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Wesley Wheeler Appointed U.S. Representatives For Hapag-Lloyd Shipyard Hapag-Lloyd Shipyard, Bre- merhaven, West Germany, recent- ly appointed Wesley D. Wheeler Associates, Ltd., of New York, exclusive representatives for the U.S. The Hapag-Lloyd shipyard deals primarily with the repair, conversion, and fitting out of vessels of all types. Two drydocks with all associated facilities, workshops, and sufficient crane capacities are available to enable drydocking of vessels with drafts up to 11.5 meters and 90,000 dwt. The yard employs a labor force and staff of 1,300 persons who, directed by experienced engi- neers and foremen, do any kind of repair and maintenance work and are especially suited to han- dle complex jobs. They specialize in ship conversions, such as ro/ ro's and passenger ships such as the Norway and Mikhail Ler- montov. Managing directors, Eckart Knoth and Dieter Haake, report- ed that Wesley D. 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I j^j 11' 1 r I n I rJ For more information about Hapag-Lloyd, Write 27 on Reader Service Card $1.1 -Million Contract For VHF-FM Systems Awarded Rockwell-Collins Itaiiana A $l.l-million U.S. Navy con- tract for the production of URC- 80 VHF-FM communications sys- tems has been awarded to De- fense Electronics Operations' Rockwell-Collins Itaiiana S.p.A., a wholly owned Rockwell Interna- tional Corporation overseas sub- sidiary. Under the firm, fixed-price agreement, Rockwell will furnish 15 systems, which provide line- of-sight communication for "bridge-to-bridge" ship opera- tion. Each system includes a transceiver, control, handset, and antenna. The order also calls for 25 transceiver units. In addition, the basic ordering agreement includes 424 modules, 159 control panels, and 500 mis- cellaneous spares, such as cables and loudspeakers, all of which correspond to approximately 55 transceivers. Delivery of equip- ment is scheduled from April to December 1983. The U.S. Navy has a potential requirement for approximately 350 units over the next three years. Possible market for the MR-201, an international version of the radio, is estimated at sev- eral million dollars annuallv. Peti Shiprepairs at BALBOA,Panama 3 DRYDOCKS for ships up to 60.000 dwt APARTADO 412 - BALBOA, AN CON - PANAMA RP Telephone : 22.05.60 Telex : 3595 AS Balboa PG Representative in U.S.A.: JACKSON MARINE CORPORATION Mr. Robert M. Catharine 17 Battery Place NEW YORK, N.Y. 10004 Tel. (212) 269-0937 Telex ITT 423 175 269-0930 WU 640 164 Petronas Commissions Its First Promet-Built Jackup Petronas recently commissioned its first offshore jackup drilling rig built at Promet, Private, Ltd., Singapore. Witnessed by 400 guests, the commissioning ceremony for the Parameswara was performed by Toh Fuan~STihailah, wife of Pe- tronas adviser Tun Hussein Onn. Worth US $49 million, the Par- ameswara will undertake both exploration and development ac- tivities in Petronas Carigali's ex- ploration block off the East Coast of Malaysia. The block measures 19,800 square kilometers. Initi- ally, the rig will be located at the Duyong gas field. Based on BMC-300 design, the 65 by 64 by 8-meter rig is capa- ble of working in water depths of up to 91.4 meters and is able to drill to a maximum depth of 7,600 meters. It has three trian- gular open lattice truss legs, each 131 meters long. Prominent features of the rig are a four-tier living quarters which can house 90 offshore men, three cranes with boom length of 30.48 meters each, a helideck, messroom, galleys, and a recrea- tion room. The rig was built to ABS classification. Don t hesitate. CALL NOW toll tree (1-800) 421-2105 REPUBLIC-LAGUN MACHINE TOOL CO. PLANT 1000 E CARSON. CARSON. 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