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Ship Kepair and Conversion

Grand Bahama Shipyard's

Drydock Arrives After 160-Day Tow

Grand Bahama Shipyard's Dock No. 2, which is the former Cascade General

Dock No. 4, arrived safely at it new spot at the Freeport, Bahamas shipyard on

December 11. The floating drydock. which measures 984 x 2,296 ft. (300 x 700 m) and is capable of lifting 85,000 tons, will be the largest floating dock on the Eastern seaboard of the U.S., accom- modating cruise vessels up to 150,000 grt or VLCC tankers of up to 250,000 tdwt.

The 20,000 n.m. tow from Portland,

Ore. to the Freeport, Bahamas shipyard took 160 days. The dock traveled across the Pacific Ocean passing close to

Hawaii, through the Philippines an the

East Indies, across the Indian Ocean and up the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal and then across the Mediterranean and the Atlantic.

Preparations are currently underway at the shipyard for the dock, which is expected to be fully operational by the end of March 2002.

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Balder Leaves Rotterdam

Following Facelift

After a facelift of $200 million at the

Verolme Botlek shipyard at Rotterdam,

Balder headed for the Norwegian off- shore port Stavanger on December 17, 2001.

The facelift changed the former crane vessel into a pipelayer, and the large pipelaying tower of 120 m, allows the

Balder to lay pipes on a depth of more than 2,000 m.

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ISR Purchases Drydock

From Norshipco

International Ship Repair & Marine

Services, Tampa, Fla. acquired its fifth drydock, the 669 x 100-ft. (203.9 x 30.4 m) inside clear width. 20,000-ton Vir- ginian from Norshipco in Norfolk, Va. — expected to be in place at the yard by

February 2002.

A full service repair and conversion facility, International was established in 1973, and has undertaken a variety of projects, most recently a life cycle extension process for Maritrans' 5,400- hp Tug Navigator and installation of a 1,000-hp retractable bow thruster for

Great Lakes Towing's 5,000-hp Tug Z-2.

Recently the company has completed several conversion projects on ships in the seismic field and well as scheduled repairs on bulk carrying ships and barges for Teco Transport.

International Ship has further expand- ed with an equity stake in propeller manufacturer Padgett & Swann Machin- ery, also located in Tampa, as well as a strategic alliance with a new marine and industrial piping company, Tampa Pipe and Welding.

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Progress creates success.

Leading technology from Liebherr.

LIEBHERR-WERK NENZING GMBH

P.O. Box 10, A-6710 Nenzing

Tel. +43 5525 - 606 - 280

Fax. +43 5525 - 606 - 448 [email protected] www.liebherr.com

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