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MARINE FINANCE

Appledore Engineering

Receives Navy Contract

Appledore Engineering, Inc. has recently been awarded a $500,000 contract by the U.S. Navy to per- form Marine Engineering Services on Navy waterfront facilities in the region to include underwater inspections, geotechnical studies, hydrographic surveys, dredge assessments and analysis, facility planning and engineering studies, design plans, technical specifica- tions, quality assurance plans, reg- ulatory authority permitting and construction administration ser- vices.

This is the third multi-year con- tract Appledore's Marine

Engineering Division has received from the U.S. Navy.

For more information on Appledore

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DRS Technologies Wins $14.2M Contract

DRS Technologies, Inc. announced that it has been award- ed, through its DRS Electronics

Systems, Inc. subsidiary, a multi- year contract with an initial maxi- mum value of $14.2 million from the U.S. Navy to provide AN/SPS- 67 radar systems, engineering sup- port and associated installation kits.

The contracted radar systems will be deployed onboard the

Navy's new DDG-51 Aegis class ships. Future contracts for addi- tional AN/SPS-67 radar systems for installation on new aircraft car- riers and amphibious operation ship platforms are anticipated to be awarded to the company.

The AN/SPS-67 radar system provides ships with ocean surface surveillance and navigation data, as well as detection and tracking of low flying aircraft and other tar- gets.

For more information on DRS

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Port Weller Dry Docks Wins $20M Contract

Algoma Central Marine has awarded a contract valued at approximately $20 million to Port

Weller Dry Docks to convert bulk carrier M/V Algowest to a self- unloader.

The conversion is in addition to

December, 1997 an $85 million fleet modernization program for the 23-vessel Algoma fleet.

Algowest will arrive at Port

Weller in December and will be delivered in June 1998.

Recently, Port Weller announced a $5 million investment in state-of- the-art technology to upgrade the

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The Lang Range is built to suit the varying needs of all types of marine galleys. • Blue and brown water vessels. • Cooktop arrangements: griddles, hot tops, french plates. • Bake and Roast or Convection Cooking.

To learn more about Lang's line of heavy- duty marine galley equipment, call: 1-800-882-6368 6500 Merrill Creek Parkway

Everett, WA 98203

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THE ALLAST

ENSOR production facility, including a pro- duction panel line, a robotic weld- ing line and a robotic stiffener line.

Algoma Central previously awarded to Port Weller Dry Docks a $5.5 million contract for a mid- life refit of M.V. Algorail for deliv- ery April 1998 to coincide with the beginning of the Great Lakes ship- ping season.

The conversion of the Algowest is the fourth major conversion Port

Weller has carried out for Algoma

Central Marine during the last 10 years.

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Port Weller Dry Docks

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Use One Sensor for all Shipboard

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This technology has been designed specifically for surviving the rigors of ballast tank continuous monitoring. It weighs less than one ounce, and is constructed from 100-percent pure titanium. • Accuracy one-quarter of 1-percent. • ABS, USCG and Lloyds approved. • FM Class I, Div. I, intrinsically safe. • Removal without tank entry. • Can include temperature. • One sensor for all shipboard liquids: Fuel Oil,

Lube Oil, Fresh Water, Black Water, etc. • Generic 4-20ma output. • 15,000 Tanks worldwide. • Big Blue compatible. • EMS Automated Draft, Trim, and Heel

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ELECTRONIC MARINE 732.382.4344 SYSTEMS, INC. , . q. 732.388.5111 fax 800 Ferndale Place _

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