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News

Leica To Supply DGPS For

Hellenic Navy Gunboats

Leica Marine GPS has won orders to supply high-precision marine DGPS receivers for four new Hellenic Navy gunboats, with options for two addition- al gunboats. Constructed at the Hellenic

Shipyard Co., in Skaramanga, the first vessel is scheduled for delivery in mid- 2002. Each of the gunboats, which will be fitted with a Leica MX 420/8 DGPS receiver, will be used as the primary navigation aid. The MX 420/8 will be interfaced with other bridge equipment, including the BridgeMaster E naviga- tion radars. DSC radio, central clock system and gyrocompass.

The equipment will be installed and commissioned by Radio Marine Elec- tronics, the Greek sales and service agent for Leica Marine GPS.

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Saab TransponderTech Wins

Order For the First AIS

Following an order by STN-Atlas for a

VTS system in Kvits0y, Norway, earlier this year, Saab TransponderTech has now also won an order for several R30

AIS Base Stations for the VTS system in

Huangha and Majisuan in China. With these orders, Saab TransponderTech establishes itself as the leading Auto- matic Identification System (AIS) sup- plier in the Far East.

In Majisuan. the Vessel Traffic Service (VTS) system is already under construc- tion and will allow the important ability to identify, track and serve all commer- cial vessels in the area carrying AIS- equipment. Marine Safety Agency (MSA) is herewith shouldering an important responsibility for the imple- mentation of the new AlS-rules, taking effect on July 1.2002.

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Stolt Offshore Announces $110 Million Contract Award

Stolt Offshore S.A. has secured a con- tract from Shell Petroleum Develop- ment Company (SPDC) in Nigeria for the ForcadosYokri offshore develop- ment in the Niger Delta. The $245 mil- lion contract has been awarded to a con- sortium of Stolt Offshore and the Niger- ian company Suffolk which is part of the Adamac group. The Stolt Offshore share of the contract is $110 million.

The Forcados Yokri project includes the expansion and refurbishment of existing shallow water oil and gas pro- duction and process facilities and the fabrication and the installation of a new production platform with a 250 ton jacket and 1,300 ton topsides. Stolt Off- shore is responsible for all of the engi- neering, procurement and fabrication work while our partner will be doing most of the installation of some 220 km of flowlines and umbilicals in a maxi- mum water depth of 15 m.

A new pipeline from the Forcados

Yokri development will take gas, that is currently being flared, into the Offshore

Gas Gathering System that we are installing next year under a separate contract, also in partnership with

Adamac. Paragon Litwin. Stolt Off- shore's engineering company in Paris, will carry out 150,000 hours of engi- neering work for the project, the largest item being the detailed design of the production platform and topsides.

The production platform and a num- ber of jacket-mounted clusters, bridges and decks will be fabricated at the Stolt

Offshore Globestar yard at Warri requir- ing some 600,000 man hours of work.

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Sasakura developed new generation of

Plate Type Fresh Water Generator.

AQUARIO

Type:EX-2

Capacity range: 3-40t/day

No Front Cover!!

The deletion of front cover provides:- * Easier disassembly and reassembly of

Plate Heat Exchanger. *No corrosion of Frame, Guide bar, End cover and

Bolts & Nuts because they do not contact with seawater. * Minimal installation and maintenance.

Sasakura provides Water Makers of the Submerged Tube Type, Multiple Effect Type,

Two Stage & Multi Stage RashType. Reverse Osmosis Type and Vacuum Vapor Compression

Type for various applications.

ENGINEERING CO.,LTD. 7-32, Takejima 4-chome, Nishiyodogawa-ku,Osaka 555-0011, Japan Tel:+81-6-6473-2134 Fax:+81-6-6473-5540

E-mail : [email protected] website : http://www.sasakura.co.jp

HONG KONG : Sasakura International (H.K.) Co.,Ltd. Tel:+852-2850-6139 Fax:+852-2850-5259

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Innovative Shipyard Tools Reduce

Staging And Fit-Up Time!

Ship Fit Tools is a remarkable new line of Specialty Tools designed specifically to aid the Ship Fitter with material handling and fit-up.

Ship Fit Tools are designed to facilitate the work of a plate fitter in ship building and steel fabrication. If staging and fit up work are a bottleneck in your yard, then there maybe a Ship Fit Tool to help you.

The Pul-Ton is a tool that converts the pushing force of a jack into a pulling force for joining large hull sections. Up to 25 ton capacity per jack.

The Bulb-Align a tool for aligning Holland Bulb Profile

Stiffners when joining panel sections.

The Bulb-Mov-R is a gripper for handling Holland Bulb

Profile Stiffners. 1.5, 3 and 5 ton models.

The Pul-Jak is a ratcheting jack for pushing or pulling bulkheads, frames and hull sections. 7, 12 and 20 ton models are available.

Ship Fit

Tools

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Corporation 3001 West Carson Street

Pittsburgh, PA USA15204-1899

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