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ed at more than 24 knots during multiple sea trials. The new design features an exterior deck plated in five bar checkered plate, providing a non-skid surface that is not abrasive. The vessel also has an extra heavy side shear plate with six in. "D" fendering on the sides, doubled on the bow. A rescue ladder on the stern has been fabricated between the jet drives. The pilot boat will soon be placed on board a freighter bound for Kuwait City in the

Arabian Gulf, where it will be offloaded then sailed under its own power to the port of Umm Qasr, Iraq.

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Tenacity Hits the Water

The Burger Boat Company launched

Tenacity in early June. The Johnson's of

Minnesota are owners of the new Burger- built 116-ft. Raised Pilothouse yacht.

Tenacity is a traditionally styled, four stateroom, raised pilothouse motor yacht with raised-panel Makoré (African Cher- ry) throughout and Madrone burl wood accent panels. The galley allows ample space to provide a center island bar, dinette forward with a split table and lux- ury appliances. The electronics package includes black boxes, a Furuno dual fre- quency deep water sonar, a night vision camera and a chart plotter that is accessi- ble through plasma TV's in the main salon, galley and Captain's stateroom.

There are two cranes on the boat deck: one for launching the 17.5 ft. (5.3 m) ten- der and the other for launching the water toys.

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Transocean Signs

Deal for Drillships

Transocean Inc. has been awarded con- tracts for two High-Specification drill- ships, the Deepwater Millennium and the

Deepwater Expedition, for drilling opera- tions in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico and off- shore Egypt, respectively.

The Deepwater Millennium, a Fifth-

Generation, dynamically positioned drill- ship, has been awarded a two-year con- tract by Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for drilling operations in the U.S. Gulf of

Mexico. Revenues of approximately $209 million could be generated over the two- year contract.

The Deepwater Expedition, also a

Fifth-Generation, dynamically positioned drillship, has been awarded a three-well, estimated 90-day contract plus a 30-day option well from a Shell subsidiary for drilling operations offshore Egypt in the eastern Mediterranean Sea. Following the completion of the rig's current contract with Petrobras in Brazil, which is expect- ed to conclude in October 2005, the Deep- water Expedition will commence an esti- mated 30-day mobilization to Egypt and is expected to begin the 90-day contract in

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