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New Technology for mooring FPSO, Shuttle tanker and VLCC

Chain Hawser Hooks

Second Dejong & Lebet SWATH Gaming Vessel On Its Way

With its first 600-pas- senger SWATH under construction at Leevac

Shipyard, Inc., Dejong & Lebet, Inc. is in the process of developing its next-generation gaming

SWATH, a 189 ft. (58 m) long, 83 ft. (25.2 m) wide, three-deck, all- steel vessel. It will con- tain 575 slot machines, 250 table games, eight poker tables and a sports bar. The third deck lounge will be capable of accommodating up to 200 passengers, while the open portion of the third dedsr^all be capable of 500 passengers.

The vessela tptal/passenger capadW"'Of4,000- Powered by a pair of 1,250-hp engines, fth^ Vessel will tmye fen approximate cruising speed of 12 knots. WhiteThe fir^t SV^T^currentJy undlh&^yj^Aiction has one long strut or^ach side, the new SwXTH will have two struts on each side to facilitate rougher seas. The new vessel will classify as a K-Prime pas- senger vessel.

For more information on Dejong & Lebet

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Australian Gaming Company Gets Go Ahead In U.S.

Melbourne, Australia-based gaming company Structured Data Systems

Pty Ltd. (SDS) has broken into the U.S. gaming market with a license from the Louisiana State Police to manufacture and supply The Racing

Game, a multi-media gaming system. Louisiana will become the first

U.S. state to license the system, joining international markets such as

South Africa, Belgium, Peru, Scandinavia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and several cruise ships already operating The Racing Game.

According to Marcel Dayan, SDS managing director, the game has been designed to be networked from a central site to multiple locations such as clubs and hotels, or can be utilized by one property such as a cruise ship or casino. "There are45 rivescboa^s, tR*ee Indian casinos and one land-based CaSinoifi the %tate of Louisiana, ami each of these loca- tions has tfte potefiti^ to jnstalTTlr^ltacin^Qame,/ said Mr. Dayan.

The-license en Shift*. SDfmo ijistal)''a^0^d6y trtatsystem of The Racing

Game onboard dae^gelectea riverEmat within the Louisiana market for operationa

For more information on Structured Data Systems Pty Lid.

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Barge-Mounted Powerplant Delivered

Working Load to 650 Tonnes

Chain Sizes to 110 Dia

Quick Release Under Full Load

Load Monitoring

Remote Release

Deck Mounted Installation

A barge-mounted gas turbine powerplant is shown in the Trinity ship- yard in Beaumont, Texas, shortly before its delivery to Puerto Plata,

Dominican Republic. The barge is.the first phase of what will be an 186-

MW, barge-mounted, ained-cycle plant com-

Owned

Smith/Enrq tion Ltd. plant will the

Dominicana

Electricidad,/ General

Electric Industrial & Power

Systems / and Raytheon

Engineers & Constructors are supplying equipment and services for the plant. • Quick Release Under Full Load • Loads to 450 Tonnes SWL • Remote Release • Load Monitoring • Designed for Class 1 Zone 1 • Designed to OCIMF Guidelines • Approvals to Lloyds, ABS, DNV. 139 Martin

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Quick Release Hooks • With Integral Capstans • Electric or Hydraulic Remote Release • Load Monitoring • For Class 1 Zone 1 • From 30 Tonnes to 200 Tonnes • Integrates with Vessel Docking System

Harbour & Marine Engineering pty ltd

St. Brighton, Melbourne, Australia. 3186. Phone: +61 3 9530 6333 9530 6366. Internet: [email protected]

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