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Helping

Shipyards

Put The

Pieces

Together.

Cjuido Perla & Associates has been helping shipyards meet their construction engineering requirements since 1979. A full service naval architecture, marine engineering, and project management firm,GPA has pioneered the use of com- puter-aided lofting for the small to medi- um-sized shipyard (over 20,000 tons of steel lofted). Detailed engineering and liai- son support all levels of production. • Complete turnkey engineering services • Full structural design from scantlings to fairing to numerically controlled lofting • Detailed mechanical and electrical designs and integration supporting material procurement and production personnel • Composite drawings for interference control and production planning • Regulatory and classification society support • Support of compressed construction schedules 4k 1

GUIDO PERLA & ASSOCIATES

Naval Architects. Marine. Mechanical, and Electrical Engineers

The Pacific Building 720 Third Avenue. Suite 1200. Seattle. WA 98104

Tel: (206) 382-3949. Fax: (206) 382-2090

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SAIT Marine Provides GMDSS

Training

Operators are shown seated at GMDSS train- ing consoles in SAIT Marine's Belgium facility.

SAIT Marine,

Holland grou

Distress a trainin a memb\r Radio offf^^GlSbal Maritime iaf^yJ^stem (GMDSS) ting center in Antwerp, liter's training regime is f

General Operator's Certificates (GOCs).

The basic course embodies the general principles and features of maritime mobile service, as well as the basics of Inmarsat usage, Digital Selective Calling (DSC) facil- ities, fault locating, Emergency Position

Indicating Radio Beacons (EPIRBs), search and rescue radars and maritime safety information.

The course emphasizes the need to learn the English language for the purpose of communicating in a satisfactory manner in practices relevant to the safety of life at sea.

For more information on SAIT Marine courses

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Pictured is a rendition of Dreggen cranes handling lifesav- ing equipment. the equipment for safe operation of rescue boats, liferafts and freefall lifeboats. There are two cranes involved in the company's latest project; one for operation of rescue craft; and one for operati^^g^ freefall lifeboats in icy waters^jfhis _^uipment was reportedly tion with G designed softifical' operate at'defc^Ship regulations.^ * jffik is accomplished hydrauli- dallylhp gravity, the hoisting is done by a speefi^nachine developed by Dreggen, and the slewing of cranes is done with stored power accepting necessary operation towards 20 degrees of heel.

For more information on Dreggen equipment

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Mustang Survival Suits Used In

Hibernia Project coopera-

Lloyd, and o enable cranes to and within SOLAS

Mustang

Survival of

Richard, British

Columbia, and

I.M.P. Group

Ltd. of St.

John's,

Newfoundland, were awarded contracts to supply survival suits for the personnel involved in the

Hibernia plat- form transit.

The contract included supply of marine aban- donment suits

V1V. evacuation ct is valued urvi\al plans to market its sur- ucts to similar offshore applica- tions^worldwide.

For more information on Mustang Survival

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American Shipping lies Form New VenJUre

Transportation Maritimaf Mexicana (TMM) FlotaV Mercante

Grancolombiami (FMG), Xave formed a new, jointly owiM comj/iny to be head- quartered in Bogota, JThe new venture,

Transportation Marfti/ia Grancolombiana (TMG), was inaugurated on January 23.

Trans-American Xsteamship Agency (TASA) has been warned general agent in the U.S. and Caipda for TMG, and effec- tive March 1, ii^vill assume Vtll responsi- bility for TMG/U.S. Gulf andVest Coast services.

Operational responsibility for TMPEr's East

Coast officds — which will be located in

New Jersey, Baltimore, Charleston and

Miami —^vill be assumed by TASA on May 1.

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