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Tidewater Marine Adds Five MarAd Vessels To Worldwide Fleet Tidewater Inc.'s marine division, Tidewater Marine Service, has ac- quired five vessels from the Mari- time Administration at an aggregate cost of approximately $4.4 million. The five-vessel package includes one towing-supply and four supply vessels. The vessels, originally deliv- ered in 1981, have been in posses- sion of the Maritime Administra- tion for the past several years. Ac- cording to Tidewater Marine presi- dent Richard M. Currence, they will enter service with Tidewater's domestic and international fleets upon completion of refurbishment. This is Tidewater Marine's fourth vessel package purchase in the past nine months, bringing the number of vessels the company owns world- wide to 264. "Since December 1987, Tidewater Marine has either pur- chased or assumed management of 34 vessels in an effort to continue to meet demand, predominantly in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico," Mr. Cur- rence said. "Although offshore drilling activity appears to have lev- eled off in recent months, a substan- tial portion of our Gulf of Mexico Not Just Manifolds... DRAINS & TRAPS REFRIGERATOR "P&S" TRAPS TANK VENT VALVES VENT TERMINAL BELLMOUTH SCUPPER VALVES ACCESS BOXES & SOUNDING TUBE PLUGS DIRECT WELDED WELDING SLEEVE ACCESS BOXES ACCESS BOXES DIRECT WELDED SOUNDING TUBE WELDING SLEEVE DECK PLATES SOUNDING TUBE DECK PLATES FLANGED SOUNDING TUBE DECK PLATES Tate Andale, Inc. m Manufacturers of Tate Temco, Andale, "Elliott" Simplex & Duplex Strainers. 1941 Lansdowne Rd„ Baltimore, MD 21227 301-247-8700 Telex 8-7977 Telecopy (FAX) 301-247-9672 Circle 156 on Reader Sen/ice Card JUDGE US BY THE COMPANIES WE KEEP | Waukesha ^ NAPIER TURBOCHARGERS MaK iT25 ENGINES Fairbanks Morse AKAttAKA DIESELS KOBE DIESEL A MITSUBISHI U.E. ISOTTA FRASCHINI, S.p.A. GOTAVERKEN BERGEN DIESEL WARTS I LA TURBOCHARGERS : HncAntitRt GOLTENS THE DIESEL REPAIR EXPERTS. GOLTEN MARINE CO. INC. HEADQUARTERS: 160 Van Brunt St., Brooklyn, NY 11231 Phone: (718) 855-7200 Telex: 22-2916 Cable: GOLTENS BRANCHES: Wilmington, Calit. • .Miami, Fla. Fairhaven, Mass. • Rotterdam, Holland • Kowloon, Hong Kong ^Oslo, Norway • Singapore Circle 230 on Reader Service Card Orandall CONSULTING SERVICES & DESIGN FOR: MARINE RAILWAYS FLOATING DRY DOCKS WATERFRONT STRUCTURES • INSPECTION • CERTIFICATION • DIVING SERVICES • DRY DOCK HARDWARE Since 1854 CRANDALL DRY DOCK ENGINEERS, INC. 21 Pottery Lane Dedha m, Massachusetts 02026 Telephone (617) 329-3240 Telex 924406 (CRADOC*DEDM) Circle 251 on Reader Service Card fleet is involved in production and development projects and we expect demand for our fleet to continue, based upon current conditions." Tidewater Inc. owns and operates one of the largest fleets of vessels supporting the international off- shore oil and gas industry. Kockums Computer Acquires All Rights To Autokon Systems Kockums Computer Systems AB of Malmo, Sweden, recently ac- quired all rights to Autokon Sys- tems from Autokon Cim Systems A/ S in Oslo, Norway. For more than 10 years, Kockums Computer Systems has marketed and installed their CAD/CAM sys- tem, Steerbear, for the shipbuilding and offshore industries, mainly in Europe. Autokon Cim has marketed and installed their Autokon Sys- tems worldwide to the same indus- tries. Sales and marketing of the Autokon and Steerbear systems will now be handled by Kockums Com- puter Systems AB in Malmo. The acquisition will ^ strengthen the position of the two leading CAD/CAM systems, especially de- signed for the shipbuilding and off- shore industries, by increased devel- opment resources, increased world- wide user base and a better coordi- nation of sales and marketing activi- ties. For more information and free lit- erature, Circle 37 on Reader Service Card Goldstar Introduces Color Fish Finders —Literature Available The new FCC-800 color fish finder from Goldstar Precision Co., Ltd., is easy to oper- ate and read. Goldstar Precision Co., Ltd., re- cently introduced their two new easy-to-operate, multifunction color fish finders. The new units, the FCC-800 and FCC-1000, feature eight-color pre- sentation on a high-resolution, easy- to-read 8-inch diagonal color CRT. The fish finders have four display modes and are offered in single or dual frequency—28, 50, 75 and 200 kHz. In addition, the FFC-800 and FFC-1000 offer an audible alarm for preset min/max depths, window and surface water temperature. Both units can interface with a Loran C receiver NMEA 0182/0183. For free color literature fully de- tailing the new Goldstar Precision color fish finders, Circle 91 on Reader Service Card 84 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News