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Icebreaker Contract

For Halifax Shipyard

Totals Can. $54 Million

Halifax Shipyard of Nova Scotia has won a Can. $54-million con- tract from the Canadian Govern- ment to build one type 1100 Na- vaid/Light icebreaker vessel.

Construction will begin early next year with delivery to the Ca- nadian Coast Guard scheduled for

May 1986.

President and chief executive of

Halifax Industries Limited Ken- neth Wood, said today: "This im- portant and much needed contract was won against stiff competition from other yards in Canada."

The contract will provide work for over 200 people during the con- struction period.

The principal characteristics of this new Coast Guard icebreaker are: length—83 meters; breadth— 16.20 meters; depth—7.75 meters; displacement—4,662 tons; horse- power—8,445; speed—15.3 knots; range—6,500 nautical miles at 15 knots; and crew—52.

The ship is to be equipped with twin-screw diesel electric propul- sion, and the hull will be suitable for icebreaking purposes as Arctic

Class II vessel. $6-Million Navy Contract

Modification To GTE

GTE Products Corporation, Syl- vania Systems Group, Western Di- vision, Mountain View, Calif., is being issued a $6,627,811 unpriced modification to a previously awarded contract issued by the

Naval Electronics Systems Com- mand, Washington, D.C. This modification is being issued to cover provisioning of spare parts for the countermeasures receiving set, AN/WLQ-4 (V), as authorized on the original contract. The Navy

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Waterman Appoints

T.C. Foote Senior VP

Sales and Marketing

Waterman Steamship Corpora- tion, New York, N.Y. has an- nounced the appointment of

Theron C. Foote as senior vice president, sales and marketing.

Mr. Foote, who joined Waterman in 1979, was most recently vice president of pricing and will con- tinue to have responsibility for that department.

He is a graduate of Drexel Uni- versity and holds a Bachelor of

Science degree. Mr. Foote is on the faculty of the Franklin D. Roo- sevelt Institute, was past chair- man of The Steamship Operators

Intermodal Committee and serves on the board of directors of The

New York Chapter of The Na- tional Defense Transportation

Association.

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