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Nichols Brothers Awarded

Schooner Hull Contract

From Marimed

David Higgins, executive direc- tor of the Marimed (maritime medi- cine) Foundation in Honolulu, has announced the signing of the initial contract for the construction of a 150-foot, three-masted topsail schooner. The vessel will be out- filled with medical equipment and will be used to provide primary health care and health education services in the Marshall Islands, 2,500 miles southwest of Hawaii.

Nichols Brothers Boat Builders in

Whidbey Island, Wash., has been awarded a $661,500 contract for the steel and aluminum fabrication work on the 280-grt vessel. This will include materials and labor for com- plete fabrication of the hull, rudder assembly, engine beds, ladders and coamings, tie-up cleats, zinc pads, watertight manholes, primer and one coat of anti-fouling below the waterline, engineering, and launch- ing. Construction is already under- way, and delivery of the bare hull has been scheduled for January 1987. Marimed and Nichols are cur- rently negotiating a follow-on con- tract covering the installation of machinery and engineering sys- tems.

Nor-Shipping '87

OSLO, NORWAY 2 - 5 JUNE 1987

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Join the centre of action, the people and the future of international shipping and offshore-related activities.

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The 11th international shipping and maritime offshore exhibition and conference.

T'he most important destination for your business world in 1987, will be

Oslo, Norway - during the first week of

June - and the 11th Nor-Shipping exhi- bition.

The exhibitors will represent all aspects of shipping and the maritime offshore market - on both product and service sides. Nor-Shipping '85 attrac- ted 650 manufacturers from 25 count- ries, represented by 277 exhibitors from 20 countries.

The Annual General Meetings and

Council Meeting of Intertanko, Inter- cargo. Norwegian Shipowners Associ- ation and Northern Shipowners

Defence Club will most likely be held in

Oslo at the same time.

The exhibitors at Nor-Shipping '85 were able to establish and strenghten contacts with about 8.500 specialists from 45 countries.

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ULSTEIN VALVE MANIFOLDS

Delivered in several models, both as change-over valve manifolds and bilge-water valve manifolds.

Our compact designs have wide ranges of applications, each unit manufactured is pressured tested.

Ulstein valve manifolds are delivered with manual or remote control, with - or without gasket and flanges. iff

Manufactured by:

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Circle 137 on Reader Service Card Circle 259 on Reader Service Card 66

The outfitting, rigging, and in- stallation of medical facilities will begin in February next year in Seat- tle under the supervision of Seattle boatbuilder John Guzzwell, the first Englishman to sail alone around the world. He recently su- pervised the construction of a 130- foot sailing vessel in Brazil.

The Marimed Foundation vessel will be registered in the U.S. and homeported in Honolulu. She has been ruled a cargo vessel by the U.S.

Coast Guard, and will be built to the requirements of Subchapter I of

USCG Regulations and classed by the American Bureau of Shipping.

The schooner will be named Tole

Mour by the Marshallese people, which means "gift of life and health" in their language. She was designed by Capt. Ted Ewbank, president of Ewbank, Brooke and

Associates of Auckland, New Zea- land. "We are especially proud to have this international health service and training vessel built in America,"

Mr. Higgins said, "and we know that she will become a symbol of hope and better health for people in the Marshall Islands."

For free literature describing the services and facilities of Nichols

Brothers Boat Builders,

Circle 4 on Reader Service Card $402.5-Million Contract

To Litton Systems For

Amphibious Assault Ship

Litton Systems Incorporated, In- galls Shipbuilding Division, Pasca- goula, Miss., is being awarded a $402,494,000 fixed-price-incentive contract for construction of 1 LHD- 1 class multipurpose amphibious as- sault ship. The contract also con- tains priced options for an FY-88 ship and FY-89 ship. Work will be performed in Pacagoula, and is ex- pected to be completed in April 1992. Five bids were solicited and four offers were received. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-86-C-2005).

Lloyd's Reports Another

Monthly Decrease In

Laid-Up Tanker Tonnage

For the 13th successive month, idle tankers have showed a marked improvement. The latest report published by Lloyd's of London

Press shows that despite a rise in the number of vessels mothballed, more than a million tons has been reduced from the total, leaving 1,075 vessels of 29.88 million dwt compared with 1,061 vessels of 31.22 million dwt in August.

The tanker figure on September 1 stood at 196 vessels of 20.41 million dwt against 197 vessels of 21.88 mil- lion dwt in August. This figure in- cludes 51 U/VLCCs of 15.63 million dwt, representing 76 percent of the tanker tonnage and 52 percent of the overall total.

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