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19 May 2000

MTN Completes Purchase Agreement

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ATC Teleports, has finalized a definitive Asset Purchase Agreement to attain specific assets of CruisePhone for approximately $1 million. CruisePhone, which previously filed for relief under Chapter 11 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code, was permitted by the court to complete the sale of assets to MTN. Following a hearing, which occurred in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of New York, CruisePhone is expected to transfer all of its services to MTN on June 31.

21 Sep 2000

Can the Hinge Ship Work?

Hinge-Ship is a patented concept designed to combine the advantages of both deep draft and shallow draft shipping within the confines of a single vessel. The concept, if proven viable, could help to further the mandate of shaving valuable time from the transportation of goods from "point A to point B," as it would literally eliminate the need for storage at transshipment points and the transfer of cargo to other vessels, and all of the time and cost inherent in both. The essence of the design is that the vessel is split on centerline, and provided with a hinge. This arrangement, according to its designer John H. Leary, P.E., of Leary Engineering in New Orleans…

03 Feb 2000

Voyager Of The Seas Goes Live

Maritime Telecommunications Network (MTN), a subsidiary of ATC Teleports of Alexandria, Va. set sail from Finland to the port of Miami on the world's largest cruise ship — Voyager of the Seas. MTN has equipped Voyager with full redundancy services including dual antennas and two MPEG-2 Digital Video units. Each antenna on the 142,000-ton vessel will have 12 lines for multiple voice and data capabilities. In preparation for Voyager's live broadcast, MTN modified one of the existing communications antennas for full motion video uplink. In addition, two flyaway video/audio systems, which are used to convert analog signals to digital are located below deck.