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ACL Asks MarAd's Permis- sion To Sell 18 Barges MarAd has received a request from American Commercial Lines, Inc. (ACL), Jeffersonville, Ind. for permission to sell 18 barges. The proposed purchaser is Garven, C.A., Venezuela. Nine barges were built in Pine Bluff, Ark. in 1981, and the other nine Jeffersonville, Ind. in the same year. If approved, the barges would be transferred to Venezuelan registry and used in the bauxite trade on the Orinoco River in Venezuela. SMI Wins Contract For Dinner/Cruise Vessel Barge GT Year Where Built Built VL 8136 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8155 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8157 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8165 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8167 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8173 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8174 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8175 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VL 8185 945 1981 Pine Bluff, Ark. VLB 8109 1,124 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. VLB 8114 1,124 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. VLB 8117 1,124 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. VLB 8128 1,124 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. VLB 8132 1,124 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. ACBL400 1,081 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. ACBL416 1,102 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. ACBL 421 1,102 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. ACBL 430 1,048 1981 Jeffersonville, Ind. Larry N. Hairston, senior vice president of marketing of Service Marine Industries, Inc., located in Morgan City, La. and builder of both riverboat and dockside casi- nos, announced the award of a con- tract by Winner Boat Tours of Wilmington, N.C. to construct a new 103-foot (31.4-m), 400 passenger dinner/cruise vessel. The twin screw vessel will be powered by 350-hp Cummins Diesel engines and will include a 100-hp electro-hydraulic with bow thruster unit and will be certified in accordance with U.S. Coast Guard regulations. The ves- sel will also be equipped with com- plete onboard dining and food prepa- ration facilities, two dance floors and a disco sound system. Winner Boat Tours will be operating the dinner/cruise vessel in Wilmington during the summer months and in Florida during the winter months. Service Marine Industries will de- liver the vessel to Winner Boat Tours in July 1994. Total value of the con- struction contract is in excess of $ 1.5 million. For more information on Service Marine, Circle 44 on Reader Service Card New Steamship Service To Connect Baltimore Port With South America Governor William Donald Schaefer announced that a new South American joint service by Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK Line) and Norwegian Specialized Autocarriers (NOSAC) has begun calling the Port of Baltimore. The two pure car/truck carriers, NOSAC and NYK, have linked up for this "NYK-NOS" service, which will be managed by a jointly staffed office in NOSAC's North American headquarters in Baltimore. Begun late last month, the "NYK- NOS" service will call the port twice a month with its three pure car/ truck carrying vessels. One call will connect Baltimore with ports in Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay along South America's East Coast. The other will provide service be- tween Baltimore and West Coast South American ports in Venezu- ela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Chile, as well as Panama and the Dominican Republic. Wilhelmsen Lines (USA) Inc. will serve as the general agent for the "NYK-NOS" service throughout the U.S. and Canada, except for the northern Florida market, which will be handled by Stevens Shipping and Terminal Co. NOSAC currently calls the Port of Baltimore with service to and from the Middle East and the Far East. NYK, which operates reportedly the world's largest car carrier fleet, provides service from the Far East. With A Genuine RIVER RADAR You Can See The Difference! Only with a radar developed exclusively for the river and proven on the river can you see and discriminate between bridge piers and bridge superstructures. Only with a true river radar can you see passing barges and river channel buoys as large discrete targets, even in heavy rain or snow. The MK4217R is a genuine river radar. It was developed and proven on major, heavily traveled European rivers and is now approved and available in the U.S. Features include: • Offset Display, 150% View Ahead • Target Tails * 19" Rasterscan Daylight Display * Highest Resolution (1280 x 1024 Pixels) •Turn Rate Indicator • 7 ft. and 9 ft. Antennas > Simple To Learn and Operate • Easy Installation > Competitive Price Captains say this is the best radar for river operations ever. —ir 11 at ^yDGrrV Sperry Marine Inc. ^^ * Marine? J 107O Seminole Trail Charlottesville, VA 22901 •k Phone: (804) 974-2000 isrnAfll I'D ,. 0"f fcfc^jjSal Eds Cleveland, Ohio Phone: (216) 234-4100 Cranford, New Jersey Phone:(800)843-5679 New Orleans, Louisiana Phone: (504) 366-9171 Seattle, Washington Phone:(206) 656-2966 Ft. 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