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SHALLOW DRAFT REVIEW (continued from page 47) cause oil spills, damage to proper- ty and the environment and loss of life. The two courses include both classroom and simulator br: sessions. /Whetet

Management Training is etesigm to teach mariners hmuMyk and break potential er^or Chains.

An integral part of tme^class is

Offshore Systems' Electronic Chart

Precise Integrated-*"" IN a^igation

System (ECPINS), which hal been installed to C0^S|i0uslvyaeter- sseHbositMn in relation to d, Sharterekt~6bjects and unseen rcraw-*' The Emergency ness course places mariners reatening towboat wheel- house conditions to teach them how to deal with situations such as loss of steering and propulsion, changing currents and volatile traffic conditions.

For more information on the courses

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DIB Offers USCG-Approved

Ship-To-Shore RIB

Demaree Inflatable Boats, Inc.

The first of a new generation

L16/24

MAN B&W Holeby announces the L16/24 GenSet, a family of engines that delivers 500-900 kW at 1,200 rpm they are the first of a new generation.

Your first look will tell you that it is a very special

GenSet. You will be surprised by its clean, stream- lined exterior, uncluttered by tubes and pipes. You will be even more surprised when you discover the many technical innovations we have built in to make it the most cost-effective GenSet in its class.

State-of-the-art computer-aided engineering has been used to create a compact, easily maintained engine which uses the same inexpensive heavy fuel oil as the vessel's propulsion engines. With optimal efficiency across the entire power spectrum, from idle to full load, including the start/stop phase.

MAN B&W Holeby has been producing fine diesel engines since 1910. Engines renowned for their reliability, operating economy and ease of maintenance.

That is why we can say with confidence that the

L16/24 sets the standard for the auxiliary diesel engines that will provide power for the world's merchant fleet lonqJutP the 21st century.

MAN B&W Diesel A/S 0stervej 2, DK-4960 Holeby. Telephone: +45 54 69 31 00 GENERATING SETS ers. (DIB) has made available the first

U.S. Coast Guard (USCG)- approved ship-to-shore rigid inflat- able boat (RIB) designed for the passenger vessel industry. The 22- ft. (6.7-m) vessel, dubbed Ship-ti-

Shore, is designed to transport^4 passengers and two crew, reported- ly making it the first soft hull boat certtfied\py

USCG to carrvjuore tMn sW sengers t<% shore Vy LnE.

With the\ recorpiKend^ 55-hp

Merptitdttiller control as the pri- mary ir

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Halter Gulf Repair Stretches

Barge

Penn Maritime's 385-ft. (117.3- m) double hull heated asphalt barge Gulfstream was fitted with an additional pair of cargo tanks at

Halter Gulf Repair, Inc., a Halter

Marine Group shipyard. In addi- tion to minor repairs, the barge was cut in half and a new 64.5-ft. (19.6-m) midbody section was added. The barge now measures 449.3 x 56 x 25-ft. (137 x 17 x 7.6- m), and has 25 percent more cargo capacity. The new midbody section was fabricated at Halter Gulf

Repair from panels provided by

Halter Marine Group's Equitable

Shipyard. According to Halter

Marine Group President and CEO

John Dane III, Halter Gulf

Repair has successfully installed two 250-ft. (76.2-m) midbody sec- tions in two other barges while in the water. "The challenge to us with the

Gulfstream was to develop a proce- dure to make the cut and rejoin the barge hull without environment. That is chose to do everything, water," said Mi\ md recovery tancL While >eing modified,

Cime had new main fuction gears and minor repairs done to MTV Marlin, the notch tug which pushes

Gulfstream.

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