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(Continued from page 13) can be considered an informed source, consider- ing the number of engine orders Cummins has received for crewboat newbuildings (please see chart, page 13). But optimism is coming from all sectors — owners, builders and suppliers — that the market will experience some growth.

According to Swiftships' Marketing Manager

A. J. Blanchard, the yard continues to focus on the military market but is actively seeking com- mercial business to replace the decline in Navy building. He terms the crewboat market as "growing," and Swiftships currently has orders to build four crewboats, including a 141-ft. (43- m) Hamilton Jet-powered vessel for Diamond

Services, scheduled for delivery in January 1995.

Unique in that the vessel is waterjet powered, the Diamond Services boat is also an example of the trend towards ordering larger crewboats. "We have seen an increase in the size of boats versus what was built 10 years ago," said Mr.

Blanchard. "A few years ago, boats 120-ft. (36.6 m) long were the biggest," said Mr. Klotz. "Today were seeing new boats 135 ft. (41 m)...the trend is going bigger." 619 Industrial Road

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Crewboats (Continued from page 13) 15 long tons of cargo on their aft decks. Maleo can fight fires with its two fire monitors, which can pump 264 gallons of water and/or foam per minute from a 527-gallon foam tank. The vessel is also outfitted with a 20-ft. (6.1-m) oil dispers- ant spray arm and a 260-gallon dispersant tank.

Each vessel carries 4,200 gallons of fuel and 780 gallons of potable water.

Among her navigation and communications equipment are: two Furuno FR 1831 radars, one

Sperry gyrocompass, one Icom SSB radio and two Raytheon VHF radios.

Maleo and Pipit are American Bureau of Ship- ping (ABS) classed Al, Maltese Cross.

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MarAd News • The Maritime Administration MarAd has given

American President Lines, Ltd. (APL) permis- sion to charter and operate a foreign-flag relief vessel for a single voyage of approximately 45 days commencing in late December.

Section 804 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, as amended, precludes subsidized U.S.-flag op- erators or their affiliates from operating foreign- flag vessels which compete with essential U.S.- flag shipping services unless the Secretary of

Transportation waives the provision of this sec- tion for a specific period of time. In its applica- tion, APL said it needs a vessel to maintain the operating schedule integrity in its services while the line haul vessels President Grant and Presi- dent Jefferson undergo required drydocking, thereby continuing to meet the needs of APL's customers. MarAd found and determined that no suitable U.S.-flag vessels is available for the period coinciding with the required drydocking schedule of thePresident Grant and Jefferson. In addition, MarAd noted that no other U.S.-flag operator in the service objects to APL's proposal to utilize a foreign-flag vessel. • Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. has requested

Secretarial review of the Maritime Administra- tion 's approval of a section 804(a) waiver for

Farrell Lines, Inc. The waiver would permit

Farrell to ad hoc charter, operate, or act as agent/ broker for any foreign-flag vessel between U.S. gulf and East coasts.

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The second half of the I990's will see a partial repeat of the early 1970's — as the massive amount of tonnage built during that period reaches economic and physical obsolescence. This will provide many opportunities for shipbuilders and ship system suppliers.

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