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Alpha MarineWins $21.4

Million Sealift Contract

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift

Cornmand(MSC)hasawardeda$21.4 million contract for six new tractor tugs to Alpha Marine Services Inc. of

Galliano, La. Alpha Marine Services will also furnish crews for the tugs, which willbeusedto tow Navy boats around San Diego, Calif, beginning

Sept. 30,1994. Tractor tugs have power systems capable of applying nearly all engine thrust in any direc- tion. The contract is for 17 months, with two additional 17-month options included in the contract amount.

German Shipyard Secures

Cruise Ship Repair Contracts

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) Kiel, Germany, has secured repair and refurbishment contracts for three cruise vessels: Maxim Gorkiy,

Odessa and FedorDostoevskiy. All three ships will undergo annual re- pairs as well as refurbishment and maintenance of hull, machinery and cabins. Maxim Gorkiy, built in Ham- burgin 1969 as the "Hamburg," with a capacity of 788 passengers, will receive a completely redesigned din- ing room/restaurant as well as over- haul ofhertwo 22,000 shp AEG steam turbines. Odessa,overhauledatHDW in 1990, will have the air conditioning nucleus

The Kelvin Hughes NUCLEUS Series Color ARPA

Radars are redefining the modern radar for the shipping industry.

The NUCLEUS Color ARPA combines innovative target tracking/plotting and integrated data acquisi- tion capabilities with speed, accuracy, screen defini- tion, ease of operation, and highest reliability. To overcome rows of confusing buttons and controls, this economically designed, color ARPA utilizes a simple tracker ball and three push buttons for all operations, making it one of the fastest, most user- friendly navigational radars on the market today.

Functions are selected by simply clicking a but- ton after moving the pointer with the tracker ball through the easy-to-use, on-screen menus. The high definition display provides a superior color radar picture with very sharp target contrast. The data displays clearly show operating functions, warn- ings, target information, and integrated own-ship navigational data.

The NUCLEUS Series offers five choices of dis- plays, NUCLEUS 6000 A (ARPA), 6000 T (true motion) and 6000 R (relative motion) Color Radars with 26 inch display; and NUCLEUS 5000 T (true motion) and 5000 R (relative motion) Color Radars with 20 inch display. NUCLEUS features powerful

X-Band and S-Band transmitters in different configurations. the new definition of modern radar!

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Other stan- dard features include interswitching, dual preset

Guard Zones; the NAVCARD for extended, custom- ized map creation, storage, and retrieval; and an improved plotting facility. The ARPA also features a simulator for training and maintenance tasks.

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Circle 248 on Reader Service Card of the upper decks improved by the installation of three compressors of 900 kW each.

Fedor Dostoevskiy, built at HDW in 1986 as the "Astor," with 20,159- grt, will undergo refurbishment of public rooms and corridors.

After the recent conversion of the navy supply ship "Meersburg" by

HDW, the German Navy also awarded

HDW with a contract for refurbish- ment and maintenance work on the destroyer "Rommel." HDWs Repair and ConversionDivisionis represented in the U.S. by Roland Marine, Inc.

For more information,

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Corps Of Engineers Issues

Invitation For Bids

ThedirectoroftheU.S.ArmyCorps of Engineers' Marine Design Center has announced the issuance oflnvita- tionfor Bids number DACW61-94-B- 0008for the design, construction, test- ing and delivery of a floating crane for use by the Duluth Area Office of the

U. S. Army Corps ofEngineers Detroit

District on the Great Lakes.

The proposed vessel is non-pro- pelled, of steel construction with a ship-shaped hull and a duty cycle marine crane. The vessel will be approximately 150 feet longby 48 feet wide, with a depth of 11.6 feet and a draft of 7.4 feet. The vessel and crane will be classed by the American Bu- reau of Shipping (ABS). The bid package is a "Design and Build" type based upon a concept design prepared by the Marine Design Center. The contract will be conducted using the

Marine Design Center's three phase contracting methodology. The bid package was available after October 29, with bid opening planned for late

December 1993. For more informa- tion, contact: Commander and Dis- trict Engineer, U.S. Army Corps of

Engineers, Philadelphia District,

Wanamaker Building, Philadelphia,

PA 19107, Attention: CENAP-CT (TOTH), Reference: DACW61-94-B- 0008.

Shell And BP Get Approval

For $1.2 Billion Gulf Project

Shell Oil and BP Exploration have gotten the go-ahead for the $1.2 bil- lion first phase development of the

Mars field, the largest find for two decades in the U.S. Gulf.

Mars was discovered in 1989 on

Mississippi Canyon block 763. Mars reportedly holds recoverable reserves of700million barrels of oil equivalent (85 percent oil and 15 percent gas).

Approximately$660milhonwillbe spent on installation and fabrication of the Mars platform and pipelines.

Another $540million will be spent on drilling and completion. The Mars platform will use 24 integral well slots and two subsea satellites. Belleli of

Italy has won the contract for the hull, with McDermott in the U.S. building the deck. Shell Oil will hold a 71.5 percent stake in the field. BP will commit a total of $340 million to theproject. The Mars field will come on stream in late 1996. 6 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News