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included, this contract is projected to be worth more than $62 million. The vesssels will include compo- nents produced by two Halter Marine Group shipyards. Equitable Shipyards, Inc. in New Orleans will fabricate the boats' aluminum superstructures will be mated to hulls ahamas class vessels will have 29.2-ft. (8.9-m) beams and fully loaded drafts of 8.5 ft. (2.5 m). The patrol craft have a maximum speed of 24 knots and accommoda- tions for up to 62 personnel. For more information on Halter Marine Circle 157 on Reader Service Card Spill Companies Announce Deal On March 11, Consolidated EcoSystems Inc. (ConEco), former- ly Exsorbet Industries, Inc., announced the sale of its marine spill Vesponse and^hazardous material response business to Oil Mop, Inc^The say revenues were reportedly u^sxyss of $1 million, and use of proceeds will be used to reduce convei^Honal debt. The two i^rerests have reported- ly also agreed to a long-term, coop- erative Relationship whereby Oil Mop \tfll use ConEco personnel and equipment to supplement its forces should a spill exceed its local capabilities. Stolt-Nielsen Orders Two Additional Chemical Tankers Stolt-Nielsen SA's subsidiary Stolt Parcel Tankers Inc. (SPTI) announced that it has exercised options for two 22,460-dwt chemi- cal bankers ^with Juliana ConstrViora Cyfonesa, a yard in the Astil\eros wspanoles group. The tw\ sMips contracted are additions tVan existing order for four sistemtops presently under constructyn aVthe Juliana, Sestao and Billyo shipyards. The double hull shys will have diesel electric propulwon systems, and the cargo sections will consist of 40 segregat- ed Cc|rgo tanks and four deck tanks, all constructed of solid stainless steel. According to SPTI, these orders April, 1997 are part of an orderly fleet replace- ment program. Hernis To Supply CCTV To Sea Launch Platform Hernis Scan Systems AS was awarded a contract to deliver a CCTV system to the first ever floating rocket launch platform, Sea Launch. A former drilling platform is reportedly being trans- formed into a special launch plat- form at Kvaerner Rosenberg, while the RoRc^shiij(»*jhid^%ftS remote ^m^ml system onboa: being built |t Mffrer^er I During the lkunch| theTWatform will be unmanned and the control will be solely from the RoRo locat- ed several miles away. The plat- form is therefore equipped with several cameras, which transmit real time pictures to the ship to verify stgjjg^i^ne operation. is a collaboration of ^d Boeing Commercial RSC-Energia in Moscow, Kvaerner AS in Oslo and NPO-Yushnoye in the Ukraine. For more information on Hernis Circle 158 on Reader Service Card Portable Dynamic Positioning Quickly convert any barge, boat or ship into a dynamically positioned work vessel. Installs and removes easily with modular deck mounted thruster and portable DP console SmootJfr^eratingJully proportion^Lazimuthing thrust Jo jjpTO | VersatiwfMiy|*t^ttr| thruste\deygrf ^ Check oflnhe Idvantages of Thrustmaster's complete range of hydraulic azimuthing, retractable and tunnel thruster technologies Thrustmaster of Texas, Inc. P.O. Box 840180 Houston, Texas 77284-0189 Phone: 713-937-6295 FAX: 713-937-7962 jmmmmmmmmm Discover the World of MARITEX Use MARITEX to exploit the commercial benefit of the GMDSS MF/HF equipment/investment on board your ships. The dynamically linked coast stations of MARITEX form a computer controlled world-spanning MF/HF network for maritime text communication - with outstanding qualities. MARITEX offers the following features: • Shore-to-Ship messaging by Telex, BEMCOM E-mail or Maritex MaJl®/PSTN - with single point access • Optional non-charged Delivery Notifications • A varieMMUiipjgtfhare services including Telex, ifcytcjvi^fenaif Telefal • Outstanl • 24 hour communication in all Ocean Areas" • 24 hour customer support and help-desk NEW! The MARITEX network is now further expanded with a remote controlled node in P.R. China. £%telia Telia Mobile AB, Maritime Telecom Services, P 0 Box 2004 S-421 02 V Frolunda, Sweden, Tel: +46 31 897340 Fax: +46 31 897399, e-mail: maritex@va.mobitel.teiia.se Specialized repair facilities for quick and efficient turnaround. Circle 219 on Reader Service Card Bollinger Larose ISO 9001 CERTIFIED P.O. Box 250, Lockport, LA 70374, 1515 Hwy. 24, Larose, LA 70373 Phone: 504/693-7002, Fax: 504/693-7599 Cl/ocated on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile marker 36, Bollinger's (^LXarose Division offers repair of both steel and aluminum vessels and works around the clock to Atisfy tta dempJing mariJL industt^Eollinger Larose operates four floatinl dry JpAs thatlan hpidl^tesysVpta^O^^^with 86 ft. between th^ ifcp^.A'ilwl\ftonstru|pigJp^'roll-off trjSsfer system can nrx ^BflH trwic rw morin^Aniimtw1^^^ ^M Larose aWo offers rcs own US^^pproved g$-freem^acflity with fuel storage capacity of over 300,000 gallons that is complimented by a fuel circulating and filtering system. Circle 242 on Reader Service Card Circle 208 on Reader Service Card
