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MARINE ELECTRONICS: Navigation & Communications Review

Thrane & Thrane GMDSS Model

Approved

Thrane & Thrane gained full type-approval from Inmarsat for its latest maritime Capsat-C

GMDSS model TT-3020C. According to Thrane & Thrane, the new system is very compact with low power consumption.

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Low-Cost Satellite Time Available

MarineSat, a subsidiary of ICG Satellite

Services, provides low-cost satellite telecommu- nications services. The L-band satellite system delivers digital voice, fax and data services for vessels or fixed-site locations that do not need full-time, dedicated telecommunications.

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Telstra Provides EPIRB Service

Telstra, in conjunction with Inmarsat, is a major player in the provision of the global

Emergency Position Indication Radio Beacon (EPIRB) service for the maritime industry through Satcom-E. Satcom-E is designed to send a distress message within three minutes of activation.

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Litton Marine Systems Exhibits In Oslo

Litton Industries recently presented its com- plete line of marine electronic products from

Sperry Marine, Decca Marine and C. Plath under one common banner at Nor-Shipping.

Litton has been a leader of the trend toward industry consolidation, and it now provides one reliable source for marine electronics. Product lines include integrated bridges, voyage man- agement systems, type-approved radar sys- tems, autopilots, gyrocompasses, communica- tions, monitoring and control, and more.

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Racal Launches New DGPS

A new DGPS service covering all of Europe has been launched by Racal Survey. The

MarineStar service is fully operational and reportedly provides five meter accuracy across a region extending from the Mediterranean to the Baltic and Norwegian Seas, and from the

Western Atlantic throughout the North Sea.

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Keystone Equips Cape Kennedy and

Cape Knox With Malin Products

Keystone Shipping Co. has provided the

Malin 300 diesel engine analyzer and

Malin CDM crankshaft deflection ana- lyzer for Cape Kennedy and Cape Knox.

These analyzers are reportedly easy to use, and help diesel operators to increase reliability, improve operations and reduce costs.

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Satellite 12 Previews Satphone

Services

At Nor-Shipping Station 12 showed its advanced global satellite system via live tests. Featured was DataConnect, a satellite-based e-mail system designed for maritime users, allowing messages and data files to be exchanged at any time. The system can work with exist- ing satellite connections.

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Company Prepares For U.S.

Launch

Vision Navigation, manufacturer of a range of GPS navigation products - is set to launch its systems in the U.S. marketplace. The units — including the new GPS Nav-07 fixed receiver — will be distributed through O'Gara Satellite

Networks of Deer Park, N.Y.

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C-Plath Streamlines Products

C. Plath's Navigat 2100 is a fiber- optic gyrocompass comprising three fiber-optic gyroscopes. It has no moving parts.

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Consortium Studios Maritime

Black Box Feasibility

The MBB Project is a research contract funded by the European

Commission for the purpose of studying the maritime black box. The project is led by France's Dassault Electronique, and participants include: EEIG

Unitas, Belgium; Sirehna, France; Norcontrol, Norway; Kvaerner, Norway.

The group will prepare specifications and requirements, provide the legal framework and develop a demonstrator.

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SKY Debuts New Ruggedized

Computer

SKY has introduced SKYpack, a high-speed small form factor signal processor designed for harsh environments. SKYpack delivers 1.28

GFLOPS in a small, rugged enclosure.

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SAILOR

SALES AND SERVICE AGENTS

ANTILLES (NETHERLANDS)

Radio-Holland Caribbean N.V. Curacao N.A.

Phone: .599 9 612577 Fax: +599 9 612723

ARGENTINA

Oton R. Klein S.A. Buenos Aires

Phone: .541 760 0202 Fax: .541 760 6389

AUSTRALIA

Rubin Marine. Artarmon NSW

Phone: ,61 2 94392333 Fax: ,61 2 94392278 a.m.j. sales O'Connor. Western Australia

Phone: ,619 337 3266 Fax: ,619 314 2929

BAHRAIN

Aeradio Technical Services Mina Salman Port

Phone: .973 727790 Fax: .973 727811

BANGLADESH

Graphics Communications Ltd. Dhaka

Phone: +880 2 8922440 Fax: +880 2 883627

BELGIUM

Antwerp Marine Radio Company N.V. Antwerp

Phone: +32 3 541 04 63 Fax: +32 3 542 61 73

BERMUDA

Marine Communications • Pembroke

Phone: +1 441 2950558 Fax: +1 441 2920079

BRAZIL

O.L. Naval Ltda. Rio de Janeiro

Phone: +55 21 222 5667 Fax: +55 21 242 7934

BULGARIA

International Marine Technologies Ltd. Rousse

Phone: +359 82 228216 Fax: +359 82 279115

CANADA

Radio Holland (Canada) Ltd. North Vancouver

Phone: +1 604 293 2900 Fax: +1 604 293 2930

CHILE

Serprotec LTDA Valparadiso (Deep Sea)

Phone: +5632 232780 • Fax: +56 32 212215

Simrad Chile Santiago (Fishing)

Phone: +56 2 2351068 Fax: +56 2 235 8732

CROATIA

BELAM-Zastupstvo i Servis Rijeka

Phone: +385 51 672343 • Fax: <385 51 672179

CYPRUS

A.P. Hadjipieros Ltd. Limassol

Phone:+357 5 345972 Fax: +357 5 345973

ECUADOR

Industrial Anabra C. Ltda. Guayaquil

Phone: +593 4 309766 Fax: +593 4 313694

EGYPT

Suez Electronics Engineering & Trading Ltd. Cairo

Phone: +20 2 2742911 Fax: +20 2 2745219

ESTONIA

A/S RSTA Tallinn

Phone: +372 6 312082 Fax: +372 6 312082

FAROE ISLANDS

S.P. Radio Denmark

Phone: +45 98180999 Fax: +45 98186717 (For further information)

FINLAND

ASPO Systems. Oy Espoo

Phone: +358 9 422155 Fax: +358 9 422908

FRANCE

Geolink Roquevaire

Phone: +33 442 32 99 00 - Fax: +33 442 32 94 95

SDM Electronique - Sartrouville Cedex

Phone: +33 1 39146833 Fax: +33 1 39133022

GERMANY

Elna GmbH 25462 Rellingen/Hamburg

Phone: +494101 30100 Fax: .494101 301214

GIBRALTAR

Electro Med Marina Bay

Phone: +350 77077 Fax: +350 72051

GREECE

Marac Electronics S.A. Perama - Piraeus

Phone: +301 4314361 Fax: +30 1 4314234

GREENLAND

S.P. Radio Denmark

Phone: .45 98180999 Fax: +45 98186717 (For further information)

HOLLAND

Radio Holland Marine B.V. Rotterdam

Phone: +31 104283344 Fax: +31 104281498

Sailtron B.V. Utrecht

Phone: +31 30 2944741 . Fax: +31 302937642

HONG KONG

Radio Holland Group Kwai Chung N.T.

Phone: +852 24239007 • Fax: +852 24805898

Hoi Tung Communication & Navigation Co. Ltd

Phone: +852 25421262 Fax: +852 25431137

ICELAND

Radiomidun Ltd.. 101 Reykjavik

Phone:+354511 1010 Fax:+354 511 1020

INDIA

Elcome Marine Services Pvt. Ltd. • New Bombay

Phone: +91 22 763 23 48 Fax: +91 22 763 23 51

IRAN

Kaman Hormozgan Marine Engineering • Tehran

Phone: +98 21 222 8020 Fax: +98 21 222 4502

ISRAEL

Alhout-Yam Ltd. Haila

Phone: +972 4 66 20804 Fax: +972 4 8627404

ITALY

Compagnia Generale Telemar Roma

Phone: +3963221800 Fax: +39 6 3240148

Generalmare est S.R.L. Chiavari

Phone: +39185 32 33 56 • Fax: +39185 32 27 31

IVORY COAST

Optim Afrique • Abidjan

Phone: +225 251843 Fax: +225 257937

Nautical Afrique - Abidjan

Phone: +225 250136 Fax: +225 250137

JAPAN

Kaigai Gijyutsu K.K. • Yokohama

Phone: +8145 6647318 Fax: +8145 6647320

KENYA

East African Maritime Services Ltd. • Mombasa

Phone: +254 11 472086 • Fax: +254 11 472975

KOREA

Samyang Radio Co Ltd. • Pusan

Phone: +82 51 413 5000 • Fax: +82 51 413 5002

KUWAIT

Elcome International• Safat

Phone: +965 2406822 • Fax: +965 2406833

Commercial Co-Ordination Centre W.L.L. - Satat

Phone: +965 2462347 Fax: +965 2454350

LATVIA/LITHUANIA

Transas Baltia • Riga

Phone: +371 7286585 Fax: +371 7821202

MALTA

Medcomms Ltd. - Gzira

Phone: +356 335521 Fax: +356 310820

MEXICO

Nautica, S.A. de C.V. • Mexico D.F.

Phone: +52 5 6519740 Fax: +52 5 6512825

MOROCCO

Soremar • Casablanca

Phone: +212 2 442802 Fax: +212 2 305385

NEW ZEALAND

Electronic Navigation Ltd. - Auckland

Phone: +64 9 3735595 Fax: +64 9 3795655

NIGERIA

Netarcomms Nigeria Ltd. Lagos State

Phone: +234 1 871662 • Fax: +234 1 264 6083

NORWAY AEG Norge A/S • Oslo

Phone: +47 22 89 78 00 Fax: +47 22 89 78 04

PAKISTAN

International Aeradio Pakistan (Pvt.) Ltd. • Karachi

Phone: +92 21 5837800 Fax: +92 21 5870331

PHILIPPINES

Radio Holland B.V. (Philippines) inc. Manila

Phone: +63 2 527 5865 Fax: +63 2 527 5866

POUND

EPA Ltd. 71-324 Szczecin

Phone: +48 91 874885 Fax:+48 91 875014

PORTUGAL

Nautel - Electronica Maritima. Ltda. Lisbon

Phone: +351 13920940 Fax: +351 13970084

QATAR

Eastern Technical Services Co. - Doha

Phone: +974 441412 Fax: +974 329292

RUMANIA

Imsat Maritime SA Constanta Constanta

Phone: +40 41 639038 Fax: +40 41 674356

RUSSIA

Transas Marine Ltd. • St. Petersburg

Phone: +7 812 567 2090 Fax: +7 812 5671901

Moretron Ltd. Murmansk

Phone: +47 8510144 Fax: +47 8510144

SAUDI ARABIA

Key Communication Development Ltd. Dammam

Phone: +966 3 8336940 Fax: +966 3 8330728

SENEGAL

Optim Senegal Dakar

Phone: +221 234930 Fax: +221 229676

SINGAPORE

Radio Holland B.V. Singapore

Phone: +65 8622218 Fax: +65 8622430

SOUTH AFRICA

Cape Maritime Electronics (Pty.) Ltd. • Cape Town

Phone: +27 21 551 3204 • Fax: +27 21 551 3206

Radio Holland Group, Paarden Eiland (Cape Town)

Phone: +27 21 511 0864 Fax: +27 21 511 7577

SPAIN

Nautical San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid)

Phone: +34 1 6549411 • Fax: +34 1 6549600

SWEDEN

Ring Marine AB, Askim/Goteborg

Phone: +46 31 668400 Fax: +46 31 663660

Racal Svenska AB, Vastra Frolunda (Goteborg)

Phone: +46 31 292100 Fax: +46 31 292109

TAIWAN R.O.C.

Unimax Electric & Co., Ltd. • Kaohsiung

Phone: +886 7 815 9775 Fax: +886 7 815 1 775

TANZANIA

The Old East African Trading Co. Ltd. • Dar es Salaam

Phone: +255 51 32249 Fax: +255 51 46909

TUNISIA

Alcatel Tunisie 1080 Tunis Cedex

Phone: +2161717177 • Fax: +2161719888

TURKEY

Elektro-Deniz Ltd. • Istanbul

Phone: +90 216 392 77 29 Fax: +90 216 392 8016

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

Elcome International L.L.C. • Dubai

Phone: +971 4 342333 Fax: +971 4 342465

UNITED KINGDOM

Ships Electronic Services Ltd. Rochester (Kent)

Phone: +441634 295500 • Fax: +44 1 634 295536

URUGUAY

Electromaritima Uruguaya Ltda.- Montevideo

Phone: +598 2 947139 Fax: +598 2 947138

USA

Radio-Holland USA, B.V. Houston (Texas)

Phone: +1 713 943 3325 Fax: +1 713 943 3802

VENEZUELA

Radio Holland De Venezuela S.A. • Maracaibo

Phone: +5861 987811 • Fax: +5861 982596 74 Circle 304 on Reader Service Card