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Artist's rendering of the Kone FELS plant to be built in Singapore.

Kone And Far East-Levingston

In Joint Venture

For Crane Manufacturing In Singapore

Kone Corporation and Far

East-Levingston Shipbuilding

Ltd. (FELS) recently announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement for the production, manufacturing, as- sembly, and sale of harbor and shipyard cranes and bulk mate- rial handling systems in Singa- pore, as well as in marketing, distribution, delivery, and after- sales services in the Asian region.

The new company will be named

Kone FELS Cranes Pte. Ltd. (KFC).

Kone Corporation of Finland is one of the leading manufactur- ers of materials handling equip- ment in the world.

The new joint-venture compa- ny will be Kone's fifth operation in Singapore, the others being

Kone Regional office for the Far

East; Kone Elevator Pte. Ltd.;

Kone Products & Engineering (S) Pte. Ltd., and Navire Cargo

Gear Southeast Pte. Ltd.

The market for different mate- rials handling equipment in the

Far East countries looks very promising for the next 10 years.

Leevac Corporation

Names Terry Hardouin

Planning Manager

Terry Hardouin

Jerry Bostic, president and chief executive officer of the

LEEVAC Corporation, Morgan

This is the main reason, Kone reported, for establishing a pro- duction facility in Southeast Asia.

KFC will market its products in the Far East as part of its worldwide marketing and produc- tion network. With the estab- lishment of KFC, Kone will now have two crane plants to meet worldwide demand. The other plant is in Finland.

The joint-venture was con- ceived with the close cooperation of Singapore's Economic Devel- opment Board (EDB) and the

Jurong Town Corporation (JTC).

The project has been granted, in principle, pioneer status by EDB and a 2.2 hectare piece of land was made available to KFC by

JTC for the joint venture. The construction of the plant will commence this year.

The joint venture is also in line with the diversification plan mapped out by FELS. KFC is

FELS's third separate enterprise in the area, with the other two being wholly owned subsidiaries:

FELS Consultancy Pte. Ltd. and

Brightway Property Pte. Ltd.

City, La., announces the promo- tion of Terry P. Hardouin from controller to planning manager for the corporation. Mr. Hardouin replaces Alcide S. Mann who was named marketing manager for LEEVAC Marine Transpor- tation, one of three operating di- visions of LEEVAC. As planning manager, Mr. Hardouin will be responsible for administering the corporation's strategic planning and insures that the divisions ad- dress the critical elements in their respective business plans.

Mr. Hardouin, a native of New

Orleans, received his B.S. Degree in accounting from LSUNO. He joined LEEVAC Corporation in

October 1981.

According to Mr. Bostic,^LEE-

VAC's three operating divisions

CSSRA Urges Adoption Of

Canadian Building Policy

The Canadian Shipbuilding and

Ship Repairing Association (CS-

SRA) recently held its semian- nual general meeting in Ottawa.

The CSSRA represents 25 ship- building and ship repair firms and 72 allied industries from coast to coast. Meetings of the board of directors and allied mem- bers were also held.

The board of directors noted that Canada's new shipbuilding policy is now two years and five months overdue. During the same period over $1.1 billion (Cana- dian) worth of domestic ship- building work has gone to for- eign shipyards. With a sensible shipbuilding policy in place dur- ing that period, the CSSRA noted, most of that lost work would have stayed in Canada and instead of adding to the un- employment rolls, shipbuilding would now be helping to solve the problem.

The CSSRA urged the govern- ment to delay no longer on a positive shipbuilding policy, oth- erwise it is likely that further orders will go abroad to seriously damage the viability of the in- dustry to respond to the exciting possibilities for shipbuilding in the longer term, e.g. Beaufort and East Coast offshore develop- ments, the Polar 8 icebreaker, and the Canadian patrol frigate program.

The association believes that

Canada should receive a greater measure of industrial benefits as a result of the export of natural resources now being shipped al- most exclusively in foreign bot- toms. There is great potential for shipbuilding and allied indus- tries in filling the need for the provide a comprehensive and in- tegrated system of products and service including bunkering, lightering and transportation of petroleum products through LEE-

VAC Marine Transportation, dis- tribution of diesel fuel and lubri- cants for rigs and vessels through

LEEVAC Petroleum, and design and construction of boats, barges, and crews quarters through LEE-

VAC Shipyards.

Navy Awards FMC $48-Million Increase For

Amphibious Assault Vehicles

FMC Corporation, Ordnance Di- vision, San Jose, Calif., has been awarded a $48,000,000 face-value- increase to a previously awarded fixed-price-incentive contract for carriers of these resources wheth- er they be wheat, coal, liquefied natural gas, and other renewable or non-renewable resources. The

CSSRA recommended that the government, as well as private sector exporters, examine the po- tential for shipbuilding sales and industrial benefit offsets, when negotiating export sales of Ca- nadian natural resources.

The association discussed a re- port regarding Minister of Fish- eries and Oceans Pierre DeBane, in which he is quoted as review- ing the issuance of new fishing licenses on the East Coast. To the astonishment of CSSRA members, it was reported in the press that he is considering the opening of the door for Nova

Scotia and other Atlantic Cana- dian fisheries interests to acquire some used fishing trawlers now available in Europe at knock- down prices.

The CSSRA stated it trusts that this report is inaccurate be- cause the association deplores the dumping of foreign vessels into Canada and its seeming sup- port by a Minister of the Crown.

The Canadian shipbuilding and allied industries need work now, the CSSRA noted, adding "There has been enough exportation of jobs in shipbuilding over the last 21/) years without more negative policy initiatives such as bringing in used fishing trawlers."

The CSSRA also reported that the Canadian Department of

Fisheries and Oceans is consider- ing the purchase of a Japanese- built fishing freezer trawler, the

M.V. Callistratus, for conversion as a fisheries research vessel. The

Association asked the govern- ment that it honor its commit- ment and policy to build in Can- ada for Canadian Government ship requirements. long lead time material for LVT- 7A1 amphibious assault vehicles.

The Naval Sea Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-82-

C-2185).

Navy Awards $7.4-Million

Contract Increase For FFG-7's

Main Reduction Gears

Bath Iron Works Corporation,

Bath, Maine, is being awarded a $7,402,473 face-value-increase to a previously awarded cost-plus- fixed-fee contract to provide main reduction gears in FY-83 for

FFG-7 class ships. The Super- visor of Shipbuilding, Conversion and Repair, Bath, Maine is the contracting activity (N00024-82-

C-2023). 10 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News