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Leica Wins Contract For First DGPS Beacon System in China The Chinese Maritime Safety Administration has awarded a con- tract to the Leica navigation and positioning division for a differen- tial GPS beacon system at Qinhuangdao. The Leica DGPS beacon system will provide positioning accuracies of 16.4 ft. (5 m) or better throughout the Bohai Sea and parts of the north- ern Yellow Sea. The DGPS beacon site consists of a Leica MX 9112 12-channel DGPS reference station, which monitors and measures errors in GPS satel- lite signals. Correction factors are transmit- ted to ships and boats through a marine radiobeacon transmitter, in the internationally accepted RTCM SC-104 format. The Quinhuangdao installation marks the beginning of a five-year plan to establish up to 12 beacon sites providing overlapping cover- age over all Chinese coastal waters. The Chinese system will be fully compatible with DGPS beacon sys- tems in other countries meeting the International Association of Light- house Authorities (IALA) standard. For more information on Leica Circle 46 on Reader Service Card CRUISE * FERRY 95 THE EVENT FOR IHE INDUSTRY THREE DAYS OF EXHIBITION AND CONFERENCE DEVOTED TO THE FINANCING, DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, OPERATION AND MARKETS FOR CRUISE SHIPS AND PASSENGER FERRIES (INCLUDING HIGH SPEED) LONDON OLYMPIA 2 EXHIBITION & CONFERENCE CENTRE 16-17-18 MAY 1995 Keppel Completes $ 10 Million Cattle Carrier Keppel Shipyard, an operating division of Keppel Corporation Lim- ited, has successfully converted?1rie- sian Express, a refrigerated cargo vessel, to a cattle carrier. Awarded by Vroon BV Livestock Express Inc. of The Netherlands, the contract is worth $10 million. The 3,335-dwt vessel is now equipped to transport about 1,780 heads of cattle Significant work carried out by Keppel Shipyards included the fab- rication and installation of various decks and deckhouses, steel platings and other fittings for the cattle en- closures, involving 364 tons of steel. Among equipment installed were a bowthruster, a deck washing sys- tem and an automatic drinking sys- tem for the cattle, an extensive ven- tilation system, new cranes and a fresh water generator with the ca- pacity of about 40 tons of fresh wa- ter daily. For more information on Keppel Circle 48 on Reader Service Card USCG Approves Changes To Vessel Response Plans Citing AMC OPA 90 Coverage A major international shipping firm has received confirmation from the U.S. Coast Guard that changes to its vessel response plans, citing the OSRO/Marine Response Ser- vices provided by the American Marine Corporation (AMC), fully satisfy the response resource re- quirements of the Oil Pollution Act of 1990. This removes vessel response plan approval as an issue of concern to the many shipowners/operators oth- erwise poised to take advantage of the company's rates. AMC provides response plan hold- ers a full set of geographic specific appendices covering each port in its area of operations, as well as de- tailed resource lists and port by port cascading schedules, demonstrating its Tier I, II and III response capa- bility. For more information on American Marine Corporation Circle 49 on Reader Service Card Moran Purchases Oceangoing Tug/Barge Unit Moran Transportation Company announced it has purchased an oceangoing tug and a 93,000-barrel oceangoing petroleum tank barge. The 4,200-hp tug has been named Valentine Moran and the barge, Pennsylvania. Moran now operates 54 tugs and 17 barges along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts, and will be pursuing additional opportunities in marine transportation. 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
