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set to revolutionise subsea deepwater positioning and communications by offering reliable, high integrity signalling, multi-user positioning over large areas with far fewer assets than traditional systems employ. Aberdeen, UK AB21 0GP Phone: +44 (0)1224 775700 Email: info@nautronix.co.uk www.nautronix.com NCA - Norse Cutting and Abandonment Product: Decommissioning specialist, abrasive water jetting and mechanical cutting technologies. Vice President, Sales Jerry Streeter Phone: 832-327-3640 Fax: 832-327-3645 Email: jst@norse-group.no www.norse-group.no Ocean Group Inc. Quebec, CANADA Tel: (418) 694-1414 (24 Hours) www.groupocean.com ORE Offshore Product: ORE Offshore designs and develops products and systems to locate, position, commu- nicate and activate/control devices underwater: Acoustic Releases, Acoustic transponders, USBL Positioning Systems, Acoustic Telemetry products. Vice President Greg MacEachern Phone: 1-508-291-0960 x707 Fax: 1-508-291-0976 Email: maceachern@ore.com www.ore.com Palfinger HTC Systems GmbH Product: Palfinger Marine cranes between 2mt - 200mt. Foldable knuckle boom cranes, stiff boom cranes, telescopic boom cranes, heavy duty knuckle boom cranes. ITP4 - Internal Tank Platform system. Mr. Johannes Lindenbauer Phone: +43 662 880033 Email: sales@palfingerhtc.com www.palfingerhtc.com Parker Diving Service Forest Knolls, CA USA Tel: (415) 331-0329 (24 Hours) www.parkerdiving.com PCCI, Inc. Alexandria, VA USA Tel: (703) 684-2060 (24 Hours) www.pccii.com Resolve Marine Group Port Everglades, FL USA Tel: (954) 764-8700 (24 Hours) www.resolvemarine.com Scott Specialty Gases Marketing Coordinator Michele Haurin Phone: 215-766-8861 Fax: 215-766-2476 Email: markreq@scottgas.com www.scottgas.com SMIT Salvage Americas Inc. Houston, TX USA Tel: (281) 372-3500 (24 Hours) www.smit.com SvitzerWijsmuller Miami, FL USA Tel: (305) 322-8891 (24 Hours) www.svitzerwijsmuller.com Svitzer Wijsmuller South Africa Product: Specialized marine services salvage - port & offshore tugs - terminal support General manager / Senior salvage Master Nicholas Sloane Phone: +27 21 408 6710 Fax: Email: nick.sloane@svitzerwijsmuller.com www.svitzerwijsmuller.com T&T Marine Salvage Inc. Galveston, TX USA Tel: (409) 744-1222 (24 Hours) www.tandtmarine.com Titan, A Crowley Company Fort Lauderdale, FL USA Tel: (954) 929-5200 (24 Hours) www.titansalvage.com U.S. Underwater Services, L.P. Business Development Coordinator Liz Crosby Phone: (817) 447-7321 Email: liz@usunderwaterservices.com Url: Weeks Marine, Inc. Cranford, NJ USA Tel: (908) 272-4010 (24 Hours) www.weeksmarine.com 44 MTR January 2007 salvage & diving Lost Passenger Ship, North American Located in Atlantic The Great Lakes passenger ship S.S. North American sank in September of 1967 while on a voyage from Erie, Pa., to Newport News, Va. A research team, this past July aboard Quest Marine's R/V Quest located the ship close to the edge of the continen- tal shelf approximately 140 miles off the New England coast in 250 ft. of water. iT was built in Ecorse, Mich., and launched January 16, 1913. Built for the Chicago Duluth and Georgian Bay Transit Company, it was the first ship built anywhere exclusively for cruising. In 1967 the ship was sold to the Seafarers International Union for use as a training ship. The 280 ft., 2,317 gt ship was being towed by the tug Michael McAllister to a shipyard for conversion to a training ship when it sank suddenly on the night of September 13, 1967. No one was injured in the sinking and the tug reached port safely. Quest Marine's research team led by Captain Eric Takakjian conducted three days of survey diving operations at the wreck site last summer. Three dive teams of two divers each accomplished photographic and physical measurement documenta- tion of the wreck. The divers included Takakjian, Patrick Rooney, Steven Gatto, Tom Packer, Heather Knowles and David Caldwell. Due to the depth all dive teams breathed custom blended helium based gas mixtures. Decompression was accom- plished with the use of multiple oxygen-enriched gases. L-R: Diving crew aboard RV Quest: Dave Caldwell, Heather Knowles (both of Northern Atlantic Dive Expeditions Salem, MA.) Tom Packer, Captain Eric Takakjian, Patrick Rooney and Steven Gatto (Quest Marine Services. Fairhaven MA.) MTR#1 (33-48).qxd 1/11/2007 4:20 PM Page 44
