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That's all you need for full compliance with worldwide 2182 kHz watch keeping regulations. The one step? Just contact Griffith Marine. We carry a complete line of first qual- ity equipment to assure that your ship complies fully with all current and future international (also US) watch keeping regulations. Our full range of equipment includes dedicated receivers, tone en- coders, antennas, transmitters, speak- ers, alarms and reset controls. In addition to hardware, our commu- nications design team will interface any equipment into your radio room, and our large staff of licensed technicians will install, service and maintain it. GRIFFITH MARINE NAVIGATION, INC. 134 North Avenue, New Rochelle, NY 10801 Telephone: 212-828-5554 or 914-636-4340 TWX:710-563-0617/Cable: GRIMAR NEW ROCHELLE NY Electronic Navigation and Communications Equipment Write 417 on Reader Service Card Zelvin Levine Appointed Advanced Ship Operations Director At MarAd Samuel B. Nemirow, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Mar- itime Affairs, has appointed Dr. Zelvin Levine to the post of Di- rector, Office of Advanced Ship Operations, one of three offices re- porting to the Assistant Admin- istrator for Research and Devel- opment. In this new position, Mr. Levine is responsible for the Maritime Administration's (MarAd's) re- search and development programs in the areas of ship operations, including fleet management tech- nology, ship performance and safety, and cargo-handling re- search. He also is responsible for the agency's National Maritime Research Center located at Kings Point, N.Y. One of the center's principal programs involves its Computer Aided Operations Re- search Facility (CAORF), which is the world's most advanced, computer-generated, visual dis- play simulator devoted to ship operations research. Mr. Levine has held senior man- agement positions since joining the Maritime Administration. He has headed MarAd's Office of Ad- vanced Ship Development (1975- 80) and the Office of Maritime Technology (1972-75). He joined the agency in 1969 as program manager for advanced ship pro- pulsion systems research and de- velopment after 14 years in the private sector. B&W Yard Gets Contract For Tenth Bulk Carrier Burmeister & Wain Shipyard, Copenhagen, has signed a con- tract with Newark Shipping Com- pany Limited, Monrovia, Liberia, for the delivery of a 64,000-dwt bulk carrier of the fuel-saving type in the middle of 1982. Since December 1979 the B&W yard has signed contracts for the delivery of no less than 10 ships of the above mentioned type, which is characterized by a low fuel consumption of less than 40 tons per day at an average speed of 15 knots. With this contract the ship- yard has secured work for the employees until first quarter of 1983. The B&W yard is optimistic in obtaining further orders. y.S. Navy Torpedo Recovery Vessel Omnithruster More Than Just A Bow Thruster » Thrusts Underway » Thrusts While Pitching • No Reversing Impeller to Change Directions • Minimum Buoyancy Loss • Smaller Hull Penetration » Fuel Savings OMNITHRUSTER DOES IT ALL! Thrusts with nozzles out of water in rough seas: vertical systems only. No protrusions ... no change in hull shape. Small nozzles reduce drag ... save fuel and passage time. Easily retrofitted. Micro-Processor Control System, Model 1200A . . . with gyro input holds vessel's heading. System also accepts compatible NAV AIDS fore aft and slow-speed propulsion and positioning. LOWEST COST OMNITHRUSTER Bow and Stern Maneuvering and Positioning Systems . . . PV SERIES . . . Providing 25 to 3000 Horsepower Combinations, Powered by AC or DC Electric, Hydraulic or Diesel Drive. •O''-ered U S Patents: l-ureign Patents Pending VISIT US AT THE WORKBOAT SHOW NEW ORLEANS BOOTH NO. 413-414 OMNITHRUSTER INC. 15418 Cornet Avenue, Dept. 37-A1 Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Write 290 on Reader Service Card MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS 016-750) 107 EAST 31st STREET NEW YORK, N.Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 ESTABLISHED 1939 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News is published the 1st and 15th of each month by Maritime Activity Reports, Inc. Controlled Circulation postage paid at Waterbury, Connecticut 06701. Postmaster send notification (Form 3579) regarding undeliver- able magazines to Maritime Reporter/Engineering News, 107 East 31st Street, New York, N.Y. 10016. Member YBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 1 Volume 43 ALL MATERIAL FOR EDITORIAL CONSIDERATION SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO ROBERT WARE, EDITOR. 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
