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H-DIL Awarded Repair

Contract For Refrigerated

General Cargo Vessel

Halifax-Dartmouth Industries

Limited (H-DIL) has been awarded the contract for repairs to Joklar

HF's refrigerated general cargo ves- sel, M/V Hofsjokull.

The contract will provide employ- ment for about 40 workers at H-

DIL's Halifax shipyard. The re- pairs will include painting, steel work and tail-end repairs.

The Hofsjokull runs between

North American ports and Iceland.

For more information about the facilities and services provided by

H-DIL,

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Bollinger Christens Two

U.S. Navy Patrol Vessels

Bollinger Machine Shop & Ship- yard, Inc., Lockport, La., recently christened two patrol vessels for the

U.S. Navy Special Warfare Divi- sion. The second and third commis- sioned patrol coastals for the divi- sion were christened the PC-2 Tem- pest and PC-3 Hurricane.

Christening ceremonies held at Bollinger Machine

Shop & Shipyard

Congressman Bob Livingston from the First District of Louisiana was the keynote speaker. Bonnie

R. Livingston (PC-2) and Betsy

Cantrell (PC-3) were the vessels' sponsors.

The two vessels are part of a 13- ship order from the U.S. Navy that will form the Cyclone Class.

For more information about the capabilities, services and facilities provided by Bollinger Machine,

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Largest Barge Ever

Drydocked At

Northwest Marine

The KSC 700, formerly owned by

Kaiser Steel Corporation, was re- cently drydocked in Portland on Dry

Dock 4. The barge is the largest to ever be drydocked in Portland.

The KSC 700 is reported to be the second largest barge in the world, with a length of 700 feet and a beam of 182 feet. The barge has been layberthed between assignments at

Tongue point, near the mouth of the

Columbia River sine 1987.

The vessel, now owned by GATX, was overhauled by Northwest Ma- rine, Inc., which also modified the barge's launching ways.

October, 1992

The barge is designed to launch offshore oil facilities such as plat- forms and modules. The barge's next assignment will be to launch oil equipment in the North Sea for a company located in the Netherlands.

For more information about the services and facilities provided by

Northwest Marine,

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MarAd Awards $6.7 Million

In RRF Ship Contracts

The U.S. Maritime Administra- tion recently awarded two contracts for the deactivation of Ready Re- serve Force (RRF) vessels.

Eastern Technical Enterprises,

Inc., Norfolk, Va., received a $2,585,069 contract for the deacti- vation and repair of the aviation support ship (T-AVB) Wright. The work is expected to be completed within 70 calender days.

The second contract, for $4,135,923, was awarded to Braswell

Services Group, Charleston, S.C., for the deactivation and repair of the RRF breakbulk vessel Cape

Decision. The work on the vessel is expected to be finished in 120 days.

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THE N.Y. STATE URBAN DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Invites

Operators of Vessels,

Builders and other Interested Parties to

Respond to a

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Responses are due November 24, 1992

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I Expanded line of electrical or non-electrical indicators.

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