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maintenance dredging at the large

LNG and general cargo port of

Bintulu, Sarawak. This is the first year of DI-MDC's four-year con- tract; 2.5 million cu. m. of silt will be removed from the port's naviga- tion channels by the end 1995. DI has just started work on another contract at Bintulu — capital dredging and soil stabilization^ works for a new LPG terminal requiring 600,000 cu. m. ofmmeri- al and the reinforcement o/rtYie sea bottom subsoils next to am existing breakwater. This worff should be completed in early 1936.

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New Concept Developed in

Liquid Transportation

Elliot Bay Design Group (EBDG) of Seattle, Wash., has teamed up vith Instant

Terminalling and ' hip Conversion,

Inc. (ITASCI) of H develop a new © transportation a: tems. The ITAS nated and pate

Nick deBeran combines some o: of intermodal s capability to tr; liquid cargoes i ized manner.

Tank Units (M' self-contained (9.8 m x 12.2 ting a traditiol footprint. Eai load/unload d| many other o can be transpi minal fork lifts

A key program is offloaded at a shipped empty

Tenneco Delivers Aircraft

Carrier Ahead Of Schedule

Newport News Shipbuilding, a unit of Tenneco, delivered the

Nimitz class -^w^ft < * mi ""

C. Stentto the U.S. seven months ahead of "schedule. The vessel reportedly incorporates nearly 1,200 up- grades to the ship's design, sys- tems and habitability compared to previous Nimitz class carriers, yet was constructed using one million man-hours less than used to builg" past "r>filiYQT | IIM" f r contract schedule illus- trates that we're continuing to improve delivery and performance on each Nimitz class aircraft carri- er," said Mike Shawcross, direc- tor, naval marketing. The keel was laid in March, 1991; christening was performed on November 11, 1993 by Margaret Stennis

Womble, the$Ja«ghter of its name- late Senator John C.

Stennis of Mississippi. The ship, commissioned on December 9, 1995, will join the operating forces of the U.S. Atlantic Fleet.

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I concept, origi- ,ed by designer nis, reportedly 'the best features ipping with the sport a variety of 'a compartmental-

ITASCI Modular s) are reportedly ft x 40 ft. x 8 ft. x 2.4 m) tanks, fit- al 40-ft. container includes its own epwell pump and ional systems, and ed by existing ter- and cranes, elenfent in the ITASCI ;hat units to be destination site are with corresponding lable a shipown- fcntainer or bulk kliquids carrier full units belo v deck. Safety is a prime conside ation, according to

Mr. deBerar< inis, who pointed out that confcartmentalization, and thus cargolsegregation, create inherent safetj factors, such as double hulls. Ofher potential uses for the ITASCI lcontainer systems include import aid export of liquid products, inducing relief materi- als such as wat^r, fuel and phar- maceuticals. "These MTUs. er to convert his ship to a specialty and vice versa, anX also provide potential customer?' with the means to transport and store small quantities of specialty liquids with- out commingling." says Mr. de

Berardinis.

According to EBDG President

John Waterhouse, a demonstra- tion prototype unit will be con- structed soon and will undergo rig- orous testing. "Safety at sea is a prime concern of our business, and that is what initially interested us in the ITASCI idea," he said. "We foresee a very successful future for the product due to its wide variety of applications."

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