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the chart plotter. A split-screen option allows the user to have two smaller screens side-by-side, per- haps showing the route plan on one and the 3-D steering aid on the other. Other features include Electronic Bearing Lines (EBL), Variable Range Marker (VRM), Head-up, North-up, Course-up, waypoint arrival/cross track error alarm, and 100 own ship's tracks. Circle 25 on Reader Service Card New Technology Unveiled At Port Weller In mid-November, Canadian Shipbuilding & Engineering (CS&E) unveiled a $6 million investment in new, high-technolo- gy robotic equipment recently installed at its Port Weller Dry Docks facility. The new equipment includes a plasma-arc cutting machine, a robotic profile cutting line, a robotic welding line, and a semi-automatic panel production line. Circle 9 on Reader Service Card BV Awards First VeriSTAR Machinery Notations Bureau Veritas has awarded the first certificates under its new risk-based classification system, VeriSTAR Machinery. Denmark's Elite Shipping A/S and France's SOCATRA were presented with certificates for ships certified with the new notation. VeriSTAR Machinery is a risk-based system which integrates the owner's planned maintenance system with classification. Risk analyses are performed on the planned mainte- nance system to establish an acceptable risk level. The new sys- tem was launched in November in London. VeriSTAR Machinery has been tested in service on several different ships, and is designed to achieve more cost-effective opera- tion and classification. Circle 13 on Reader Service Card FN TAPE Compliance with SOLAS Regulation n-2/15.2.11.(Effective July 1998) STORK-KUJANT Voltastraat 3, P.O. Box 23 8600 AA Sneek Holland Phone:+31 (0)515 413745 Fax: +31(0)515 422478 BF Goodrich Merging With Coltec Industries BF Goodrich and Coltec Industries have announced plans to merge. Under the terms of a definitive agreement approved by the boards of both companies, Coltec shareholders will receive .56 shares of BF Goodrich common stock for each Coltec common share. Based on BF Goodrich's closing price of $35.94 on Nov. 20, 1998, the transaction is currently valued at $20.13 per Coltec share, or a total of approximately $2.2 bil- lion, including the assumption of Coltec debt. The companies expect to achieve minimum annual cost savings of approximately $60 mil- lion by 2001, with significant sav- ings beginning in 1999. The trans- action is expected to be completed by as early as spring 1999, and is subject to approval by sharehold- ers of both companies, applicable regulatory authorities, and other customary conditions. T&T Introduces GMDSS Approved Inmarsat-C Antenna Thrane & Thrane A/S (T&T) now offers a new GMDSS approved Inmarsat-C antenna, the TT-3005M Capsat Maritime Antenna. This new antenna will replace the existing T&T maritime Inmarsat-C antennas over time. The lightweight, compact antenna is omni-directional and is designed to offer trouble-free operation down to -15 degrees of elevation. TT-3005M can handle up to 32kB message size transmission — allowing pictures, drawings and other types of graphic files to be transmitted. Circle 14 on Reader Service Card Circle 281 on Reader Service Card 32 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Circle 244 on Reader Service Card ANTI-SPLASHING TAPE FOR SHIP'S ENGINE ROOM *Jo.P-1027< •Patented by Japan, USA, EU and Taiwan. MANUFACTURE DISTRIBUTOR: 71/7 TOKYO NISSHIN JABARA CO.,LTD. V--^TEL:516-466-7570,1-800-938-0700 FAX:516-466-7572 New York, U.S.A. » O JAPAN TEL:0211-329381 FAX:0211-329398 Duesseldorf,Germany FN Tape can prevent outbreak of fire caused by a splash of flammable oil various kinds (fuel oil/lubricating oil)in ship's engine room by just taping on pipes and joints. Flame Retardant E56086 .TO ClassNK INo.94 FV 905 Bl 1N0.95-YQ35946-X1