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mitted in response to Broad Agency

Announcement 95-02 which invited proposals from U.S. shipyards.

Among the factors weighed in the competition was the potential sig- nificance of the proposal to enhance

U.S. commercial shipbuilding com- petitiveness by developing a ship design for international markets, and reducing ship design and con- struction time and cost.

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair

Co., Inc. operates a full-service fa- cility in Mobile, Ala., with extensive drydock and fabrication capabilities.

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Singmarine Delivers LPG

Carrier Ahead Of Schedule

Singmarine Industries Ltd. re- cently delivered a liquefied petro-

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Thai Oil Company Ltd., two and a half months ahead of schedule. This is the fifth vessel that Singmarine's subsidiary, Singmarine Dockyard & Engineering Pte. Ltd., has built for the same owner.

The vessel, named Thaioil 5, is propelled by two 600-bhp non-re- versible four-stroke diesel engines, rotating at 900 rpm each, for a ser- vice speed of 10 knots. The vessel is 226.3 ft. (69 m) long, and has two cargo tanks, each capable of carry- ing up to 650 cu. m. of liquefied gas.

It will operate mainly in the Thai coastal waters between Bangkok and the Thai oil refinery in Cholburi

Province.

Singmarine is presently busy with the construction of a 6,500-dwt prod- uct tanker for Petroships, a containership for Steamer Con- tainerships Holdings Pte. Ltd., and two harbor tugs for Keppel Smit

Towage Pte. Ltd.

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Seattle Port Commission

Authorizes $109 M For

Southwest Harbor Project

In late April, the Port of Seattle

Commission voted to fully fund its

Southwest Harbor Project by autho- rizing expenditures up to $109.5 million for construction and related activities. The primary purpose of the project is to clean up and rede- velop industrial property in order to enlarge and modernize Terminal 5 to meet the long-term needs of the tenant, American President Lines (APL), and other users of the facil- ity.

The construction activities are scheduled to begin in July, pending the issuance of all permits. Envi- ronmental cleanup work is currently underway, and the improved facil- ity is expected to be operational by 1997. To date, $158 million has been authorized towards property con- solidation, environmental cleanup, and construction. The completed terminal will be APL's Pacific North- west load center.

The Port of Seattle is an economic catalyst to the Puget Sound region and is a gateway to the Pacific Rim, handling $35 billion in sea/air trade annually.

Southwest Marine Awarded $80 M U.S. Navy Contract

Southwest Marine Inc. (SWM), in

San Diego, Calif., was awarded a

U.S. Navy contract for repairs, al- terations and maintenance for six

LPD-4 class vessels homeported in

San Diego. The sixteen Phased

Maintenance Availabilities, includ- ing drydocking and non-drydocking work, are scheduled to begin in July and to be completed in December 1999. The package includes any necessary emergency repairs.

The ships involved in this con- tract are: USS Coronado (AGF-11);

USS Odgen (LPD-5); USS Juneau (LPD-10);USSZ>erci;er(LPD-9);USS

Duluth (LPD-6); and XJSSCleveland (LPD-7). According to Herb Engel, president and COO of SWM, "The award of this contract will enable us to provide employment stability in this uncertain marketplace. We will be able to maintain our current workforce over the life of the con- tract."

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