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Thrane & Thrane Acquires

EuroCom Industries

EMG EuroMarine Electronics GmbH sold its 88.6-percent stake in ECI

EuroCom Industries A/S, Alborg,

Denmark to Denmark's Thrane & Thrane

A/S for approximately EUR 14 million.

EuroCom Industries is among the lead- ing suppliers of marine telecommunica- tion electronics. With its workforce of 225, it generated in 2003 sales of EUR 47.5 million and, after the successful turnaround in 2003, an EBIT of EUR 4.6 million. By acquiring the majority stake in EuroCom Industries, Thrane & Thrane rounds off its portfolio of maritime com- munication products.

Multraship Picks GE

Power for New Tug

Shown is the first Carrousel tug, which was a retrofitted vessel. In 1999, Multraship Towage &

Salvage's Multratug 12 was converted into the world's first Carrousel tug.

Dutch towage and salvage group

Multraship and GE Marine announced that GE's 12-cylinder 7FDM diesel engines have been selected to power a new tugboat being built for Multraship.

It will be the first newbuild to incorpo- rate the Carrousel system licensed by

Rotterdam-based Novatug. The tug will use two GE medium-speed diesel engines, each rated at 3,070 shp for total system propulsion of 6,140 shp. A ship- yard is now being selected to build the 78.7-ft. vessel, which is expected to go into service in the harbors of southern

Holland in early 2005.

Circle 66 on Reader Service Card

First of Three Tugs

Delivered to Indian Navy

The first of a three-vessel order has recently been delivered to the Indian

Navy by the Tebma Shipyard located on the Indian East Coast. Each tug is to be powered by a pair of V-l 2 cylinder

Cummins KTA38M2 main engines each

Our competition doesn't like the water, either.

In a government test designed to measure perform- ance in real world conditions, ACR's GlobalFix"' and

RapidFix™ were the only EPIRBs tested to acquire and provide GPS data every single time - without fail - within seconds while floating at sea.

When you need help from Search and Rescue, you need it in a hurry. An

ACR GPS EPIRB is the only sure way to get it, utilizing the highly successful

COSPAS-SARSAT satellite system (which has saved more than 15,000 lives in the past 20 years).

ACR's superior performance is evident from its better-than- required electronic design to its proprietary FastACQ™ GPS acquisition software. ACR is also committed to convenience and service through its unparalleled, worldwide Authorized

Battery Replacement Center network.

I For complete government test results, log onto | www.acrelectronics.com/mr. You'll be convinced that o £ any GPS EPIRB that can't provide encoded data while it's in the water, is a GPS EPIRB you can live without. m

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Circle 204 on Reader Service Card developing 1,200 hp continuous duty at 1,800 rpm. The 2,400 hp tugs have a 25- ton bollard pull. Engines for the second vessel in the series have just been deliv- ered to the shipyard.

The designation INS denotes the vessel as Indian Naval Service. The Tebma

Shipyard builds a wide range of vessels from dredges to larger passenger ferries and megayachts.

USS Ronald Reagan

Redelivered After PSA

Northrop Grumman Corporation suc- cessfully redelivered USS Ronald

Reagan (CVN 76), to the U.S. Navy after a post shakedown availability (PSA).

The Ronald Reagan returned to the com- pany's Newport News sector shipyard in

December for the PSA, a typical avail- ability in the early life of a carrier that allows the Navy and Newport News team to resolve any items that came up during early cruises and make any last- minute changes and upgrades. Work per- formed under this contract is valued at $53 million and included a third physical fitness center for sailors, combat system and radar equipment upgrades, and minor repairs.

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