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McDermott Awarded $55 Million Contract To

Build Sulfur Carrier

McDermott International, of Mor- gan City, La., has signed a contract with Sulphur Carriers, Inc., a sub- sidiary of International

Shipholdings, Inc., for the construc- tion of a 524-foot sulfur carrier of 24,000 dwt. Bids had been solicited from 14 yards for the ship, which is scheduled for delivery in late 1994.

The ship will be operated by

Freeport-McMoran Resource Part- ners, a subsidiary of Freeport-

McMoran, Inc., for the ocean trans- portation of molten sulfur mined at

Main Pass off the mouth of the Mis- sissippi River.

Construction will begin on the sulfur carrier immediately at

McDermott's Morgan City, La., ship- yard, where the company is cur- rently building four Navy ocean sur- veillance vessels.

For free literature about the fa- cilities and services available from

McDermott International,

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Awarded To AT&T For New

China, Japan Cable

A $70.3 million contract to de- sign, engineer and install the first undersea fiberoptic cable system between China and Japan was re- cently awarded to American Tele- phone & Telegraph Company (AT&T).

Linking Miyazaki, Japan, to

Nanhui, in Shanghai, China, the 800-mile system will interconnect existing fiberoptic cable routes in

Asia and the Pacific.

Scheduled to begin service in De- cember 1993, the new cable will pro- vide China with access to the world's fiberoptic network through the

United States.

MSC In The Market

To Purchase Used RoRo's

To satisfy an urgent need to ac- quire additional Roll-on/Roll-off ships, the Navy's Military Sealift

Command (MSC) is planning to pur- chase secondhand RoRo vessels and modify them to military specifica- tions.

Rear Adm. David Chandler,

MSC's second-in-command, stated that rather than wait several years for U.S. shipyards to begin produc- ing custom designed vessels under the Navy's new sealift ship acquisi- tion program, MSC wants to buy older ships "as quickly as possible."

Based on a Navy analysis of the

U.S. sealift effort during the Per- sian Gulf war, it was determined that there is a need for more RoRo vessels in the U.S.-flag fleet.

While not stating the exact num- ber of ships that MSC intended to purchase, Admiral Chandler told the

RoRo92 conference in Gothenburg,

Sweden, that MSC hopes to have $3 billion at its disposal for ship acqui- sitions, with $1.9 billion already al- lotted and an additional $1 billion proposed by President Bush in the next budget. Under U.S. law, the new ships must be built in the United

States.

Bids Solicited

For Construction

Of Pilot/Linehandler

Bids have been solicited by the

Panama Canal Commission, Logis- tical Support Division, for the con- struction, testing and delivery of a 53-foot twin-screw, diesel-powered, aluminum hull pilot/linehandler launch. For further details on the solicitation, due July 13,1992, con- tact: Maria Teresa Arias at (507) 52-4690.

Research Boat Repaired

At Gig Harbor Yacht

Gig Harbor Yacht Sales, Inc., Gig

Harbor, Wash., recently performed repairs on a research boat under a $38,975 contract.

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