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Nylands Expands Its Diesel Spares Operations —New Catalog Available Nylands Maskinverksted A/S of Norway, manufactures of new and reconditioned spare parts for most makes of medium- and slow-speed diesel engines, recently completed the first phase of expansion plans following the successful buy-out of the company from the Aker Group by employees and a consortium of banks. Expansion has included a move to a larger manufacturing and ad- ministrative complex north of Oslo, additions to the product ranges (notably to include more popular makes of medium-speed diesels), and the establishment of spare parts stocking points in Rotterdam and Kobe. Sales and service for both new and reconditioned spare parts has been expanded both in Norway and internationally by the appointment of local agents in Denmark, Finland, Greece, Italy, the U.S., and the U.K., and by the addition of a computerized stock and order system. Spare parts and reconditioning services are available from Ny- lands for most slow- and medium- speed diesel makes including B&W, Sulzer, M.A.N., Gotaverken, Nord- berg, MAK, Deutz, and MWM, to- gether with a wide range of cata- logued spares for older models, the latter of special significance to owners of older or secondhand tonnage. For a free copy of the new bro- chure and spare parts catalog, Write 93 on Reader Service Card New Racal Position-Fixing Systems Now Operating In Gulf of Mexico A new network of Racal Sur- vey's Hyper-Fix precise position- ing systems is now operational in the key offshore exploration and production areas of the Gulf of Mexico. Three Hyper-Fix radio transmitter chains have been in- stalled in Texas and Louisiana to give positioning, within a few me- ters, for seismic ships and drilling rigs operating up to 200 miles from shore over an area of some 150,000 square miles. The Hyper-Fix chains have been established on a service basis: Ra- cal Survey install and operate the shorebased transmitters-clients hire the receivers on a long-term or per-project contracts. Each of the three chains—two in Texas, one in Louisiana—comprise five transmitters and a monitoring sta- tion. Each transmitter is capable of being controlled over telephone lines from the monitoring station, which itself operates as a transmitter. The Gulf of Mexico Hyper-Fix chains operate in hyperbolic and range-range mode, and are cur- rently providing precise position- ing services for vessels engaged in seismic exploration, digital site surveys, and seabed coring work. The vessels include four now working for Racal Survey's sister company, Racal Geophysics. Hyper-Fix service chains are also operating in the North Sea, Indo- nesia, Malaysia, Australia, and the Middle East. For more information on Racal's positioning systems, Write 77 on Reader Service Card Swiftships Awarded Navy Contract For Three Or Four Aluminum Patrol Boats Jerry L. Hoffpauir, president of Swiftships, Inc. of Morgan City, La., recently announced the sign- ing of a Foreign Military Sales contract with the Naval Sea Sys- tems Command for three 65-foot, aluminum patrol craft, with an op- tion for a fourth. If the Navy ex- ercises its option, the total value of the contract for four boats will be approximately $2.6 million. These vessels will be delivered to the Navy in Morgan City, where they will be crewed for delivery to their ultimate destinations in St. Lucia, Dominica, and Antigua. Swiftships has had long and suc- cessful experience in the design and construction of fast aluminum patrol boats that are being used by the military around the world. 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AQUAMET 19—Corrosion resistance better than AQUAMET 17 and 18, strength and corrosion resistance better than Type 304. AQUAMET 22—Best seawater corrosion resistance plus excellent strength and toughness. Full information-FREE Write us today for your free copy of the I Armco AQUAMET Boat Shafting Product Data Bulletin. This 44-page bulletin con- tains complete mechanical and physical properties, corrosion resistance informa- tion, machining guidelines, and design curves. Armco, Stainless Steel Division, Dept. SS-143, Box 600, Middletown, Ohio 45053. armco stainless v/ SlttL v DIVISION December 15, 1983 Write 616 on Reader Service Card 35
