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Model 32 cycloidal units rated for 3,000 hp each. These units employ vertical blades situated approxi- mately one third of the distance from the bow of the vessel, allow- ing 360 degrees of direction.

Direct bollard pull is 50 tons, with indirect bollard pull in excess of 150 tons at 12 knots. Two

Caterpillar 3304 generators pro- vide service power while a 3306

Caterpillar engine powers pumps.

The tugs employ ABS FFV Class 1 firefighting systems which include two water/foam monitors and two pumps providing 6,600 gpm each.

Current Nichols Brothers pro- jects include a 107-ft. (33-m) cata- maran for Alaska Dive Boat, Inc., to be used in the Fiji islands; an 82-ft. (25 m) dive boat for Orion

Star Corporation; and repowering and extensive conversion of 185-ft. (56.4 m) fishing vessel Alaska

Command.

Hitachi Zosen Completes

Bulk Carrier Order; Receives

Engine Order

Oinoussian Legend, a 71,685-dwt bulk carrier ordered by Nissho

Land Earth Stations and Mobile Terminals

Since Inmarsat began to offer satellite communications between ships at sea and the international telephone and telex networks more than a decade ago, Nera has been the leading manufacturer of Inmarsat technology.

Nera has designed and built nearly forty per cent of all Land Earth Stations in the Inmarsat system. About 8,000 Mobile Earth Stations of the Saturn family have been commissioned on ships and on land.

Nera is the world's leading supplier of Inmarsat

Land Earth Stations and Mobile Terminals.

Saturn - 8,000 units on ships and on land

Nera AS

Satcom Division

Bergerveien 12, P. O. Box 94, N-1 361 BILLINGSTAD, Norway TELECOMMUNICATIONS

Tel.: +47 66 84 47 00. Fax.: +47 66 84 46 21. Telex 71 721 umeb n Circle 253 on Reader Service Card

NERH

Iwai Corp., has been completed at

Hitachi Zosen's Maizuru Works.

The Panamanian-flagged vessel was delivered to its owner on

March 26. This is the 85th Hitachi

Panamax and the seventh Hitachi

Panamax Optima vessel.

Oinoussian Legend is equipped with an energy-efficient Hitachi

Zosen MAN B&W 6S60MC-type main diesel engine and the Hitachi

Zosen Super Stream Duct (SSD) at its stern.

In addition, Hitachi Zosen has received an order for three marine diesel engines from Odense Steel

Shipyard Ltd. The engines are of the same type — MAN B&W 12K90MC — as the three ordered by Odense in February 1996. The diesel engines will be manufac- tured at the new machinery shop at the Ariake Works for installa- tion on 6,000-TEU A.P Moller container vessels.

The Ariake Machinery Works was scheduled to partially begin operation last month, and will be in full operation in October.

Hitachi Zosen will deliver six sets of these marine diesel engines to Odense Steel by 1999.

Oinoussian Legend specifications

Length o.a 705 ft. (215 m)

Breadth 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth 61 ft. (18.6 m)

Gross tonnage 37,808

DWT 71,685

Main engine Hitachi Zosen MAN-B&W 6S60MC

Speed 16.5 knots

For more information on Hitachi Zosen

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Nautronix Receives

DP Award From

Oceaneering

Nautronix, Inc. has been award- ed a contract from Oceaneering to supply Ocean Project with an

Automatic Station Keeping

ASK4000 and joystick backup system. Ocean Project is suited for multi-service support and umbilical lay, as well as deepwa- ter field development projects.

Featured in this system is a dual redundant computer configured for immediate activation of retaining joystick control in case of main computer failure.

For more information on

Nautronix, Inc.

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