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Letter Of Intent For Maritime

Simulation Center

RTM STAR Center of Fort

Lauderdale, Fla. and Delgado

Community College of New

Orleans, La. have signed a letter of intent to establish a maritime training and research center on the community college's campus.

The ll,000-sq.-ft. facility, to be known as STAR Center New

Orleans at Delgado Community

College, will be equipped to train up to 1,000 mariners per year. The facility will have interactive, full- mission visual simulation bridges, and GMDSS, radar, and ARPA simulators. According to college president, J. Terence Kelly, "The courses will be specifically tailored for mariners working on inland tugs and barges, and offshore sup- ply, deep sea, passenger and casino vessels."

Each bridge simulator, repre- senting an authentic wheelhouse, will be equipped with radar/ARPA, a steering stand, communications systems and navigational instru- ments. Computer generated images will present landmasses, shore structures, buoys and chan- nel markers, which, seen through the wheelhouse windows, will move in real time with the simu- lated vessel's movement. Adding to the realistic environment are a wide range of simulated hazards, including foul weather and traffic conditions, engine failure, chang- ing currents and oil spills. The cen- ter is due to be operational in the summer of 1999.

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Hvide Appoints New MD

For Seabulk Offshore

Hvide Marine,

Inc. has announced the appointment of

William R. Ludt as managing direc- tor of Seabulk

Offshore, Ltd., the company's U.S. off- shore energy ser- vices business .,,.„. „ . .. , , . T „ William R. Ludt based in Lafayette,

La. Mr. Ludt will report to Andrew

W. Brauninger, who will relocate to

Houston as presi- dent of Seabulk

Offshore's world- wide operations.

Mr. Ludt, who is also a vice presi- Andrew W. dent of Hvide Brauninger

Marine, was most recently president of Sun State

Marine Services, the company's inland tug and barge subsidiary.

Mr. Brauninger is a senior vice president of Hvide Marine and an appointed member of the National

Offshore Advisory Committee.

Twin Disc Appoints Colby

Bruce Colby has joined Twin

Disc, Inc. as marine sales manager for the Gulf Coast region. Mr.

Colby was previously employed by

Halter Marine and George Engine

Company, and brings with him more than 25 years of experience in the marine industry.

IBIA Produces New Guide

The International Bunker

Industry Association (IBIA) has produced a new guide which pro- vides practical guidance on dealing with vanadium and sulphur in marine fuels. Vanadium and

Sulphur in Marine Fuels focuses attention on the dangers of too much vanadium and sulphur, and how to minimize damage when they do occur in excessive amounts.