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ON THE COVER

Pictured on this month's cover are Trinity

Marine-built barges loaded aboard a semi-submersible ship, prior to their transport to South America for use in the inland waterways system there. Look in this month's issue for stories on the coming NWC and AWO conferences, which will cover the inland waterway systems issues in the U.S.

INSIDE:

Bayou La Batre, Alabama:

Channel Deepening Gives

Local Yards Boost 28

Special Supplement:

Gaming Vessel Review 35

Preview: AWO Fall

Convention 51

Preview: NWC Annual

Meeting 52

Focus: Safety At Sea -

The End Of The

Grandfather Clause? 58

Review: Small- & Medium-

Sized Yards 62

MarAd: $167 Million Doled

Out To 14 Companies 65

Seatrade Tanker Industry 68

Tampa Shipyard To Build

Tug For St. Philip Towing

Tampa Shipyards, Inc. is building a 110-foot towing tug for Bay Transpor- tation Corp. d/b/a St. Philip Towing.

The tug will be powered by a pair of

Wartsila Vasa 6R32E main engines and two Aquamaster azimuthing propulsion units. The tug will be delivered in June 1994, and the two companies have also agreed on five option vessels. The tug will be built at Tampa Shipyards' fully- covered Westshore facility.

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