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Weeks Marine Co. Switches

To DynaStar II

Weeks Marine Co., one of the largest marine contractors in the

U.S. with 2,000 feet of wharf space, 40 cranes, 25 tugboats and 90 barges, has found the solution to managing its large quantity of in- formation in the computerized maintenance management system from DynaStar Systems Group.

Weeks Marine uses DynaStar ex- tensively to generate cost reports broken down by equipment and by job. The company uses these reports to make decisions about whether or how to embark on large-scale, costly projects. The system has helped management make crucial decisions on whether to install and whether to call on in-house sources or to subcon- tract.

Weeks Marine is most impressed with DynaStar's ability to break down costs into a greater number of categories, which allows engineers to "zero in on problem areas." Know- ing the detail behind the numbers has been a tremendous help with long-range planning.

DynaStar has also helped Weeks

Marine by simplifying work orders, better organizing accountability, and making personnel efficiency easier to track and evaluate.

DynaStar was selected over 15 other systems because of its flexible

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INTERTANKO Reports An

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The International Association of

Independent Tanker Owners (INTERTANKO) reported that the tanker and combined fleet is now approximately 300 million dwt, up 33 million dwt from the beginning of 1987 (when the fleet was at its low- est for the last 20 years.)

Approximately 7.2 million dwt has been reported delivered so far this year, including 16 VLCCs. This balances the 7.1 million dwt reported sold for scrap (compared with 4.4 million dwt at the same time last year). The demolition figures in- clude 13 VLCCs (eight VLCCs over the first six months in 1992). Addi- tional delivery of 26 VLCCs are due later this year.

Altogether 848 tankers above 200,000-dwt have been built since the first such tanker was delivered in 1966, 392 have been scrapped, seven are laid up and 19 are used for storage. All the pre-70 VLCCs have left the market and of the 352 VLCCs which were delivered in 1973 and earlier, only 55 are left (one built in 1970, six built in 1971). The 229

VLCCs built in 1974-76 represent exactly half the current fleet.

Spot tonnage liftings from the

Persian Gulf increased by about seven percent the first five months of this year. The average time char- ter result for a VLCC AG-West of above $17,500 per day for this pe- riod is considerably better than the $11,000 per day achieved for the same period last year, but still hardly covers the increasing operation costs, let alone capital costs.

Time chartering dropped from about 45 million dwt in 1991 to 20 million dwt last year. During the first six months of 1993, about 15 million dwt were fixed on period basis, but nearly all for periods of less than one year. This indicates that charterers do not seem too con- cerned about lack of tonnage in the near future.

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