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MSC Accepts Rate

Revisions Offered

By U.S. Carriers

The U.S. Navy's Military Sealift

Command (MSC) has accepted the revised rates offered by 12 U.S.-flag carriers and contract carriers. These rates were accepted under the Con- tainer and Shipping Agreements in direct response to RFP N000-33-91-

R-2400 acquisition of services from ocean and intermodal sources for the period extending from October 1, 1992, to March 31, 1993.

Over the next six months the U.S.

Department of Defense plans to ship about four million tons of cargo in approximately 45,000 to 50,000 con- tainers. According to reports this could mean about $250 million in revenue to domestic shipping and intermodal industries.

MSC currently has maximum cargo limitations on three trade routes. The three trade routes in- clude the U.S. West Coast to Far

East, U. S. East Coast to Europe and

U.S. West Coast to Western Medi- terranean with no carrier receiving more than 75 percent of all cargo.

Companies which submitted rate revisions, which were accepted, in- clude: Afram Lines (USA) Ltd.;

American Auto Carriers; American

President Lines, Ltd.; Central Gulf

Lines; Crowley Caribbean Trans- port; Farrell Lines Inc.; Lykes Bros.

Steamship Co. Inc.; Marine Carri- ers, Inc.; Matson Navigation Co.,

Inc.; Sea Barge Group, Inc.; Sea-

Land Service, Inc.; and Waterman

Steamship Co.

Rauma Yard Launches

World's First Multipurpose

Icebreaker For FBN

The world's first multipurpose ice- breaker, being built for the Finnish

National Board of Navigation, has been launched at the Rauma yard of

Finnyards. The vessel, christened

Fennica, was launched by Finland's

Prime Minister Esko Aho.

From the time the order was placed until launching has been only 11 months and the yard reports that this is despite the fact that the vessel is of a new design which combines icebreaking capabilities with the char- acteristics of an oceangoing supply vessel.

The new vessel is 380.6 feet long with a breadth of 85.3 feet. The output of the main engines will be 21MW. Two Aquamaster stern pro- peller units will have a shaft power of 7.5 MW each and will give the vessel a bollard pull of about 200 tons. They will also allow the vessel to have the steering characteristics needed for icebreaking and open water. To facilitate offshore work, the vessel is fitted with three trans- verse bow thrusters and a dynamic positioning system.

Finnyards also has the sistership to the icebreaker, as well as a RO/RO- passenger vessel for France and a minelayer for the Finnish Navy on order.

For more information detailing the capabilities and services provided by

Finnyards,

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Halifax-Dartmouth

Purchases Shipyard

Planning Computer System

Halifax-Dartmouth Industries,

Ltd. (H-DIL), of Halifax, Nova Scotia, has announced the purchase of a comprehensive shipyard planning and cost/schedule control computer system from SPAR Associates of An- napolis, Md. The new system is called the Federal Contract Man- ager and operates on a PC client/ server network. The system will be fully integrated with H-DIL's finan- cial systems.

The system will be used to plan and manage labor and material for both commercial and government business, as well as all plant over- head activities.

One of the major Canadian con- tracts scheduled to be managed by the system is the recently awarded

Canadian mine countermeasure de- fense vehicle, which is an eight- year, 12-ship design and manufac- turing program.

For more information on the

SPAR Associates systems,

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