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facility in Green Cove Springs, Fla.
Constructed entirely on-site by Sun
State Marine Services, Inc., the 190-ft. 'landing craft' type freight vessel is spe- cially designed and ideally suited for conducting trade with Bahamian and
Caribbean markets that have minimal or unimproved facilities. The vessel was built for G & G Marine, Inc.
Kawasaki Establishes GOM
Service Station
Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd. of
Japan has added a service center to its worldwide network for marine machin- ery. The new operation was established in New Orleans to support Kawasaki's marine propulsion systems, and is a result of an agreement with AmClyde
Engineered Products Co., a division of
Friede Goldman Halter, to utilize
Amclyde's parts and service center in
Covington, La. Kawasaki has found
GOM business to its liking, recently supplying a set of four propulsion thurster for Tidewater's ROV support vessel Nautical tide. The equipment
Nera
WorldPhone
Marine
A GE TION OF RELIABLE COMMUNICATIONS AT SEA
Nera has led maritime communications since 1919 and is the world's leading satellite equipment manufacturer. Nera WorldPhone
Marine and Nera Saturn Bm provide secure satellite communications at sea.
Nera WorldPhone Marine
Cost effective telephone service
Telephony, fax and data (2400 bits)
Easily installed below deck unit
Small Gyrostabilized antenna to secure stability in all weather conditions
Flexible and self-explanatory menu
INMARSAT*
Nera Saturn Bm
Bi-directional fixed global communications system
Telephony, fax, telex and data (9.6 and 64 kbps)
Auto-polling for real-time information
Navigational, safety and meteorological features
The sea does not accept compromise and neither should you.
Just one call to Nera — that's all you need.
Tel: +47 67 24 47 00 Fax: +47 67 24 46 21 e-mail: [email protected] www.satcom.nera.no
Nera WorldPhone
Marine antenna
Nera Saturn Bm antenna lUHdJ CHANGING THE WAY WE COMMUNICATE includes two azimuth thrusters for main propulsion, one tunnel bowthruster and one retractable azimuth bowthruster.
The vessel was built at Yantai-Raffles
Shipyard in China, under subcontrcat from their U.S. partner FGH.
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A& B Industries Gets Contract
A & B Industries has been awarded the contract to build a new 76 x 23 x 10 ft. model tug for Sacramento Tug Compa- ny. The vessel will be powered by two
Cat engines producing 1,700 bhp.
Bender Joins NSRP
The Executive Control Board of the
National Shipbuilding Research Pro- gram (NSRP) accepted the membership application of Bender Shipbuilding and
Repair Co.. Inc., bringing the number of member shipyards to 11.
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As easy as 2D
From US $995
Free demo CD available
ShipConstructor
Complete ship design and construction inside AutoCAD
ShipCAM NC-Pyros
CAD-Link ShipReport
ARL - Albacore Research Ltd.
Tel: 1-250-479-3638
Toll free: 1-888-210-7420
Fax: 1-250-479-0868
E-mail: [email protected] O Autodesk"
Web: www.albacoreresearch.com *.,„,„«, „;,, •„.",' . Ilhaeore Research Ltd.
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FirstWave/
Newpark
Honored
FirstWave/New- park Shipbuilding was recognized by the Shipbuilders
Council of America for its "Excellence in Safety" award for 1999. Recipient of the award for the sixth year consecu- tive year, First-
Wave's president
Gerry Walker com- mented: "There is nothing more important to us than safety. We've worked hard to con- tinuously reduce injury rates."
Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
VULKAN
Flexible
Couplings
RATO Family • Main Propulsion • EZR •
Auxiliary Propulsion • Vulastik-L • GenSets
Vulkardan • Cardan Drives • Propflex •
Composite Shafts • Monitoring Devices •
VKE • Torflex • Up to 464,660 Ib-ft. torque.
American VULKAN
Sales and Service 863-324-2424 Fx: 863-324-4008 www.vulkanusa.com • ISO 9002 and QS 9000
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Protecting Gears and
Shafts from Vibration
JRC Taps GOM
JRC is involved in an aggressive cam- paign to win increased market share in the electronics market in the Americas.
JRC offers exciting new developments including a fully daylight-viewable echo sounder for the small commercial mar- ket; IMO-compliant radars for the bur- geoning oil industry support fleet in the
GOM; soon-to-be-released High-Speed
Data options for the JUE-310B Inmarsat
Standard B Terminal. JRC has added five people to its staff in the last 10 months and is — n •muniwiM geared up for prod-M uct line expansion and continued growth.
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