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floating drydocks specializing in ves- sel repairs and the other specializ- ing in new construction and major conversions.

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Martin Marietta Gets $46.9

Million Contract From Navy

Martin Marietta Corp. announced that the U.S. Navy exercised a con- tract option valued at $46.9 million for production of 10 TB-29 advanced submarine thin-line towed sonar ar- rays, eight receivers and several test units. The towed arrays, to be pro- duced by Martin Marietta Aero &

Naval Systems at Glen Burnie, Md., will be delivered beginning in 1994.

They will be installed on Los Ange- les-class attack submarines, Trident ballistic missile submarines and the

Navy's newest submarine class, the

Seawolf.

Towed arrays are underwater sys- tems used in detection, location and tracking of submarines and surface ships. Martin Marietta is the U.S.

Navy's largest supplier of towed ar- rays for both surface ships and sub- marines.

Astilleros-Built Tankers

Feature Kvaerner Eureka

Cargo Handling System

Norwegian shipowner Knutsen

OAS chose Kvaerner Eureka's spe- cialist liquid cargo handling system for its two latest 140,000-dwt shuttle tankers, which are being built at the

Puerto Real yard of Spain's

Astilleros Espanoles.

The double-hulled Knutsen shuttle tankers will utilize a pump room design with four conventional cargo pumps of Kvaerner Eureka's

C52BB type, each rated at 3,000m3/ h, provided for cargo handling du- ties. Meanwhile, two CL type pumps, each rated at l,000m3/h, will handle stripping and crude oil washing du- ties, while two CAD400 type pumps, each rated at 2,500m3/h, will be pro- vided for ballasting operations.

All pumps will be high voltage motor-driven, fitted with a priming and capacity regulating system.

The shipyard has commissioned

Kvaerner Eureka to undertake the complete engineering of the cargo piping on the suction side, as well as installation. Kvaerner Eureka's con- tract also calls for the delivery and installation of complete sets of valves (250 units), actuators, hydraulic pip- ing and the company's own valve control system.

The two latest Knutsen newbuilding shuttle tankers are due for delivery in 1994, when they will enter a long term Statoil charter for service in the North Sea, operating out of the Heidrun Field.

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Newport News To Build LNG

Tankers Under IHI Pact

Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) has agreed with the Japa- nese shipyard Ishikawajima-

Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI) on the principal terms of a license that will allow the Newport

News yard to build the world's most technologically-advanced liquefied natural gas (LNG) tankers.

The agreement will allow NNS to build LNG carriers using the con- tainment system of IHI design. "Newport News looks forward to a cooperative and productive rela- tionship," said Tom Balfour, New- port News marketing vice presi- dent. NNS, a Tenneco subsidiary, is

Virginia's largest private employer and the Western Hemisphere's larg- est privately-owned shipyard. When details of this agreement are final- ized, NNS will be licensed to build all principal types of LNG contain- ment ships. IHI, headquartered in

Tokyo, is the licensor for the SPB- type LNG containment system and also builds a variety of ships. IHI currently has two LNG tankers un- der construction; one for Phillips Oil

Corp. and one for Marathon Oil Co.

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