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Harris Awarded $12-Million WATERCOM Telephone Contract The Harris Corporation, Mel- bourne, Fla., has been awarded a contract from Waterway Commu- nications System, Inc. (WATER- COM) of Jeffersonville, Ind., for the design, manufacture, construc- tion and maintenance of a new marine telephone system covering more than 4,000 miles of inland waterways. Total value of the turnkey contract is estimated at $12-million. For the first time, a single tele- communications network will be available to commercial vessels on the Mississippi, Ohio, and Illinois rivers and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway providing them with automatic direct-dial telephone service into the public telephone network. Commenting on the contract award, WATERCOM president, Kenneth W. Peters said: "Harris was selected because of its experi- ence in designing advanced sys- tems and its wide array of tele- communication and information processing technologies. The WA- TERCOM network will not only initiate a high-quality voice serv- ice, but will also directly transmit computer-based data between ves- sels and shore." . Water V is a perfect lubricant. Oil-free Cutless® rubber bearings stop water pollution, conserve oil. In these days of fuel scarcity, leaky oil lubricated bearings waste energy and pollute our waterways. With Cutless water lubricated rubber bearings designed by Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., there's no oil seal to fail. No lube oil to leak out and pollute the waterways. Any water will lubricate the Cutless bearing ... fresh water, salt or sand-filled. Exclusive "Water Wedge" channels molded into a tough BFGoodrich rubber liner keeps plenty of lubricating water flowing through the Cutless bearing. Cutless bearings are available world- wide from yards and marine stores in a full range of shaft diameters and load capacities. Write us for engineering data. LUCIAN MOFfHTINC. NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL DISTRIBUTORS P. 0. Box 1415, AKRON, OHIO 44309 Write 271 on Reader Service Card FREEZERS/ TRANSPORT COOLERS REFRIGERATORS COOLER DOORS COSPOLICH REFRIGERATOR CO., INC. 949 INDUSTRY ROAD. KENNER. LOUISIANA USA 70062 (5041 469-6555 AVAILABLE IN VARIOUS VOLTAGES. MARINE SALES REPRESENTING £)AnAon (Rubb^C0- Rubber Sleeve or Flange Bearings Stuffing Boxes and Keel Coolers Heavy Duty Fendering WESTERN BRANCH METALS Armco Stainless Shafting Systems Machining — Propeller Nuts DAMAN INDUSTRIES Ceramaloy Coatings Propeller Shaft Liners Dredge Pump Sleeves and Shafts KAHLENBERG BROS. Air Horns — S/S Propellers NATIONAL FLUID SEPARATORS, INC. Bilgemaster Automatic Oily/Water Separator Systems SCHRADER BELLOWS Pneumatic Propulsion Control Systems P.O. Box 33, Glenhead, N.Y. 11545 516-676-3738 The WATERCOM contract was awarded to Harris' newly-formed Telecommunication Networks Di- vision, based in Melbourne, Fla., which will be responsible for over- all network design, implementa- tion and maintenance. The radi- otelephone products used in the network will be designed and manufactured by Harris's RF Communications Group, Roches- ter, N.Y. George P. Roberts, vice presi- dent and general manager of the Telecommunication Networks Di- vision, said: "WATERCOM is ex- actly the type of customer our di- vision was formed to serve. We are able to draw upon the extensive technology, engineering and man- ufacturing resources of all Harris divisions in response to customers who wish to be served by one sup- plier for total systems capability." Boyce Machinery Opens Full Service Machine Shop Boyce Machinery Corporation announces the opening of its Mor- gan City Machine shop for the service of petrochemical, auto, ma- rine, agricultural, petroleum, and industrial fields throughout south Louisiana. This shop will specialize in the remanufacture of worn shafts cyl- inders and castings. The shop will also rebuild crankshafts, cylinder heads and engine blocks. Many Caterpillar and EMD re- manufactured parts will be stocked as exchange items—offering the customer substantial savings. Boyce is south Louisiana's Cat- erpillar dealer with branches in Lake Charles, Lafayette, Baton Rouge, Morgan City, Reserve, and New Orleans. Environmental Systems Changes Name To Electrolux Envirovac The Environmental Systems Di- vision of Electrolux-Wascator AB, Stockholm, Sweden, has been re- named as Electrolux Envirovac. The name "Envirovac" has long been used in the United States, where the subsidiary company En- virovac Inc. has installed the Vac- uum Toilet System in innumera- ble vessels, including many United States Navy and Coast Guard vessels. The Electrolux Envirovac Vac- uum Toilet System assists in con- forming with pollution control reg- ulations and is classed as a USCG Type III device. The change of name for the Headquarters Division in Stock- holm is accompanied by an orga- nizational change. The Division is now a part of the Electrolux Group company Getinge Mekaniska Verkstads AB; which manufac- tures and assembles Vacuum Toi- let System components. The company's new address is: Electrolux Envirovac, Marine Di- vision, S-105 45 Stockholm, Sweden. Write 819 on Reader Service Card Write 385 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
