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SSE To Build Two Container Vessels

For Thai Customer

Norwegian Batservice Holding To Build Fast Ferry

Mandal-based Norwe- gian shipyard Batservice

Holding a/s has received an order to build a fast ferry for

Troms Fylkes Dampskib- sselskap for $5 million.

The catamaran will be the

Sea Lord 38 type.

This is the largest catamaran to be built at Batservice Holding to date. The main engines, which have not been selected yet, will provide a power of 2,550 kW to the Cpp pro- pellers from Servogear, giving the vessel a service speed of 35 knots.

An artist's rendition of the Sea Lord 38 type fast ferry, being built by BatserviceHolding a/s.

The fast ferry is due to sail on the

Harstad-Tromso route in Norway and will be able to carry 307 passen- gers plus a crew of five. Singapore Shipbuilding & Engi- neering Limited (SSE) has secured a contract to build two 950-TEU container vessels, with an option for two more, for Thailand-based

Regional Container Lines Public

Co. Ltd. (RCL).

The vessels, including owner- supplied cranes, are priced at about $22 million each and will be deliv- ered in 1995/96.

The 12,000-dwt vessels will have service speeds of 17 knots.

With its fleet of 24 container ves- sels, RCL offers a range of services covering 30 ports in China, Hong

Kong, Taiwan, Australia and

Indocbina.

SSE's recent deliveries include three 456-TEU vessels for

Singapore's Neptune Orient Lines and two 400-TEU RoRo/LoLo ves- sels for U.S.-based Tropical Ship- ping and Construction Co. Ltd.

SSC Publishes Report

On Reliability-Based

Design Methods

The Ship Structure Committee (SSC), an interagency committee that sponsors ship structure re- search projects, has made available a report on a uniform format for data reporting of material proper- ties in reliability analysis.

The SSC has instituted several studies in developing reliability- based design methods for marine structures. Inherent in the process is the need to define the uncertain- ties of the design parameters. The report made available by the SSC proposes a material property report- ing format that is based on an ear- lier report, SSC-352, and adds to it the necessary statistical data pro- cessing elements. A hierarchy for the data fields is developed to facili- tate estimation of values where an insufficient quantity of data exists for a specific property. Recommen- dations are presented for future development of a working database of material properties.

This newest report, SSC-371, or any other SSC reports, may be or- dered from: National Technical In- formation Service, Springfield, Va. 22151, tel: (703) 487-4650; fax: (703) 321-8547. The SSC's membership is made up equally of members of the

American Bureau of Shipping, De- fence Research Establishment At- lantic (Canadian National Defence),

Maritime Administration, Military

Sealift Command, Naval Sea Sys- tems Command, Transport Canada, and the U.S. Coast Guard.

Calfornia Makes $ 10 Million

Available For Defense

Conversion

The California Trade and Com- merce Agency's Office of Strategic

Technology released a request for proposals for $10 million in state matching funds available to indus- try alliances for defense conversion activities under the federal Tech- nology Reinvestment Project (TRP) "focused solicitation." The funds have been made available in order to increase California's response to federal programs that offer re- sources for defense conversion and technology transfer. The funds are designed to assist applicants who responded to the TRP's May 20 re- quest for proposals.

Additional funding has been made available through the California De- partment of Transportation, the Em- ployment Development Department and the Employment Training

Panel.

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