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The address for Marad's WWW home page is http://marad.dot.gov/.

It also can be accessed via the DOT home page at http://www.dot.gov/.

Technical information about accessing Marad's home page is available via electronic mail at [email protected], or, by telephone at (202) 366-4181.

Marlinespike is accessible by tele- phone from any computer with a modem.

Information can be read online or downloaded for future reference.

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APL Thailand Christened At

HDW

American President Lines (APL) held a christening ceremony at the

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (HDW) shipyard for its new Cll- class containership, the APL

Thailand. The 4,800-TEU post-

Panamax vessel, measuring 905 ft. (276 m) long with a 131-ft. (40-m) beam, will be phased into APL's

PFC; RAC; CAC; RIB; PCR; FPB; PBR.

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Thailand is the third of three Clls that APL has built at HDW; the other two Clls built by HDW were the APL China and APL Japan, which were christened in April 1995 and delivered in June and

September, respectively. Two other

Clls, the APL Singapore and the

APL Korea, were christened at the

Daewoo shipyards in Okpo, Korea, in July. In addition, currently under construction at Daewoo is the sixth and last Cll, the APL

Philippines, scheduled to be chris- tened in November.

The APL Thailand was chris- tened by its sponsor, Valarie

Burgess, wife of John G.

Burgess, an APL executive vice president. The christening cere- mony included representatives from APL, its European customers and the European business com- munity. Speaking at the ceremony was Tim Rhein, president and

CEO of American President

Companies, Ltd. (APC), the parent company of APL. "We congratulate

HDW for the brilliant work they have done in the design and con- struction of the Clls. These ships are expected to set the standard of excellence for post-Panamax ves- sels in the trans-Pacific trades for

APL and the Global Alliance well into the 21st century." The APL

Thailand and its sisterships fea- ture a 66,385 horsepower MAN

B&W diesel engine, capable of powering the vessels at speeds up to 24.6 knots. Other features include highly advanced, bridge navigation equipment; a large capacity shaft-powered main gen- erator; and an on-deck lashing bridge container securing system developed by APL.

Viking To Introduce New

Fender

Viking Fender Company will be displaying its new loop-style fend- er at the International Workboat

Show. This high energy absorption fender measures 6 ft. (1.8 m) high, 12 ft. (3.6 m) across, and 2.5 ft. (.76 m) thick. Viking's new loop-style fenders can be custom-made to fit any hull configuration. These fenders are reportedly ideal for use on tractor tugs, bow and stern, harbor and escort boats, sides of pilot boats to enable soft landing, or submarine docking tugs.

Henschel Delivers Control

And Monitoring System

Henschel delivered what is reported to be the first shipset of its Machinery Centralized Control

System (MCCS), including a com- bined Announcing/Alarm System, to the Sealift conversion program at Newport News Shipbuilding.

According to Don Roussinos, vice president of marketing for

Henschel, the system is "the largest, most advanced system of its kind in the U.S."

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