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terminal users with significantly improved towage services, achieved through the increased bollard pull now available, as well as the introduction of an upgraded firefighting and pollution control capability," Cory Towage's

Managing Director Graham

Philip commented. "We are delighted to have been awarded this significant overseas contract."

Royal Caribbean

And MTN Sign Agreement

Maritime Telecommunications

Network (MTN), a subsidiary of

ICG Satellite Services (ICGSS), and Royal Caribbean International (RCI) have signed a three-year agreement making MTN the telecommunications provider for three of Royal Caribbean's newly launched ships: Enchantment of the Seas; Grandeur of the Seas; and Rhapsody of the Seas.

A provider of C-band voice, fax, and data communications to the cruise industry, the U.S. Navy, and offshore oil and gas platforms,

MTN's systems will facilitate inbound and outbound calls and switched or dedicated voice and fax

NERR

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

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Richard Glasier, executive vi president and CFO of Roj

Caribbean International, "A chose MTN because of their stal of-the-art equipment and dedic tion to service, adding to our pa sengers' overall cruise experience

Douglas Falk, president

MTN, indicated, "We have gre; plans for the future and are lool ing forward to forging a lastin and successful business relatior. ship with a major cruise line lik

Royal Caribbean."

For more information on MTN

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Joint Venture Agreement For

Halter Marine, Inc. And

Bollinger Shipyards

Responding to the anticipated request for proposals for the U.S.

Coast Guard's (USCG) Deepwater

Capability Replacement Project,

Halter Marine, Inc., a subsidiary of Halter Marine Group, Inc., and

Bollinger Shipyards have agreed in principle to form a joint venture to be named Halter-Bollinger. The

USCG's program, expected to run into several billions of dollars over the next two decades, is being designed to replace or upgrade the

USCG's aging fleet of ships, cut- ters, aircraft and other assets.

The preliminary agreement was announced in a joint statement by

Halter CEO John Dane III, and

Bollinger CEO Boysie Bollinger.

According to the two company heads, "Our two companies have built a significant number of the

U.S. Coast Guard's and the U.S.

Navy's small to medium size ships in the last 12 years. Our ship- yards., with built-in production flexibilities, specialize in the design and construction of vessels in the 100-ft. to 400-ft. range which meet Coast Guard require- ments. This will be a significant shipbuilding program."

Umoe-Schat Harding To

Supply Lifeboats and Davits

Umoe-Schat Harding has been contracted to supply 26 lifeboats and davits to each of the two plus one option RCCL Project Eagle cruiseships building for RCCL at

Finland's Kvaerner Masa-Yard.

These reportedly will be the world's largest cruise ships, but sources say Schat-Harding won the order because it was able to supply lifeboats which are shorter

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-1361 BILLINGSTAD, Norway

Tel.: +47 66 84 47 00. Fax.: +47 66 84 46 21. Telex 71721 umeb n