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Superior Offshore International and

Tetra Applied Technologies. Last month, Helix Energy Solutions tapped

PetroCom to provide VSAT services for its offshore fleet.

Multiplex VSAT communication net- works with speeds from 64 to 512K are available for fixed and stabilized appli- cations. Built around VIPERSAT

Network's capacity management plat- form and RAD Data Communication's

IP-based multiplexers, PetroCom's sys- tem guarantees a committed information rate, prioritizes voice over data to elimi- nate jitter and delivers superior voice quality.

Brunswick CGP to

Distribute FB Design

Boats

Brunswick CGP will co-manufacture and distribute FB Design's boats to extend its product line and offer larger, high-speed, performance craft up to 80 ft. Brunswick CGP will offer two FB

Design lines: a line of traditional hard- sided patrol boats using the patented

STAB system and ranging from 38 to 80 ft., and a line of high-performance RIBs from 33 to 55 ft. The STAB system com- bines advantages of RIBs with those of traditional hulls, resulting in a hybrid boat. The Nighthawk 38, a hybrid boat, was previewed at the 2006 Miami

International Boat Show and will be showcased again at the Multi Agency

Craft Conference (MACC) in Norfolk,

VA., June 4-6, 2006

Darr Joins

SeaWave&Rydex

SeaWave&Rydex said that Thomas

Darr was appointed Senior Account

Executive for the Americas. Located in

Virginia Beach, Va., Mr. Darr is respon- sible for selling the entire

SeaWave&Rydex product portfolio, which includes the SeaWave Integrator, its fully integrated voice, data and remote management platform, the

NavSeries voice and data system with built in satellite, GPS and

GSM/GPRS/EDGE, the software-only rmx2 email/data solution as well as their pre-paid crew product SMSCrewMail.

Other services include IT from shore,

STAR vessel tracking, Notice of

Arrival/Departure (NOAD/WETREP), full color weather and the mySeaWave

Web Portal.

W&O Supply Partners with Atlantic Marine

W&O Supply signed a Master

Commodity Agreement with the

Atlantic Marine Holding Company and its subsidiaries. The agreement allows

Atlantic Marine and its shipyards on the

East Coast and the Gulf of Mexico to offer more aggressive pricing on new construction and repair products, carry a full line of inventory and enhance serv- ice arrangements for their customers.

BV Posts Strong

Growth Again

Bureau Veritas announced strong growth in 2005, its tenth consecutive year of growth. BV increased turnover to $2 billion, up more than 16 percent over 2004.

Bernard Anne, managing director of the marine division of Bureau Veritas, said, "Focusing technology and deliver- ing it where and when it was needed brought strong growth to both Bureau

Veritas and its clients during 2005.

Overall, the Bureau Veritas group grew across every industry on the planet, rein- forcing its leading position as by far the largest and strongest body involved in ship classification and certification.

In 2005 it saw its share of the world newbuilding orderbook climb to over 10 per cent, and its classed fleet grew by fourteen per cent to over 7,100 ships, totalling over 49m gt.

That growth has continued in 2006 and as of April we class 7,188 ships totalling 50.1 m gt."

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