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We've Got the Solution to Your Shipboard Level Problems Aboard Tankers, Containerships, LNG Carriers and Bulkers When it comes to demanding ma- rine gauging requirements, you can rely on Metritape's 30 years' experi- ence to do the job right. We are best known for gauging cargo but our level sensors perform just as well in draft, ballast, fuel and service tanks. Other level gauging sup- pliers reserve high perfor- mance sensors for cargo, offering lower performance level sensors for other tanks. Only Metritape provides the same high performance sen- sors for all tanks, and at competitive prices. Our flexible sensors are ideal for difficult "J" shaped tanks and are easily installed from tank top. Using our sensors throughout your vessel simplifies system integration, training and spares requirements while insuring the reliability you expect. Call us today for details. JM\ Metritape Littleton, Massachusetts, USA 508-486-9800 fax 508-486-0170 "Visit us at The London Seatrade Tanker Convention, Stand # 146" Riverboat Gaming News — State By State The 2,000-passenger vessel sailed to St. Charles from the Houma Industries Inc., ship- yards in Harvey, La. The riverboat will be equipped with roulette, mini-baccarat, blackjack, craps, slot machines, video poker and video blackjack. "All work is proceeding to have slot machines available to the public as soon as possible. Our second riverboat is arriving ... so we can begin outfitting it to be one of the first in Missouri to offer slot machines," said Glenn C. Christenson, executive vice president and chief financial office of Station Casinos. The second riverboat will have 25,000 sq. ft. of casino space on three decks and a 12,000-sq.- ft. outdoor observation deck. When completed, it will offer 1,444 gaming positions. The gaming mix will be approximately 80 percent slot machines and 20 percent video games as well as roulette and table games. The riverboat will be moored adjacent to the Casino St. Charles while it is outfitted. Aztar Won't Acquire Capitol Queen Assets In Jefferson City Aztar Corp. has decided not to proceed with its proposed acquisition of certain assets and assumption of certain liabilities of Capitol Queen and Casino Inc., a Becker Gaming Inc. subsid- iary formed to develop a casino riverboat opera- tion in Jefferson City, Mo. Aztar is a publicly traded company that oper- ates the TropWorld Casino and Entertainment Resort in Atlantic City, N. J., Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, and Ramada Express Hotel and Casino in Laughlin, Nev. Century Applies For Portage des Sioux Riverboat License Century Casinos, Inc. has filed a license appli- cation with the Missouri Gaming Commission to operate a riverboat gaming development in the City of Portage des Sioux, Mo., located 25 miles north of St. Louis. The planned riverboat will provide 700 to 800 gaming positions, with total costs estimated at approximately $25 million. In February 1994, Century signed an exclusive agreement with the City of Portage des Sioux to develop a riverboat gaming facility. In April 1994, the local referendum allowing a riverboat casino in Smit Makes Heidrun TIP Deliveries Smit Transport barges completed the delivery of four heavy modules for Conoco's Heidrun Tension Leg Platform (TLP), which is under construction near Stavanger, Norway. The large modules, with weights of up to 11,500 tons, were transported by the 24,000- dwt barges Giant 2, Giant 3 and Giant 4, together with the 14,000-dwt Smitbarge 1. The modules were loaded at construction facilities in the U.K. and Norway. Smit Transport Manager Dammis van Dijk says: 'The transport operation went very smoothly. The modules were mated with the TLP in September and the last of the barges was redelivered this month." During the barges' call at Stavanger, the Smit sheerlegs crane Taklift 7 — equipped with a special 575-ft. (175-m) boom — carried out the high lift of the Heidrun TLP's flare and derrick towers. This contract was carried out by Smit Maritime Contractors, on behalf of Norwegian Contractors. The Giant 2 was one of four Smit barges For more information on Smit Transport employed to transport modules for the Circle 86 on Reader Service Card Heidrun field's Tension Leg Platform (TLP). mm 50D Circle 276 on Reader Service Card Passenger friendly. Rugged and reliable as a work boat, but com- fortable enough to please passengers day in and day out - that's the 57-foot SYLVAN SPIRIT, designed and built for Decatur North- west. If you've got people to move, give us a call - we promise a friendly response. Kvichak Marine INDUSTRIES 615 North 34th Street T Seattle, WA 98103 USA Phone (206) 545-8485 • FAX (206) 545-3504 Circle 288 on Reader Service Card
