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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.i. sales O'Connor, Western Australia
Phone: .619337 3266 Fax: .619314 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: .1441 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. Nortti Vancouver
Phone: +1 604 293 2900 Fax: +1 604 293 2930
CHILE
Serprotec LTDA Valparadiso (Deep Sea)
Phone: +56 32 232780 Fax: +56 32 212215
Simrad Chile Santiago (Fishing)
Phone: +56 2 235 1 068 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/SRSTA 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: +301 43 14234
GREENLAND
S.P. Radio Denmark
Phone: +45 98180999 Fax: +45 96186717 (For further information)
HOLLAND
Radio Holland Marine B.V. Rotterdam
Phone: +3f to 4283344 Fax: +31 10 4281498
Sailtron B.V. • Utrecht
Phone: +31 30 294474f • Fax: +31 302937642
HONG KONG
Radio Holland Group Kwai Chung NT.
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: +354511 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. Haifa
Phone: +972 4 86 20804 Fax: +972 4 8627404
ITALY
Compagnia Generale Telemar Roma
Phone: +39 6 3221800 • Fax: +39 6 3240148
Generalmare est S.R.L. Chlavari
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 Gijyulsu K.K. Yokohama
Phone: +8145 6647318 • Fax: .81 45 6647320
KENYA
East African Maritime Services Ltd. Mombasa
Phone: +25411 472086 Fax: +254 11 472975
KOREA
Samyang Radio Co Ltd. Pusan
Ptione: +8251 413 5000 Fax: +82 51 413 5002
KUWAIT
Elcome International Satat
Ptione: +965 2406822 Fax: +965 2406833
Commercial Co-Ordination Centre W.L.L. Satat
Phone: +965 2462347 Fax: +965 2454350
LATVIA/LITHUANIA
Transas Baltia Riga
Ptione: +371 7286585 Fax: +371 7821202
MALTA Medcomms Ltd. Gzira
Phone: +356335521 Fax: +356310820
MEXICO
Nautica. S A. de C.V. Mexico O.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
POLAND EPA Ltd. 71-324 Szczecin
Phone: +4891 874885 Fax:»4891 875014
PORTUGAL
Nautel - Electronica Maritima, Ltda. Lisbon
Phone: +351 13920940 Fax: .351 13970084
QATAR
Eastern Technical Services Co. Doha
Ptione: +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: .7812 567 1901
Moretron Ltd. Murmansk
Phone: .47 85 10144 Fax: +47 85 1 0144
SAUDI AHABIA
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: .658622218 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: +2721 511 0864 Fax: +2721 511 7577
SPAIN
Nautical San Sebastian de los Reyes (Madrid)
Phone: +34 1 6549411 Fax: .34 1 6549600
SWEDEN
Ring Marine AB, Askim/Gdteborg
Phone: .4631 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: .2161 717177 Fax: .2161 719888
TURKEY
Elektro-Oeniz Ltd. Istanbul
Phone: .90 216 392 77 29 • Fax: .90 216 392 8018
UNITCD 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: +441634 295536
URUGUAY
Electromaritima Uruguaya Ltda.- Montevideo
Phone: +598 2 947139 - Fax: +598 2 947138
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
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Public v. Private
Founded in 1977 by Art and Herb Engel,
SWM and SFD, with combined revenues of approximately $200 million, are ship repair companies specializing in the conversion, overhaul and modernization of government and commercial vessels. Recently, however, the private ship repair industry has lodged complaints about the way the government is handling its ship repair needs. Though there are reportedly only four operating public ship repair yards, down from eight in 1990, employing 21,000 workers, down from 85,000 in 1990, those yards are still report- edly receiving the same amount of money from the government for the repair of naval ships as they were seven years ago.
According to Mr. Ewing this should not be the case.
Mr. Ewing indicated that because private ship repair yards are able to offer more com- petitive prices and because the Navy has reportedly indicated an interest in privatiz- ing more of its ship repair business, private yards should be receiving more business from the government. As a result of this — and cutbacks in defense spending — compa- nies like SWM, who depend on the Navy for most of their business, have experienced steep losses of late. At SWM alone, revenues dropped from $350 million in 1990 to $200 million in 1997, decreasing its workforce from 4,000 to 1,800. In addition to the diffi- culties presented by decreased defense spending and the use of public yards, Mr.
Ewing and others in the ship repair indus- try have maintained that the government does not release information about projected spending, making it difficult for ship repair companies to conduct business in a secure environment. To combat this trend, the six ship repair associations nationwide have banded together under the umbrella of the
Shipbuilders Council of America and hired a consultant to work with the government toward achieving some basic objectives.
These objectives include: establishing improved communications between the
Navy and the ship repair companies; achiev- ing the mandated 60/40 percent split between public and private ship repair bud- get allotments; and designating a contin- gency fund for emergencies, which have reportedly been funded in the past by money earmarked for private ship repair yards.
Moving Forward
Despite these obstacles, the ship repair industry remains hopeful for improvements.
SWM has turned a profit for the past two years, according to Mr. Engel, making it an attractive acquisition for the Washington,
D.C.-based Carlyle Group, one of the leading private buyers of defense and aerospace businesses. "The timing of our sale could not be better.
Both companies are healthy and performing well, and the future looks bright," Mr. Engel commented. "In addition, The Carlyle
Group will provide the companies with the resources for continued growth."
Mr. Engel added that he did not expect the transaction to have any effect on either
SWM's or SFD's employees or customers. "Carlyle is an investment company, not an operating company. A primary reason for selling to Carlyle is the importance that
Carlyle placed on our employees," he stated.
Following the acquisition of both compa- nies by Carlyle, Mr. Ewing, SWM's current
COO, will be promoted to the position of
CEO for both companies. Mr. Engel will resign from his position of CEO of SWM and
SFD following the closing of the acquisitions to concentrate on the management of sever- al other business holdings.
New U.K. Contestant Enters
Repair Fray
A new U.K. ship repair company — J.
Kirkaldy and Sons — expects its floating drydock, located at the Dorset port of
Portland, to be ready for duty by the end of this month. The dock was acquired from
Sweden in August, and has been undergoing extensive refurbishment. The new yard intends to fill what it perceived to be a gap in yards to handling ships to 6,000 dwt.
A&P Falmouth Wins Contract
A&P Falmouth has won a contract to carry out a refit on the MOD Royal Fleet
Auxiliary Landing Ship (Logistic) or "LSL" vessel Sir Geraint. Work will include tail shaft repairs, maintenance of bow door and bow and stern ramp systems, installation of a low level lighting network, and the inspec- tion, overhaul and replacement of main engine modules.
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Railko Debuts New Bearing Package
Railko Limited launched a new bearing package which includes the complete design from a stern shaft diameter and approxi- mate housing size, to classification society requirements, delivery and bearing assem- bly fitting assistance services at the yard.
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A&P Tyne To Refit Color Viking
Color Line is bringing its ferry Color
Viking to the U.K. for refit work. This is reportedly the first time a British ship repair company has won a contract from a
Norwegian ferry operator. The 20,581 grt ship will include a general annual refit and maintenance and installation of new fish tail sponsons.
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Hellenic Shipyards Wins Alexander
Conversion
Hellenic Shipyards Co. of Greece has won a contract from Latsis Group for conversion work on motor yacht Alexander.
The 394 ft. (120 m) vessel is to be con- verted into a high class passenger cruise liner, with completion scheduled for
February 1998.
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