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EUROPEAN UPDATE Following is a listing of companies mentioned in this month's European UgfJdfe, in the order they appear. For more information on these, circle the corresponding number on the Reader Service Card in this issue. MacGregor.. 1 Bureau Veritas . 2 Advanced Boat Construction 3 Vosper Thornycroft .... 4 Austal Ships .... 5 KaMeWa .TX^. 6 Figura ArkitejjtefT 7 Kelvin Hpgffes 8 Systems of Australia 9 Reintjes 10 Germanischer Lloyd 11 There's Only One Choice in the Northeast AMERICAN SHIPYARD Corp. J. For Ship Design, Construction, Conversion & Repairs The Equipment & ExpejJjgJh'ouVJeed: • 2200 Ton iQWe^eeflwater Berthing 'e Welding, Carpentry, Electrical, Pipe Fitting & HVAC Shops • Certified for U.S. Government Contracts Let Us Bid On Your Next Project Washington Street • Newport, Rhode Island 02840-0943 Tel (401) 846-6000 • Fax (401) 849-7964 Visit Our Web Site: americanshipyard.com Circle 255 on Reader Service Card Hydraulic TowPin Units WESTERN MACHINE WORKS 1870 Harbour Road - North Vancouver. BC - Canada - V7H 1A1 Phone: (604) 929-7901 Fax: (604) 929-7951 Circle 256 on Reader Service Card SEMCO — MARINE INC — •SEMCO TV-AT-SEA Satellite TV •SEMSAFE Watermist Fire Fighting •SEMCO Switchboards & Consoles •SEMCO Voyage Recorder & Masterclock •Electrical Installation - Worldwide •24-Hour Service At Sea or In Port •European Spare Parts and Cable in Stock 'Meet us at Booth #826 Seatrade '97 Miami Beach, March 11-15 1997" Phone (954)792-9666 Fax (954)321-6517 3721 S.W. 47 Ave. - Ste. 309* Ft. Lauderdale* FL 33314 - U.S.A. Biggest U.K. Fishing Vessel Newbuild Program In Years Is Announced Desprte quota cutbacks and European Community decommissioning threats, 27 Ahing vessels more than 40 ft. m) in length ajrcl collectively valued at more than million/ne currently under con- struction for U.Kc^mep^iccording to the 1997 edi- tion of Fishing Vessepg^Britain & Ireland. Yards in Norway, Polandamd Spain as well as the U.K. are benefiting frojC the biggesb^iewbuild program for many yearp^hich includes 40^1. beam trawlers to 230-ft. U?0-m) pelagic vessels. ^Dne Scottish yard alorlft^eportedly has orders for eight trawlers out of the total; primarily in the 68 to 93-ft. (20.7 to 28.3 m) range. Stone Vickers To Supply Royal Navy Frigates With Fixed-Pitch Propellers Stone Vickers has introduced a high-screw, fixed- pitch propeller — a pair of which will be installed on one of the Royal Navy's latest Duke class frigates. Measuring 13 ft. (4 m) in diameter and weighing more than eight tons, the Stone Vickers propellers are cast in high specification nickel-aluminum bronze and machined on th^S^en-axis DNC (direct numerical control) meet requirements such as the complgjJ^gometric configuration of high-screw prnaellfrgyStone Vickers has an armory of hi-tech including a 3-D CAD/CAM system*