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MSI Awarded $9 Million

Navy Simulator Contract

The U.S. Navy has announced the award of a $9 million contract to

MarineSafety International (MSI) for shiphandling training services through 1996.

The training is a continuation and expansion of services performed since 1987 at the MSI Newport,

Rhode Island facility. The shiphandling training facility uses four large computer-graphic simu- lators which can be configured as any of 18 different classes of Navy ships ranging from an 800-ton mine warfare ship to an 80,000-ton air- craft carrier. The effects of various propulsion systems, mooring lines, anchors and docking tugs are all programmed into the simulator, as are the hydrodynamic effects en- countered in restricted and shallow water.

The training is done in a variety of programmed generic challenges of wind, current, reduced visibility and ship traffic which could be en- countered. Most of the training is provided for prospective command- ing and executive officers and heads of department attending courses at the Surface Warfare Officer's School in Newport, enroute to their next ship assignments.

MSI Newport also provides shiphandling and bridge team train- ing services to the Canadian Forces,

Navy, Panama Canal Commission and various U.S., Canadian and other foreign flag shipping compa- nies, harbor pilots and port authori- ties. Radar certification and recer- tification courses for merchant ma- rine officers are U.S. Coast Guard approved, as is sea-time credit for bridge simulator courses.

MSI also operates the National

Maritime Research Center (NMRC), located on the grounds of the U.S.

Merchant Marine Academy at Kings

Point, NY. Also known as CAORF (Computer Aided Operations Re- search Facility), this location con- tains one of the world's most sophis- ticated simulators and is used for maritime research and training.

MSI recently announced a joint agreement with the Port of

Rotterdam to open a new $8 million maritime simulation facility at the port early next year to serve the

European maritime community.

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MarAd Releases

US Owned Foreign

Flag Vessel Report

The U.S. Maritime Administra- tion (MarAd) announced the release of its updated report, "Foreign Flag

Merchant Ships Owned by U.S. Par- ent Companies, as of July 1, 1991."

The report lists the foreign-flag oceangoing merchant ships of 1,000 gross-tons and over that are owned by parent companies legally orga- nized and incorporated in the United

States.

The reports may be obtained from

MarAd's Office of External Affairs, room 7219, telephone (202) 366-5807 or the Office of Trade Analysis and

Insurance, room 8117, telephone (202) 366-2400, 400 - Seventh St.,

SW, Washington, DC 20590.

Joint Venture Formed By

McDermott, Shelfproekstroi

McDermott International, Inc., a leading international energy ser- vices company, and Shelfproekstroi, the principal marine contractor in the Republic of Azerbaijan, have formed a joint venture called

Macshelf Ltd. Each of the partners holds 50 percent of Macshelf, which is headquartered in London.

The function of the joint venture is to perform engineering feasibility studies for oil and gas developments, to promote the export of steel com- ponents from Shelfproekstroi's mod- ern fabrication yards on the Caspian

Sea and to market Shelfproekstroi's design and construction services.

A second joint venture being sup- ported by Macshelf Ltd. will involve the fabrication and installation of offshore structures, with its head- quarters in Shelfproekstroi's facili- ties southwest of Baku, Azerbaijan.

Shelfproekstroi is the leading ma- rine fabrication and installation con- tractor serving the offshore oil and gas industry in the Caspian Sea region.

Fincantieri Launches

Europe's Largest

Ore Carrier

Fincantieri recently launched the largest ore carrier ever built in Eu- rope. The ship, Athesis Ore, is being built for the shipping company

Athesis of Genova, part of Germany's

Krupp group.

The Athesis Ore is 978 feet long, 164 feet wide and has a capacity of 260,000 gross tons. The launching of this vessel completes the contract for a series of three vessels to be built by the yard. The sister ships, the Auriga and the Lyra, have al- ready been delivered by Fincantieri to Sidermar. The three vessels are reportedly valued at more than $250 million.

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