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Hong Kong Shipyard

Awarded $4-Million

Contract From China

The Hong Kong Trade Devel- opment Council reports that the

People's Republic of China re- cently placed a $4.3-million order for a total of five oil skimmers with the Hong Kong shipyard A.

Fai Engineers and Shiprepairs

Co. Ltd., and World Ocean Sys- tem of Japan; the former will be responsible for the construction of four ships, the latter to build the fifth vessel. Work is sched- uled to begin on the 190-gross-ton oil skimmers this month, with the completion date set for mid-

March of next year.

Bender To Build

Fisheries Research

Vessel For NOAA

Robert J. Blackwell, Assistant

Secretary of Commerce for Mari- time Affairs, has authorized the award of a contract to Bender

Welding and Machine Co., Inc.,

Mobile, Ala., for the construction of a fisheries research vessel for the National Oceanic and Atmos- pheric Administration (NOAA).

He also approved a determination that the fixed price of $2,875,000 for the vessel was "fair and rea- sonable."

NOAA has furnished the Mari- time Administration with $3.1 mil- lion for the construction of the vessel. This includes $225,000 above the fixed contract price for changes and contingencies.

The research vessel will be used by NOAA's National Ocean Sur- vey for stock assessment in the

North Pacific 200-mile fisheries zone. The vessel is a modified stock design combination crabber/ trawler. It will measure approxi- mately 127 feet in length, 30 feet abeam, and will have a draft of 13 feet.

In 1976, NOAA officials in- formed MarAd of their need for additional vessels to carry out that agency's extended jurisdiction to the 200-mile limit. It was felt that procurement of a vessel built to industry standards for unin- spected fishing vessels would avoid detailed vessel specifications and result in reduced cost and con- struction time. NOAA asked for

MarAd's support in the acquisi- tion of such a vessel.

Assistant Secretary Blackwell proposed a five-phase MarAd ef- fort to assist in the procurement.

The plan included conceptual stud- ies to ensure an acceptable vessel, preparation of a Request for Pro- posal Package, participation in selection of a contractor and in- spections during construction, and performance of trial and delivery inspections as required. The pro- posal was accepted by NOAA on

June 28, 1977, but budgetary re- straints delayed the award of a contract until this time.

The vessel is scheduled for de- livery by September 1979.

August 15, 1978 7

Tenn-Tom Towing

Asks Title XI For

Barges And Towboats

Tenn-Tom Towing, Inc., 25

North Section Street, Fairhope,

Ala., has applied for a Title XI guarantee to aid in financing the construction of two steel oil barges and two oil screw tow- boats. The vessels will be oper- ated in the Gulf Intracoastal

Waterway and on related connect- ing river systems. The applicant transports petroleum products under contract.

The two steel oil barges will measure approximately 264 feet by 50 feet by 10.25 feet. A ship- yard for the barges has not been determined yet.

The two boats covered in the application are the 147-gross-ton

Herndon R and the 64-gross-ton

Ruth McCoy, which were deliv- ered September 16 and Novem- ber 1, 1977, respectively. The

Herndon R was built at Rayco

Shipbuilders & Repairs, Inc., and the Ruth McCoy at Dravo Steel-

Ship Corporation.

If approved, the barges would qualify for 87x/2 percent guaran- tees and the towboats for 75 percent guarantees. The total amount guaranteed for the four vessels would be approximately $1,475,000.

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