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ARCOMS Reports 3Q Results

Advance Remote Communication Solution Inc., (ARCOMS), formerly Boatracs, reported total rev- enues of $3.7 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2000, compared to total revenues of $3.5 million for the comparable quarter of the prior year, an increase of 5 percent. Net Loss for the quarter ended

Sept. 30, 2000 was $748,000 or $0.04 per share com- pared to net loss of $254,000 or $0.01 per share for the

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Furuno Wins NMEA Awards

Furuno won seven awards at the 2000 National

Marine Electronics Associations (NMEA) Convention in Ft. Myers, Fla. Furuno's new FCV1200 Dual Fre- quency Fish Finder was selected this year's Best Of

The Show. This product features a 10. 4-in. color TFT

LCD and comes with an easy to set 1, 2 or 3kW (RMS) transmitter. Additionally, this unit has a Furuno Free

Synthesizer (FFS) transceiver, which allows easy selection of a broad range of operating frequencies from 15 to 200 kHz. Holding the title for the Radar-

Commercial category was Furuno's FR2105 series of radars.

This unit represents advanced microprocessor engi- neering and collision avoidance features. The FR2105 radar provides a 21-in. multi-color CRT display with plenty of space for on-screen alphanumeric data.

C-MAP Receives Award For Vector Charts

C-MAP, manufacturer of electronic cartography, has again received the NMEA (National Marine Electronic

Association) Award for best Vector Charts for the year 2000.

The award was presented to C-MAP/U.S.A. vice president and general manager Ken Cirillo, at the recent NMEA convention in Ft. Myers, Fla. The award is voted on by a cross section of the marine electronics industry, ranging from dealers and manufacturer's reps to Certified Marine Electronics Technicians.

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KVH Wins Third Year In A Row

For the third year in a row, KVH Industries has earned "best product" awards from the National

Marine Electronics Association (NMEA); in every cat- egory its products were eligible. KVH swept the satel- lite communications categories.

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Tracphone 25 was again named Best Satellite Commu- nications Product. The company's Azimuth 1000 was voted Best Electronic Compass, winning the NMEA award for the third year in a row. TracVision 4 is unique and uses KVH's integrated DVB technology to provide foolproof satellite acquisition, and to allow users to select between different satellites if desired to receive local programming or Internet broadcasts.

With TracVision 4, mariners can access 200 channels of direct broadcast satellite up to 100 miles off the

North American coast.

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DCMT Offers Varied Services

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RINA Strengthens Management System

Italian classification society RINA has put in place a series of initiatives designed to strengthen its manage- ment and enhance service. RINA is better defining the lines of responsibility for technical and operational activities of the Marine Division, fully separating it from industry certification activities. RINA has also reinforced its systems for training, qualification and supervision of RINA surveyors, to ensure surveyors are trained for and matched to the level of work required.

Since the beginning of the year, RINA has imple- mented a special surveillance scheme, aimed at improving the quality of its classed fleet. The scheme which has been applied for both ships in service and new entries, has led to 155 ships having class with- drawn and 29 ships not being accepted for entry into class.

Schlumberger Closes Transaction With

Baker Hughes

Schlumberger Ltd. has closed the transaction with

Baker Hughes Inc., which creates the seismic joint venture WesternGeco. The company also reported that the former president of Eastern Geophysical, Gary

Jones has been named president of WesternGeco.

Jones will report directly to Andrew Gould, executive vice president of Schlumberger Oilfield Services.

Under the terms of the transaction, Schlumberger paid $500 million in cash to Baker Hughes. Western is owned 70 percent by Schlumberger and 30 percent by

Baker Hughes.

PCCI Member Recognized for Excellence

Craig Moffatt of PCCI was awarded the Depart- ment of Transportation Secretary's Team Award for his accomplishments as a key member of the Viscous Oil

Pumping and Lightering Workgroup, which was formed to resolve viscous oil pumping problems that occurred during the response to three major oil spills in the past five years. As the engineering contractor sup- porting the U.S. Navy Supervision of Salvage and Div- ing (SUPSALV), Moffatt coordinated efforts to devel-

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