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Lykes, All Alaskan Seafoods

Seek MarAd O.K.

Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., Inc. asked the Maritime Administra- tion for permission to increase from three to five the number of vessels

Deppe Line GmbH may operate under the companies' reciprocal space charter and coordinated sail- ing agreement.

In December 1989, MarAd granted Lykes a waiver under sec- tion 804 of the Merchant Marine

Act of 1936, as amended, permit- ting the company to participate in the agreement with Deppe. The agreement covers trade between the U.S. Gulf and East Coast and

North Europe. The waiver was granted until the expiration of

Lykes' operating-differential sub- sidy agreement. MarAd, however, retained the right to approve any increase in participating vessels.

According to Lykes' application,

Deppe plans to operate the addi- tional vessels in the trade and no other changes in the section 804 approval are being sought (section 804 precludes subsidized U.S.-flag operators or their affiliates from operating foreign-flag vessels which compete with essential U.S.-flag shipping services unless the Secre- tary of Transportation waives the provision of this section for a spe- cific period of time).

MarAd also received an applica- tion from All Alaskan Seafoods, Inc.,

Seattle, for permission to charter the 4,820-gt fishing vessel All Alas- kan to Dalmoreproduct, Inc.,

Vladivostok, Russia. The vessel would operate under Russian regis- try in the fish processing industry.

It was built in 1945 in Savannah,

Ga.

Single Buoy Moorings

Orders Viper™ From

Perry Tritech

Single Buoy Moorings, Inc. (SBM), Marly, Switzerland, placed an order with Perry Tritech, Inc. of

Jupiter, Fla. for a 1,000 meter rated

Viper™ ROV System. Viper No. 4 will be fully outfitted with control cabin, tether management system and launch and recovery system.

The ROV will be installed and com- missioned on SBM's support vessel, the Dynamic Installer. The system will be employed for long-term sup- port of SBM's offshore operations in

West Africa. Scheduled for delivery in September 1994, Viper No. 4 is a 25-hp hydraulically-powered light work ROV system designed to pro- vide a high powered, small sized vehicle for drill support, general subsea construction, inspection and maintenance tasks. The system fea- tures Perry's standard PC-486 based

ROV control system with auto head- ing and auto depth as well as the capacity for a wide range of cam- eras, sonar and tooling.

For more information on Perry Tritech

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M. Rosenblatt Completes

Conversion Plans

For R/V Worthy

The San Francisco office of M.

Rosenblatt & Son, Inc., naval ar- chitects and marine engineers, has completed the detail alteration plans and specifications for the con- version of the R/V Worthy (ex T-

AGOS 14) to an oceanographic/geo- logical research vessel to be oper- ated by the U.S. Geological Survey, homeported in Redwood City, Ca- lif.

M. Rosenblatt specified that, to meet the damaged stability stan- dards of 46CFR, Subchapter S, an existing transverse bulkhead will be converted to a watertight subdi- vision bulkhead; 30 tons of solid ballast will be installed; and a pair of port and starboard tanks will be cross-connected for counterflooding in case of damage.

To meet mission requirements, a stern mission platform will be in- stalled; existing fuel oil and sea water ballast tanks will be con- verted to winch and compressor rooms; the upper deck will be ex- tended to accommodate stowage spaces below, the aft ship control station will be relocated, and provi- sion will be made for installation of four 20-foot stowage vans on the upper deck; the deck house on the foc'sle deck will be altered to allow for installation of a new J-frame; mission equipment will be installed including: a stern U-frame, two HIAB sea cranes provided by Morgan Ma- rine, a multi-channel seismic cable reel, "Gloria" sidescan sonar tow ve- hicle and gantry, an oceanographic coring winch with 30,000 ft. of wire, an electro/mechanical cable winch with 25,000 ft. of coax cable, and four seismic air compressors.

Also, two potable water tanks will be enlarged, an existing hydraulic crane will be relocated, and auxiliary ship systems will be modified to suit the alterations.

For more information on M. Rosenblatt

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Litton Receives $836.7 Million

Contract For Three Destroyers

The U.S. Navy awarded Litton's

Ingalls Shipbuilding Div. a $836.7 million contract for the construction of three additional Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class Aegis guided-missile destroyers. The award brings Ingalls' backlog to $4.4 billion, for the con- struction of 17 naval vessels.

The U.S. Navy has already or- dered 32 ships of the class, including 14 from Ingalls. Fifteen additional ships are planned for award over the next five years.

The ships carry a mix of standard surface-to-air missiles, Tomahawk surface-to-surface missiles and anti- submarine rockets in two Vertical

Launching System magazines.

ASTANO

P.O. BOX 994 15080 Ferrol

La Coruna - Spain

Tel. (3481) 34 3211

Fax (3481) 34 3252

ASTANDER

P.O. BOX 10 39080 El Astillero

Cantabria - Spain

Tel. (3442) 54 0050

Fax (3442) 54 0026

CADIZ

P.O. BOX 39 11080 Cadiz

Spain

Tel. (3456) 27 3350

Fax (3456) 27 8362

ASTILLEROS ESPANOLES

August, 1994

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