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Company Profile:

Maritime

Telecommunications

Network

Maritime Telecommunications

Network (MTN), a total telecom- munications provider based in

Miami, Fla., is a leading provider of private network C-Band telecommunications to the cruise vessel industry.

As a major player in the high- ly competitive telecommunica- tions market, MTN has armed itself with a wide array of prod- ucts and services, allowing it to capture business in cruise and ferry markets worldwide.

At the core of its success, how- ever, is a team of engineers which constantly monitors the ever-changing satellite communi- cations technologies available, so they can help translate techno- logical advances into end-user benefits.

Offering private network, voice, fax and data services,

MTN is also geared to provide value added services such as:

ATM machines; radio broadcast- ing; and full motion video broad- casting. MTN recently started offering debit cards and inbound calling services.

The company — a subsidiary of ICG Satellite Services — con- tends that new technologies will continue to assist the cruise industry in lowering its commu- nication costs, and it also views the data transmission end of the business as increasing substan- tially.

For more information on MTN

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L27/38 The new generation grows

The L27/38 has joined the L16/24 as the second engine in MAN B&W Holeby's new generation of auxiliary marine engines. It is based on the same award-winning design concept.

Mobil Debuts New Lubricant

Mobil introduced a non-chlorine, non-zinc marine lubricant for high- output diesel engines. Mobilgard 450 NC has been approved by

General Motor's Electro-Motive

Division (EMD) and is recommend- ed for diesel engines manufactured by Alco, Detroit Diesel, Fairbanks

Morse and General Electric.

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Open For Business

Aker Maritime's takeover of

Finnyards is officially complete, and the new company is called

Aker Finnyards Oy.

Aker Maritime currently holds a 60 percent stake in the yard and will acquire the remaining 40 per- cent over the next three years. Mr.

Kari Airaksinen is the new man- aging director.

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Halter Completes Unique

Overhaul

Halter Gulf Repair completed a major overhaul for the National

Aeronautics and Space

Administration (NASA) barge

Poseidon. The barge received sig- nificant amounts of new steel, a complete paint job and several unique cargo covers. The barge is used to transport the space shut- tle's external tanks from its manu- facturing point in New Orleans to

Kennedy Space Center.

The 52-year-old barge was mod- ified for NASA in the mid-1960s.

The upgrades meet ABS stan- dards.

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A medium-speed HFO engine in the 1:500-2880 kW range, the compact L27/38 has a robust, pipeless and maintenance-friendly design. Its benefits include optimal operational efficiency, minimal daily maintenance and unsurpassed reliability that have won world leadership for MAN B&W Holeby's GenSets.

The L27/38 will set the standard for the world fleet's marine engines until well into the 21st century.

CENERATINC SETS

MAN B&W Diesel A/S,

Holeby

Ostervej 2, DK-4960 Holeby

Telephone: +45 54 69 31 00

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