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Ninth Dock Landing Ship

Christened At Avondale

LSD 52, the ninth Dock Landing

Ship, and fourth LSD (CV) to be built for the U.S. Navy by Avondale

Industries, Inc., was christened

Pearl Harbor in ceremonies held at

Avondale's Main Yard. The ship's sponsor was Beverly Young, spouse of the Honorable C.W. Bill

Young, representative, 10th Con- gressional District, State of Flor- ida. Congressman Young was the principal speaker at the ceremony.

Also speaking at the ceremony were Admiral Jeremy M. Boor- da, U.S. Navy, chief of Naval Oper- ations, and Rear Admiral Paul M.

Robinson, U.S. Navy, program executive officer for carriers, lit- toral warfare and auxiliary ships,

Naval Sea Systems Command.

Pearl Harbor is 610 ft. (186 m) long, with a beam of 84 ft. (25.6 m) and a full-load displacement of 16,400 long tons. The vessel is powered by four medium-speed diesel engines, and will achieve service speeds above 20 knots.

The ship is scheduled for delivery to the Navy in early 1998.

Also participating in the chris- tening ceremony were: Albert L.

Bossier, Jr., chairman, president and CEO, Avondale Industries,

Inc.; and Captain W. David

Whiddon, U.S. Navy, supervisor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and

Repair, New Orleans.

The CV designation stands for "Cargo Variant." Pearl Harbor is an upgraded version of the original

LSD ships built at Avondale, but has a different cargo configuration.

Avondale Industries, Inc., head- quartered in New Orleans, is a leading U.S. marine fabricator for both the Navy and commercial cus- tomers.

For more information on Avondale

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Caterpillar Offers Radiator-

Cooled Engine Packages

Caterpillar Engine Division has announced the availability of prepackaged, radiator-cooled gen- erator sets and auxiliary engines for on-deck marine applications.

The packaged engine sets encom- pass both the 3300 and 3400 Cat engine families, with generator ratings of 65-550 kW and auxiliary engine ratings from 77-824 bhp.

Radiator cooling allows the en- gines to be flexibly positioned out- side engine rooms, without requir- ing long cooling water lines.

For gensets, deck-mounting re- portedly provides reliable emer- gency power, without crowding the engine room. Smaller deck-mount- ed gen sets, seized to handle a ves- sel's hotel load while in harbor, reportedly help conserve fuel by allowing larger main generators to be shut down.

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Bimco Repeats ISM Course

The first Residential Course on

The ISM Code Implementation in

Practice — Corporate Risk, orga- nized by Bimco Publications AS in

Copenhagen in September 1995, was reportedly a success, with 95 participants from 28 countries.

The large number of participants emphasizes the need to start preparations for ISM Code certifi- cation and shipping companies' concerns regarding the implemen- tation process.

Bimco has decided to stage a sec- ond Residential Course in Copen- hagen from April 15-17, entitled

The ISM Code Implementation in

Practice — Corporate Risk, to clar- ify any confusion in connection with the implementation process.

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An independent subsidiary of the world's foremost builder of mobile and floating offshore exploration and production units, Far East Levingston

Shipbuilding Limited (FELS), AMFELS has the design and construction capabilities to take on the most sophisticated marine, shipbuilding and ship repair projects.

The Leader in

Shipbuilding and

Ship Repair

Located in the Port of Brownsville, the facility has a total land area of more than 150 acres, and is equipped with modern fabrication and deep water facilities, as well as two 150-ton floating cranes and several units of heavy lift equipment of up to 300 tons capacity.

AMFELS operates an ASME and

API certified facility for building process packages for onshore and offshore applications.

KMAI/AMFELS Houston Office:

Texas Commerce Bank Building 5177 Richmond Avenue, Suite 1065

Houston, Texas 77056, USA

Phone: 713/840-8811

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AMFELS

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Head Office:

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Highway 48

Brownsville, Texas 78523, USA

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