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Keppel Subsidiary Buys

Semi-Submersible From

Norwegian Co.

Far East Levingston Shipbuild- ing Ltd. (FELS), a member of the

Keppel Group, has purchased the semi-submersible Polyportia from

Rasmussen Offshore, Norway, for $22.5 million. Currently, there are a number of available offshore drill- ing contracts which will require this vessel to be converted for drilling in deeper waters. Built in 1979,

Polyportia is expected to arrive in

FELS' yard in Singapore this month.

FELS constructs rigs, and has extensive experience in conversion and repair of offshore vessels. The company recently completed a major conversion of a semi-sub- mersible to a floating production system for Reading & Bates.

For more information on Far East

Levingston Shipbuilding Ltd.

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R.A. Stern To Provide Detail

Design For Self-Unloading

Cement Barge

R.A. Stern (RAS), naval archi- tects and marine engineers of Stur- geon Bay, Wis., a division of John J.

McMullen Associates, Inc., has been awarded a contract from Bay Ship- building Corp., of Sturgeon Bay, to provide design and engineering services in support of the construc- tion of a self-unloading cement barge.

The barge, which will operate on the Great Lakes, will measure 460 ft. by 70 ft. by 37 ft. (140 m by 21.3 m by 11.3 m), and will have a capac- ity of 14,000 tons. The contract involves the preparation of all con- struction drawings and associated calculations and analysis. RAS will also provide NC lofting support that includes parts generation and nest- ing of steel parts.

The barge will be delivered in summer 1996.

R.A. Stern is a full-service naval architectural firm, servicing com- mercial and government clients, both U.S. and foreign.

For more information on R.A. Stern

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Tanker Forum And

IACS Publish Double

Hull Guidelines

Designed as a practical refer- ence manual for a key sector of the tanker industry, a new book on double hull tanker inspection, main- tenance, and repair has been pub- lished through the Tanker Struc- ture Cooperative Forum, in asso- ciation with the International As- sociation of Classification Societies (IACS). The book, titled Guidelines for the Inspection and Maintenance of Double Hull Tanker Structures, is a 130-page hardback, with 70 pages of diagrams showing typical structural details.

The manual is the third in a series on tankers published by the

Tanker Structure Cooperative Fo- rum, whose membership comprises seven oil majors, eight indepen- dent tanker owners, and six classi- fication societies. The book is being published by London-based

Witherby & Co. Ltd., tel: +44 171 253 54132.

Intertanko Offers Updated

Guide To Port Costs

The International Association of

Independent Tanker Owners (Intertanko) produced a new guide for tanker owners, operators and shipbrokers, detailing the latest port cost figures.

The publication, called Disburse- ments for Tankers, provides infor- mation for use in voyage calcula- tions before ships are fixed. Dis- bursement for Tankers 1995 pre- sents a considerable amount of port cost information, according to sources at Intertanko, with more than 3,000 disbursement figures and recent estimates from tanker own- ers and port agents used, referenc- ing calls of large and small tankers at nearly 500 tanker ports and ter- minals worldwide.

For more information on Intertanko

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