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U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, yacht owners, engine builders, packagers and work boat operators.

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MARAD NEWS

MarAd And McDermott

To Develop Dry Cargo

Ship Design

MARITECH Grant Comes To

Fruition

Acting as agent for the Depart- ment of Defense's Advanced Re- search Projects Agency, the Depart- ment of Transportation's Maritime

Administration (MarAd) has entered into a cooperative agreement with

McDermott Shipbuilding, Inc.,

Amelia, La., to develop a multipur- pose cargo vessel. The competitive agreement was awarded on a match- ing basis as part of the MARITECH program which is designed to en- hance the competitiveness of Ameri- can shipyards. Participation in in- dustry-initiated research and de- velopment projects is one element of

President Clinton's plan to strengthen America's shipyards.

MARITECH is one part of a five- part program proposed by the Presi- dent last October. MarAd and

McDermott, with their project par- ticipants Ishikawajima-Harima

Heavy Industries Marine Technolo- gies, and MAN B&W Diesel, will jointly develop a detailed design and manufacturing process for a multi- purpose cargo ship in the 17,500- dwt range. The vessel will be con- figured to accommodate general cargo, bulk, breakbulk, RoRo car- goes and containers, and will in- clude options for reefer capabilities.

The total value of the agreement is $7.6 million and the government will provide up to $3.8 million over the 18-month period. McDermott and the participants will contribute $3.8 million in cash and in-kind services.

MarAd Seeks Information

On Launch Barges

MarAd published a request for information in the Federal Register to update its inventory of U.S.-flag launch barges that have a launch capacity of less than 12,000 long tons and are qualified to engage in the coastwise trade. The inventory was prepared pursuant to Public

Law 100-329, enacted June 7,1988.

Launch barges are designed to carry and to offload at sea offshore oil and gas drilling jackets. MarAd invites comments, additions or changes concerning the complete- ness, timeliness and accuracy of the inventory list dated August 4,1988.

Comments should be submitted in writing to the contact person by

October 6,1994. For more informa- tion, contact:Paul Ackerman, U.S.

Department of Transportation,

Maritime Administration, MAR- 852, Room 7301, 400 Seventh St.,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590; tel: (202) 366-4374.

MarAd Sponsors Study On

North American Shipping

The U.S. Department of Trans- portation, Maritime Administration (MarAd), has commissioned a three- phased research program with Loui- siana State University's National ports & Waterways Institute (which is one of MarAd's four National

Maritime Enhancement Institutes) to investigate the feasibility of river/ ocean, short-sea and conventional vessel operations serving the East

Coast of Mexico, the U.S. and

Canada through the Maritime Sys- tems of Americas (i.e. Gulf of Mexico, and inland river waterway system of mid-America).

The research is designed to ex- pand the understanding of future trade and maritime transportation in the Western Hemisphere. It is intended to develop a wide range of technical information on vessel sys- tems that could be utilized to in- crease waterborne commerce be- tween the east coast of Mexico, the mid-U.S. and Canada.

The study team wants to receive

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