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Fjellstrand Delivers

Second Of 2 Catamarans

To Danish Ferry Operator

The new Kvaerner Fjellstrand-built high-speed pas- senger catamaran Springaren can carry a total of 255 passengers, divided between 216 on the main deck and 39 on the upper deck.

The second of two 127.3-foot pas- senger catamarans from Kvaerner

Fjellstrand of Norway was recently delivered to Danish ferry operator

Dampskibsselskabet Oresund (DSO).

Named Springaren, the newbuilding is a sister ship to the

Loberen, delivered by Fjellstrand— part of Norway's Kvaerner group— to DSO in September 1990.

DSO carries 1.4 million people annually on the crossing between the center of Malmo in Sweden and downtown Copenhagen in Denmark.

The trip is completed in 40 minutes by the new Kvaerner Fjellstrand- built catamaran. The ferry flies the

Swedish flag and is operated by

Svenska Rederi AB Oresund, a wholly owned subsidiary of DSO.

In addition, DSO owns and oper- ates the ferry route between Dragor in Denmark and Limnhamn in Swe- den, in collaboration with Scandina- vian Ferry Line.

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Kvaerner Fjellstrand,

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Computervision Announces

Recent Contract Awards

Totaling Over $5.7 Million

Computervision, Bedford, Mass., recently announced the award of several contracts for its computer- aided design, manufacturing, and engineering (CAD/CAM/CAE) prod- uct line to the shipbuilding industry totaling over $5.7 million. The ship- building industry uses

Computervision's CADDS, ME-

DUSA, and engineering data man- agement (EDM) software and solu- tions to reduce product development time, lower development and manu- facturing costs, and improve prod- uct quality.

The awards were as follows: —Newport News Shipbuilding &

Drydock Company, Newport News,

Va., manufacturer of ships, aircraft carriers, and submarines, signed a contract valued at $1,400,000 for

MEDUSA software and Digital

Equipment Corporation (DEC) work stations to design and lay out ship- yard facilities. This sale marks the first joint sales venture between

October, 1991

DEC and Computervision. —Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI), one of the largest shipbuild- ing companies in Korea, agreed to purchase 46 additional CADDS seats for $2.4 million to run engineering data management software, pipe and mechanical software, and lay out software. HHI's installed base now totals 103 Computervision seats. —Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy

Machinery, Korea, bought $1.4 mil- lion worth of CADDS hardware and software, including EDM, for ship design. —Gibbs and Cox, a New York- based naval architect and marine engineering firm, recently purchased $550,000 in piping and mechanical design solutions for design and analysis work for the Navy. These systems will allow Gibbs and Cox to implement a concurrent engineer- ing link with the Computervision systems already installed at the

Navy.

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Gulf Of Mexico

Abandonments Tackled

By Smit Project Team

Smit International recently com- pleted its largest platform abandon- ment project yet in the Gulf of

Mexico. The contract called for total removal of the main deck and jacket of the Vermillion 372 platform, an eight-pile structure in 296-foot wa- ter depth. The project was carried out by Smit International's Hous- ton-based subsidiary, Smit Ameri- can Salvage Inc.

Taklift 6, a floating "sheerlegs" crane of 1,330 ST lift capacity, re- moved the 1,000-ton main deck. The sheerlegs than joined forces with the Takheave 31, a 3,300 ST pull- barge, to remove the 2,800-tonjacket.

The jacket was toppled, lifted and then towed in a horizontal position to a designated "artificial reef' dis- posal site.

Smit carried out its first platform abandonment project in the Gulf of

Mexico during 1988. Two platforms were removed over the following two years. A further three platforms were also removed in 1990, all from locations with water depths of around 300 feet. Each structure was towed to appointed disposal sites under state authorities' "Rig-to-Reef' programs.

The Smit vessels are based at

Galveston, Texas. They were mobi- lized in June to tackle the 372 plat- form, and the project took some three weeks to complete. The Platform

Abandonment Project Team is now mobilizing for removal of the West

Cameron 480 platform, an eight- pile structure in a water depth of 145 feet. This involves the lift of the 950-ton topsides and the toppling and tow of the 1,700-ton jacket.

Abandonment activities are an- ticipated to increase each year into the first decade of the 21st Century.

The best estimates available today suggest that the abandonment pro- gram will involve total expenditure in the region of $10 billion.

The Smit team's cost-effective solution to platform removal needs in the Gulf of Mexico is gaining wide recognition. Structures of up to 4,400-ST can be toppled, towed and disposed of at designated sites.

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Metro Machine Wins $47.8 Million Pact

For Phased Maintenance

Metro Machine Corp., Norfolk,

Va., was recently awarded a $47.8 million contract for the phased main- tenance program for LPD class am- phibious transport dock ships homeported in Norfolk. The Naval

Sea Systems Command, Washing- ton, D.C., awarded the contract,

N00024-91-C-8502.

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