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vice historic ferry vessel, Eureka. The new mid-sized drydock will be utilized by the San Francisco Drydock to repair various smaller vessels such as ferries, coast guard cutters and small- to-medi- um-size commercial ships.

Raytheon Completes Bridge

System Installation

Raytheon Marine, provider of marine electronics, has installed its newest elec- tronic bridge system on the 164 ft. (50 m) yacht Invader, a private yacht cur- rently performing its maiden voyage from Italy to California. Built at the

Codecasa shipyard in Viareggio, Italy.

Invader's new electronic bridge system is comprised of various Raytheon marine navigation products including S- band and X-band Pathfinder®/ST MK

Radar Systems and the Standard 20 Dig- ital Gyro Compass. All components are designed specifically for high seas ship- ping and merchant vessels, and are uti- lized in Raytheon's Integrated Bridge

Systems that are classified according to

DNV (Watch 1 Certification).

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Leica Supplies Offshore Fleet

Leica has delivered eight MX 480 of its professional chart navigators for the

Smith Berger Marine, Inc.

The leader in deck hardware for over 60 years.

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Waterman Supply Co., Inc. - Wilmington, CA 1 -800-322-3131 FAX 1 -310-522-1043

Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Belle Chasse, LA 1 -504-392-0442 FAX 1 -504-392-0107

Call for competitive prices and immediate delivery on Smith Berger

Fairleads and Deck Sheaves. Also call for: • Pedestal Roller Fairleads • Four Roller Fairleads • Flag Blocks • Chain Stoppers • Towing Pins Stern Rollers • Custom-engineered equipment to your specifications

Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 7915 10th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 1-888-726-1688 206-764-4650 Fax:206-764-4653

E-mail: [email protected] BALANCED HEAD FAIRLEADS MODELS MD-610, MC-622 AND MD-665

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Seatrade Cruise Shipping Convention,

Booth #501.

Dining Room Furnishings • Lounge & Bar Furnishings • Work Spaces • Laundry Equipment • Storen Shelving & Equipment • Laboratory Outfitting • Workshop Equipment • 62 Circle 214 on Reader Service Card tleet of offshore supply vessels operated by Hornbeck Offshore, Mandeville, La.

The equipment was sold and installed by

Leica dealer Frank L. Beier Radio Com- pany of New Orleans. Each of the sys- tems includes dual Leica MX 412B

DGPS navigation receivers linked to a ruggedized PC-based chart plotter.

Complete with built-in differential bea- con receivers, the two independent

DGPS receivers are designed to provide integrity monitoring with automatic switchover in the case of a failure or error.

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Victaulic Reorganizes

Marketing Services Group

Victaulic has reorganized its market- ing services department with the appointment of Scott Frey as manager and Mark Longenbach as assistant manager. In addition, Robin Porter has been promoted to creative services supervisor. Gilbert Greene, who had served as the company's marketing ser- vices manager for more than 30 years retired in January.

Moron Adds To Greenwich And

Port Arthur Locations

Moran Towing Corporation has elect- ed Bart J. Turecamo, Jr. to the position of assistant vice president of sales at the company's Greenwich headquarters. In his new position, Turecamo will report to Captain James B. Murray, vice pres- ident of sales, and will assist him in the direction of sales and marketing activi- ties for Moran. Stephen M. Kelly has been promoted to assistant vice presi- dent. Moran Towing of Texas. Mr. Kelly will work with the vice president and general manager in the operation and management of Moran's offshore tug and barge fleet.

Electro-Coal Appoints

New Directors

Electro-Coal Transfer has named

Jonathan Red as director of sales and marketing. Prior to joining the company in 1997 as director of financial services,

Red, who was promoted to director of operations in 1999, was the director of maintenance and material for the Naval

Surface Reserve Force in New Orleans.

Replacing Red's former position will be Layne Bennett, an 18-year veteran at Electro-Coal.

Soundcoat Receives ISO 9002

The Soundcoat Company has been granted ISO 9002 registration from

Underwriters Laboratories (UL), at its

Deer Park, N.Y. facility. The company, which manufactures noise and vibration control products, began the registration process in 1998. UL performed an on-

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