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Harrah's Jazz Co. has revised its proposal in support of its applica- tion to run a casino entertainment complex in New Orleans.

Harrah's Jazz Co., a partnership of Promus Company s (PRI) Harrah's unit and the New Orleans Louisi- ana Development Corp., submitted the revised proposal to the Louisi- ana Economic Development and

Gaming Corp. (EDGC) following a reopening of bidding after the rejec- tion by Louisiana's attorney general of all prior applications.

The revised bid includes three financial scenarios the EDGC will reportedly select from. The EDGC may choose a $125 million one-time, up front payment to the commis- sion; a $275 million payment, which includes a $75 million one-time, up front payment and a $200 million prepayment of future compensation due to the commission; and a $350 million prepayment of future com- pensation due the commission. 142 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

P&O Receives Last Of Four

Boxships From Japanese

Yard

Oceandril Partners, L.C.

Buys Rig For Gulf

Operations

Oceandril, Inc. announced that its affiliated company, Oceandril

Partners, L.C., entered into a con- tract to purchase the offshore workover rig, Rio Grande Uno, from

Rio Grande KS, a Norwegian inves- tor group. The rig will be renamed

Oceandril Ranger and upon comple- tion of repairs and surveys will re- enter the Gulf of Mexico offshore workover market under Oceandril management. The Rio Grande Uno is a 1981-built Bethlehem designed

Ranger class jackup designed for light drilling and workover service in water depths ranging from 12 to 75 feet.

In addition to providing offshore workover services through its newly formed company, Oceandril Part- ners, L.C., Oceandril provides project management services to the offshore industry and repair parts and ser- vices for LeTourneau International.

Vessel Traffic Services Out

Of Canadian Bay To Be

Upgraded

A $9.9-million project has been announced to improve the Canadian

Coast Guard's vessel traffic services

CVTS) system at Saint John, N.B.

The project, which began in May and will run for three years, calls for the replacement of existing radar, radio communication and VHF di- rection-finding equipment that was originally installed in 1975. The

Coast Guard's administration build- ing in Saint John will also be reno- vated.

The Bay of Fundy VTS system was established in 1975 in response to a number of tanker accidents in

Canadian and international waters.

VTS cuts the risk of accidents by tracking vessels on radar and advis- ing them of navigational hazards, as well as other ships in the vicinity.

The project has been undertaken in response to a November 1990

Public Review Panel's report on

Tanker Safety and Marine Spills

Response Capability, and also in response to the federal government's

June 1991 Green Plan announce- ment regarding its commitment to improve systems designed to pre- vent and respond to oil spills.

The Public Review Panel recom- mended that vessel traffic services be upgraded to reduce the risk of major spills caused by collisions and groundings.

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Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy In- dustries Ltd. (IHI) of Japan has de- livered the last of four containerships to P&O Containers Ltd. to be oper- ated on the Europe-Far East trade.

Georgiana Woods, wife of Robert

Woods, P&O Containers' managing director, christened the ship "Singapore Bay" at its maiden call at Singapore.

All four ships are 958 feet long, with a deadweight of 59,093 metric tons and a capacity to carry 4,038 20-foot teu.

The first three vessels - the " Jervis

Bay," "Newport Bay" and "Repulse

Bay" - were built by IHI's Kure

Shipyard. The "Singapore Bay" was built by Namura Shipyard in Imari, under contract by IHI.

Harrah's Jazz Co. Revamps

New Orleans Casino Bid

The money your cargo earns depends on the efficiency of your cargo control system.

The Saab Cargo Control System is so efficient it' s like having money on tap!

Linked up with the MaC/501 work station the Saab Cargo Control

System is saving money and increasing earnings on tanker vessels from small coastal tankers to VLCCs