels. ^Dne Scottish yard alorlft^eportedly has orders for eight trawlers out of the total; primarily in the 68 to 93-ft. (20.7 to 28.3 m) range.

Stone Vickers To Supply Royal Navy

Frigates With Fixed-Pitch Propellers

Stone Vickers has introduced a high-screw, fixed- pitch propeller — a pair of which will be installed on one of the Royal Navy's latest Duke class frigates.

Measuring 13 ft. (4 m) in diameter and weighing more than eight tons, the Stone Vickers propellers are cast in high specification nickel-aluminum bronze and machined on th^S^en-axis DNC (direct numerical control) meet requirements such as the complgjJ^gometric configuration of high-screw prnaellfrgyStone Vickers has an armory of hi-tech including a 3-D CAD/CAM system*

SwedenS^vaMeWa — both wholly-owned by Vickers pic — operate the European maintenance and repair center at Erith in Kent, England. Worldwide customer support is given through Vickers' service organization in 17 countries. Stone Vickers is the principal supplier of fixed-pitch and controllable pitch propeller systems to the Royal Navy, and also provides specialist services for warship propulsion.

For more information on Stone Vickers

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Features: 0 Hard wearing mang rollers rotating%n bushings 0 Optio down fhcl£tiffri#ollers 12' diameter pins

Mable with 12" or 16" vertical rise 0 3,4 or 5 pin models and compact unit available

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