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Corps Of Engineers

Awards $112 Million

Dredging Contract

The U.S. Army Corps of Engi- neers has awarded a joint venture, headed by Great Lakes Dredge &

Dock Co., the contract for Phase 4A of the deepening of the Kill Van

Kull, the entrance channel to New- ark Bay and Port Elizabeth, accord- ing to an announcement by Great

Lakes president Witt Barlow.

When the project is completed, the channel will be 42 feet deep.

The value of the contract for

KVK4A, as the project is known, is $112,000,000. The other partner in the joint venture is American Dredg- ing Co. Duration of the contract is 36 months.

Great Lakes Dredge & Dock

Company is one of America's lead- ing marine contractors and a unit of

Itel Corporation. With headquar- ters in Oak Brook, 111., it has divi- sion offices in Staten Island, Balti- more, Jacksonville, New Orleans,

Cleveland, and Oakland. Founded in 1890, the company celebrated its centenary last year.

Finnish Shipbuilders Win

Orders For Cruise Ships

Worth Over $300 Million

Orders for two new cruise ships worth a total of more than $300 million have been won by Finnish shipbuilders.

Dolphin Cruise Line of Miami,

Fla., signed a $200 million contract with Masa-Yards, now owned by

Kvaerner, for a 1,100-passenger vessel to be delivered next summer.

Delivery of the 32,400-gt vessel, already launched, is possible in little more than a year because it was first ordered by Birka Line with the now- bankrupt Wartsila Marine, but not renegotiated with Masa, it succes- sor company.

To be named the Royal Majesty, the new ship may be placed under the Panama flag.

The other new contract is a sec- ond twin-hulled ship for new Finn- ish owner Diamond Cruises, whose directors met this week to decide on an option held with the Rauma-

Repola yard.

The company hopes to make an announcement soon on the second ship, worth $130 million. A similar option exists for a third vessel.

ASNE/Atlontic Fleet Joint

Symposium Set For October 1991, Virginia Beach, Va.

ASNE Tidewater Section will cosponsor with Commander in Chief,

U.S. Atlantic Fleet, a Joint Sympo- sium entitled "Fleet Maintenance in the 21st Century." The sympo- sium will be held October 22 and 23, 1991 at the Pavilion Convention

Center in Virginia Beach, Va. Na- tionally prominent speakers from the military, government and pri- vate industry will address current issues during luncheons.

A panel of Flag/Executive level experts from the fleet and private industry will discuss critical avia- tion, surface and submarine main- tenance concerns during TYCOM/

INDUSTRY panel presentations.

Technical papers regarding fleet maintenance management, engi- neering, logistics and training within the aviation, surface and submarine communities will be presented each day. Over 100 dis- plays and exhibits are anticipated in the Convention Center Exhibit

Hall.

Cost for a 10-foot by 10-foot ex- hibit booth (includes program ad- vertisement) is $900. Cost for the symposium is: members $95; non- members $150. Exhibit packages were mailed in December '90. Reg- istration packages will be mailed in

June '91.

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Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., 5700

Thurston Avenue, Suite 204, Vir- ginia Beach, Va. 23455, phone (804) 460-4449, autofax (804) 464-2801.

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