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Catamaran Ferries International

Inc.

Catamaran Ferries International Inc. (CFI) is managing the construction of three high-speed vehicle and passenger carrying aluminum catamaran ferries for the British Columbia Ferry Corporation.

The ferries, which will each carry 250 vehicles and 1,000 passengers, will serve

BC Ferries' Horseshoe Bay-Nanaimo route at a service speed of 37 knots.

Construction of the first ferry is reported- ly 60 percent complete and is currently scheduled for a mid-October launch, with service scheduled to begin in the spring of 1998. The second ship is scheduled for delivery to BC Ferries in the summer of 1998, while the third will be delivered in the winter of 1998.

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Catamaran Ferries International Inc.

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Marine Press of Canada

Distributors of nautical charts, publica-

BC Research Inc.

Ocean Engineering Centre

A Hydrodynamic Test Facility • Ship Model Testing • Towed Directional Stability

Evaluations • Coastal and Ocean Wave Basin

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Booth Number: 209 3650 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6S 2L2

In Canada: Tel: (604) 224-4331 Fax: (604) 224-0540

In the USA: Tel: (360) 738-0958 Fax: (360) 733-3590 website: http://www.bcr.bc.ca email: [email protected]

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North America's only International Admiralty

Chart Agent, and in June 1997 it received ISO 9002 certification.

The company also develops and provides chart correction tracings for American, British and Canadian products, and worldwide fleet portfolio management services based on ISM standards.

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MIL Systems

MIL Systems is a full service consulting engi- neering company providing Naval architecture, marine and structural engineering services under an ISO 9001 Certified Quality Assurance program.

The company has recently launched a new

Windows software program, Structural

Inspection Database (SID), used to manage and analyze data from structural surveys, defects and repairs. In addition, MIL Systems is involved in a partnership with MetalCraft

Marine Inc. to build seven 47-ft. (14.33-m) lifeboats for the Canadian Coast Guard. The vessels are to be used in search and rescue operations on the west coast and St. Lawrence

River.

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BC Research Ocean Engineering

Center

The BC Research Ocean Engineering

Center's main areas of activity are ship hydro- dynamics and coastal engineering.

Work conducted at the center ranges from fundamental hydrodynamic research to exten- sive R&D programs on advanced marine vehi- cles and model studies of harbors and break- waters.

The Center is also involved on various research projects on crafts such as surface effect ships, planing hulls, hydrofoils, high- speed catamarans, tugs, barges and ferries.

Major coastal engineering projects include the

Seward, Alaska, small boat harbor expansion, and Seattle's Elliot Bay cruise ship.

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The BC Research Ocean Engineering Centre

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