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May 1997, is nearing completion at the Cochin yard.

The tanker is expected to carry 94,250 tons of crude oil. It is the first vessel of its kind to be built in

India.

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Krupp Supplies Self-

Unloading Equipment

Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH has received an order to supply the necessary handling equipment for two German-built self-unloading ships. With a capacity of 10,000 dwt each, the ships are designed to carry coal to customers who do not have the requisite port facilities and ship unloaders.

Using the Krupp system of three conveyor belts, coal is carried first from the cargo hold to the ship's bow at a rate of up 1 tons per hour. A second c< belt conveys the coal to i which can be pivoted, elevat lowered. The third belt pasi coal along the boom to the port or storage facilities on I

Another of 1

Fordertechnik's self-unlo systems is designed for ports strongly fluctuating water It such as the Rhine river. The tem of conveyor belts and boc attached to a pontoon, alio ships to approach the pontoon have their cargo unloaded ontc pier for transport.

ASD Wins Contract to Refi

NOAA Miller Freeman

Alaska Ship and Drydock, I; (ASD) of Ketchikan, Ak., has woi contract worth $5.9 million for t. repair of the NOAA vessel Mill

Freeman. The primary intent the six-month overhaul is to obtai an ABS Hull and Machiner

Classification, as well as an inter national Load Line assignment

Work will include installation o: two new auxiliary engines, over- haul and conversion of the main engine, a new propulsion and shaft system, interior and exterior hull painting, and major electrical and machinery modifications. Doug

Ward, director of Business

Development for ASD, considers that the "conversion of the Miller

Freeman to a load line vessel will accelerate our effots to make

Ketchikan the premier marine support center for Alaska." This is reportedly the most complex ship repair project to be undertaken in the state.

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MacGregor Wins Repeat

Cruise Ship Orders

MacGregor has been contracted to supply shipsets of elevators, provision stores and associated refrigeration plant for four 700- passenger vessels recently ordered from Chantiers de l'Atlantique yard in France by Fort

Lauderdale-based Renaissance

Cruises. MacGregor was selected to supply similar shipsets for the first two vessels in the series,

ROne (profiled on page 24) and

RTwo. The four passenger elevator cabins previously supplied were arranged for a maximum of 10 peo- ple — the new contract calls for an increase in size to accomodate 14.

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T-25 Controlling Humidity and

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Coating, and Curing

T-47 Thermal Spray Coatings for

Corrosion Protection

T-48 Protective Coatings and

Cathodic Protection

T-56 Introduction to Water Jetting

System and Surface Preparation

Quality Assurance

T-57 Applying Linings for

Immersion Service

SEMINARS

S-6, Marine and Offshore Coatings:

Turning the Tide • The Effect of Soluble Salts Upon the

Performance of Various Protective Coating

Systems Used by the Marine Industry

SSPC98

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

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SEMINARS, continued • Water-Jetting Productivity Study for the Marine

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Rusted Surfaces That Have Been Cleaned by UHP

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Pre-Construction Primers Under Standard Lining

Systems • New, Non-Corrosive Antifouling Paints for Aluminum Vessels

Special Interest Meeting -

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Discuss shipyard issues such as using pre-construction primers and reducing costs for blast cleaning, so that your work is more cost- effective and compliant. Hear about National

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