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Phone: 504-364-1572 Fax: 504-362-5949

E-mail: [email protected]

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By Willard Marine Inc.

The U.S.A.'s Leading Builder Of Rigid Inflatable Boats

WILLARD

Established 1956 64

We go to extraordinary lengths to build high quality RIBs you can count on for fast rescue, law enforcement, '' survey, diving, tour and tough work-place applications.

For more information, contact:

WILLARD MARINE, INC. 1250 N. Grove Street, Anaheim, CA 92806

Phone: 714-666-2150 • Fax: 714-632-8136

E-Mail: [email protected]

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Radisson, V. Ships To Build

Cruise Ship

Radisson Seven Seas Cruises has finalized a joint venture agreement with V. Ships to build a 490-passenger luxury cruise ship at an esti- mated cost of $200 million, and scheduled for delivery in July 1999. The new build contract has been awarded to the T. Mariotti shipyard in Genoa, Italy, where the new vessel is under construction. Radisson will charter and oper- ate the ship as part of its five-vessel fleet and has hired V. Ships as the vessel's technical manager.

Carnival To Order Two Cruise Ships

Carnival Corp. plans to announce orders for two new ships at a combined cost of about $750 million for its Holland America line, according to CFO Gerald Cahill.

The Holland America ships will be of a new type for Carnival, which is building some $4.4 billion worth of ships for delivery to its various cruise lines over the next several years.

Alsthom Nabs Contract For Four

Luxury Liners

Anglo-French GEC Alsthom has won an order from Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) for up to four luxury liners worth over $300 million per ship. Two of the liners to be built in western France are firm orders and the other two are options.

The 965-ft. (294-m) Millennium class ves- sels, each of 85,000 tons, will be the largest cruise ships ever built in France. Designed with 975 cabins, the ships will be delivered by

GEC Alsthom subsidiary Chantiers de lAtlantique between 2000 and 2002.

In addition to the maximum of four ships ordered in France, the Miami-based cruise firm has ordered up to two at Meyer Werft in

Germany and a further vessel at Kvaerner

Masa-Yards in Finland.

Kirby Sells Tankers And

Harbor Service

In accordance with a definitive purchase agreement dated January 28, 1998, Kirby

Corp. has completed the sale of two of its U.S. flag tankers and harbor service operations to

Hvide Marine Corp., and five tankers to an affiliate of August Trading Inc. for a combined price of $38.6 million in cash.

Proceeds from the sale of the tanker and harbor service operations will be used to par- tially fund Kirby's recently announced Dutch

Auction tender offer to repurchase up to 3,000,000 shares of Kirby common stock.

Laminaria FPSO Ready For Fitting-Out

Kvaerner ASA reported the hull of the float- ing production, storage and offloading vessel (FPSO) for the Laminaria oilfield offshore

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