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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, t 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 lore aft and slow speed propulsion and positioning. MODULAR THRUSTER SYSTEM. . OMNITHRUSTER ship control systems* utilize individual module thrusters of up to 1500 HP in any combination to produce desired forward or lateral net thrust. Prime movers for the Modular Thruster System may be electric, hydraulic or diesel powered in conjunction with manual/automatic or integrated control networks. ADVANTAGES FOR LARGE VESSELS... • Incremental Thrust Capability • Multiple Module Reliability • Ease of Installation... Retrofit • Minimum Maintenance Write for: OMNITHRUSTER Modular System Technical Data Bulletin XX PV950 800HP MODULE THRUSTER •Covered by U. S. Patents; Foreign Patents Pending OMNITHRUSTER INC. 15418 Cornet Avenue, Dept. 31-D12 Santa Fe Springs, California 90670 213/802-1818 Telex 194265 OMNI SFES Cable Address Omnithrust Write 290 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Shell's Cognac Platform — OTC Award Winner — PAGE 22 OTC '82 — A Preview — PAGE 49 $166-Million Amphibious Assault Vehicle Contract To FMC Corporation FMC Corporation, Ordnance Di- vision, San Jose, Calif., has been awarded a $166,719,542 cost-plus- incentive-fee contract for fiscal years 1981 and 1982 conversion and modernization of 167 LVT7 Amphibious Assault Vehicles to LVT7A1 configuration plus the procurement of associated equip- ment and the procurement of two new production LVT7A1 vehicles. Work will be performed at San Jose. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (N00024- 82-2010) Gulf Intracoastal Seeks Title XI For 3 Barges Costing $3 Million Gulf Intracoastal Marine, Inc., of Baton Rouge, La., has applied for a Title XI loan guarantee to aid in financing three tanker barges. The vessels are 304, 285, and 280 feet long, respectively. They were delivered last year by St. Louis Ship, a division of Pott In- dustries, Inc., St. Louis, Mo., and were designed for operation on the U.S. inland waterways. If approved, the guarantee would cover $2,397,000, or 75 percent of the vessels' combined total cost of $3,196,000. NOC- Write 366 on Reader Service Card FRAMO CARGO PUMPS will quickly and efficiently dis- charge any cargo tank down to a few gallons without resorting to special priming or stripping devices such as stripping lines, vacuum pumps, recirculating valves, educators, stripping pumps, etc. Avoid dangerous pump rooms, long pump shafts with cargo lubricated bearings, pumps seized from dry oper- ation, expensive repairs, crane service, alignment prob- lems, etc., by using FRAMO, the ULTIMATE CARGO/ BALLAST SYSTEM. EMMI Corporation USA Sales Distributor P.O. Box 955 Flemington, N.J. 08822 Phone (201) 788-3913 Telex - 138175 m FRAMO Manufactured in the U.S.A. and Norway Write 425 on Reader Service Card MARITIME REPORTER AND ENGINEERING NEWS (USPS 016-750) 107 EAST 3 1 st STREET NEW YORK, N. Y. 10016 (212) 689-3266 Telex: MARINTI 424768 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 VBPA Business Publications Audit of Circulation, Inc. No. 7 Volume 44 114 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News