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Kvaerner Warnow Werft

Receives First Order

For $33.6 Million

Norwegian offshore, shipping and engineering group Kvaerner A.S., recently announced that Kvaerner

Warnow Werft GmbH has received its first order since Kvaerner A.S. acquired the German shipyard on

October 1, 1992.

Kvaerner Warnow received a 200- million-Krone ($33.6-million) order to build a 19,000-dwt containership for German shipowner Hans

Peterson & Soehne.

According to Kvaerner, construc- tion of the new vessel will begin immediately, with completion sched- uled for the end of September , 1993.

The 547.9-foot container ship will have a beam of 82 feet and a con- tainer capacity of 1,400 teu.

With the latest order, the ship- yard now has a total of eight new vessels on order, Kvaerner reported.

Kockumation, Hitachi

And Maersk Data Sign

Cooperation Agreement

A cooperation agreement cover- ing the possible exchange and de- velopment of marine products was recently signed by Kockumation AB, the Swedish on-board marine com- puter systems specialists, Hitachi

Zosen Information Systems Co. Ltd, a subsidiary of the Hitachi Zosen

Corporation, and Maersk Data, a member of the A.P. Moller Group of

Denmark.

The agreement specifically cov- ers loading systems. Historically,

Maersk Data and Hitachi Zosen have always had a close relationship, par- ticularly in the CAD/CAM area.

Oceandril, Oceaneering

Form Agreement To Manage

And Market Jackup Rig

Following the recent purchase of the jackup rig Marine VIII by the

Norwegian company Brobekk a.s.,

Oceandril, Inc. and Oceaneering

Production Systems, Inc. have an- nounced a joint agreement to man- age and market the offshore rig.

Oceandril will provide crews to main- tain and ultimately operate the rig, while Oceaneering will provide en- gineering and marketing expertise.

The "Production Partner" is a Baker

Marine-designed, 1978-built, 250- foot water depth jackup presently located in Sabine Pass, Texas an- chorage area.

Oceandril is a privately owned corporation based in Texas and pro- vides offshore rig management and brokerage services to the energy service industry.

Brobekk is a Norwegian invest- ment company dedicated to invest- ments/merchant banking activities within the offshore oil industry.

Oceaneering offers Mobile Off-

December, 1992 shore Production Systems (MOPS) and subsea production services to operators around the world.

Oceaneering provides operators with leased production systems on tankers, semisubmersibles and jackups to meet customer require- ments.

The company also offers project management for the conversion of operator-owned units and engineer- ing for field development.

Adm. Kime Elected

President Of SNAME

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant

Adm. William Kime was elected to the position of president of the Soci- ety of Naval Architects and Marine

Engineers (SNAME) at the association's recent annual meet- ing in New York City.

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Adm. Kime is the first Coast

Guard officer ever elected to this position. He will begin serving his two-year term on January 1, 1993, succeeding Ronald K. Kiss, assis- tant secretary of the Navy for ships.

Adm. Kime became commandant of the Coast Guard in 1990 and also received SNAME's Vice Adm. "Jerry" Land medal for outstanding accomplishment in the marine field.

He is one of 123 SNAME fellows. '#« T

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