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Island Class Contract Successfully Completed By Vosper Thornycroft The U.K. engineering group Vosper Thornycroft (VT) recently completed its supply commitment to the U.S. Coast Guard's Island Class cutters with the delivery of the final sets of controls, stabilizers and steering gear. VT has supplied equipment to all 49 of the 120-foot boats built by Bollinger Shipyard in Louisiana. The last 12 buildings saw VT con- tracted to design and supply 12 machinery control system ship sets, plus an operator/maintainer trainer for installation at the York Town training center. Stabilizer components which were supplied included hydraulic power packs, control systems, top plates and shafts. The steering gear system was comprised of actuators, power packs and starters. The Island Class was another suc- cessful contract for VT's hydraulic power and controls divisions. Work on controls continues for the Tri- dent nuclear submarines and on Type 23 frigates. For more information about the services offered by Vosper Thornycroft, Circle 67 on Reader Service Card Container-On-Barge Registers Record Month At Port Of Portland According to Bob Hrdlicka, Port of Portland marine director, the port handled the largest amount of con- tainers moved by barge (COB) than at any time since COB movements started 18 years' ago. These con- tainers were moved from the Co- lumbia/Snake River ports to the Port of Portland's Terminal 6 for trans- shipment to ocean carriers. Mr. Hrdlicka said the introduc- tion of Brix Maritime's refrigerated container barge (which carries 80 refrigerated 40-foot containers) to move frozen foodstuffs destined for Far East markets "has proven cost effective." In the first year alone, almost 2,000 containers have been moved by refrigerated barge. Sea Con & Sparta Combine Marketing Efforts For Marine Instrumentation Systems Sea Con Branter & Associates, Inc. and Sparta, Inc. recently agreed to combine marketing efforts to pro- vide marine instrumentation sys- tems to the offshore industry. The instrumentation division of Sparta, based in La Jolla, Calif., offers ex- pertise in the custom design, manu- facturing and systems integration of harsh marine environment in- strumentation. Sea Con will be able to offer its clients turnkey system development implementing Sparta's products for marine applications. Sparta is currently developing the performance monitoring instrumen- tation system (PMIS) for the Shell Auger Tension Leg Platform. The system includes all topside and subsea sensor systems with their interface hardware, as well as the distributed computer network hard- ware and software. PMIS is be- lieved to be the most comprehensive data-gathering system ever installed on a deepwater structure. Sea Con will market these in- strumentation systems worldwide through its headquarters in El Cajon, Calif., its new U.S. Gulf area office in Houston, Texas, and its subsidiary Sea Connections, Ltd. in Great Yarmouth, England. For more information about Sea Con Branter & Associates, Circle 68 on Reader Service Card For more information about Sparta, Inc., Circle 69 on Reader Service Card JRC The only company that manufactures everything you need for a totally integrated GMDSS installation. JRC/RAYTHEON: Your 102 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
