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Singmarine Wins $34 Million Contract

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Shaft (Synchronization) System. • with illuminated scales.

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The USSR Register of Shipping.

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VIKING FENDER CO.

Division of

VIKING MARINE PRODUCTS, INC.

Complete Marine Fendering with

Dockside Installation Facilities

SIDE FENDERS

Singmarine Industries won a $34 million contract from F.T. Everard & Sons Ltd. of the U.K. to build a pair of coastal tankers for ocean petroleum products. The contract to build the two 3,700-dwt vessels was reportedly won against stiff in- ternational competition.

The first of the vessels is expected to be delivered by the fourth quarter of 1996, with the second delivered in the first quarter of 1997. "We appreciate the confidence of

F.T. Everard & Sons in Singmarine's

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Army Corps Of Engineers

Seeks Vessel To Purchase

The director of the U.S. Army

Corps of Engineers' Marine Design

Center (MDC) announced the ini- tiation of a negotiated procurement to acquire one existing floating crane of suitable quality and characteris- tics to support the Lock and Dam

Maintenance Mission of the Rock

Island District, USACE.

The vessel to be acquired shall be a non-powered, steel constructed barge, supporting a permanently mounted, revolving heavy lift crane capable of satisfying various lifting requirements.

The barge, including the crane foundation, shall be classed by the

American Bureau of Shipping as an "A 1 BARGE," and shall hold a cur- rent classification certificate, both at the time of proposal and at the time of delivery. Physical condition inspections of each qualified vessel will be required prior to contract award, and shall be performed at the offerers' location.

Interested parties should contact:

Commander and District Engineer,

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Phila- delphia District, Wanamaker Build- ing, 100 Penn Square East, Philadel- phia, Pa. 19107; tel: (215) 656-6770; attn: CENAP-CT (Ms.Linda Toth);

Reference: DACW61-96-R-0001. 1-800-297-8724

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Programs Available

WIDTHS AVAILABLE: 10' TO 65'

LENGTHS IN 5' INCREMENTS

ALL WEATHER PROTECTION- FAST ASSEMBLY

APPROVED FOR GOVERNMENT CONTRACT BIDDING "Manufactured and Marketed by"

UNIVERSAL SHELTERS

U.S. Hwy. 19 South • Pelham, GA 31779 912-294-9633 • fax 912-294-7816

Orbital, Teleglobe Sign Final

Agreements For 36-Satellite

Orbcomm Network

Orbital Sciences Corp. and

Teleglobe Inc. signed a final financ- ing and construction agreement for an expanded 36-satellite Orbcomm global communications system.

Under the terms of the agreements,

Teleglobe will invest a total of $85 million; Orbital a total of $75 mil- lion. The total capital committed to the project will be $160 million and the two companies will each own 50 percent of Orbcomm Global, the owner and operator of the system.

In a related event, Orbital an- nounced that it has received a $160 million contract from Orbcomm Glo- bal for the construction and launch of the remaining 34 Orbcomm satel- lites.

When push comes to shove haven Viking on your side.

VIKING

MODULAR FENDERING 1160 State St. • Perth Amboy, NJ 08861 USA 908-826-4552 • FAX 908-826-5533 'liuilt on a commitment to quality, reliability and customer satisfaction.' capability and experience demon- strated by their awarding the build- ing of the two coastal tankers to us," said Toh Ko Lin, executive direc- tor, Singmarine.

The vessels will measure 288.7 ft. (88 m) long and 54 ft. (16.5 m) wide, capable of a service speed of 12.5 knots. They will be of double- hulled construction and reportedly state-of-the-art in regards to cargo handling and monitoring systems.

Each vessel will have complete seg- regation of up to five grades of cargo, with a total capacity of 4,250 cu. m.

For more information on Singmarine

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