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i Unit Awarded S Double Eagle Contract • Design

USA • JAPAN

NORWAY • GERMANY

UK • FRANCE • AUSTRALASIA

POLAND • CROATIA • RUSSIA

MarAd supports 1 Ol * >5 lechMiip design

MarAd has entered into a cooper- ative agreement with the Senesco

Consortium located in North

Kingstown, H.I. The Senesco Con- sortium will develop and market a new class of high-technology ves- sels targeted to supporting the transportation needs of rapidly- expanding developing countries.

The "TechShip" modular design is based on a unique double-hulled structural system. The TechShip has the ability to operate in shallow water and to both load and unload its own cargo with minimum port facilities. In order to improve access to shallow draft ports, the

TechShip has a variable draft fea- ture that will significantly reduce the operating draft while in port.

MarAd, an agency of the U.S.

Department of Transportation, is acting as an agent for the

Department of Defense's Advanced

Research Project Agency (ARPA).

The consortium consists of Vibtech,

Inc. (North Kingstown, R.I.); South

Eastern New England Shipbuilding

Corporation (North Kingstown,

R.I.); Rhode Island Technology

Transfer Center, (North Kingstown,

R.I,); Naval Surface Warfare Cen- ter, Carderock Division, (Bethesda,

Md.); and Guigne International (Newfoundland, Canada). The cooperative agreement, awarded on a competitive basis, is part of

Maritech, a program designed to enhance the competitiveness of

American shipyards.

The total value of the 12-month agreement is $1,436,500. The gov- ernment will fund $588,000, with the Senesco Consortium providing the remainder m cash audi in-kind services.

Hydrostatics

Power & Resistance

Construction

Newport News Shipbuilding has awarded a unit of ABB Inc. a multi-million dollar contract to build internal bulkhead structures for four of its new "Double Eagle" double-hulled tankers.

Under terms of the agreement,

Newport News also has the option to expand the order to cover addi- tional ships.

ABB C-E Power Products Man- ufacturing, Chattanooga, Tenn., will supply 22 bulkhead assem- blies and related components per ship. The largest assembly is 40 ft. (12.2 m) tall, 50 ft. (15.2 m) long and 4 ft. (1.2 m) wide.

The structures, weighing a com-

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River, through New Orleans, then around Florida to the NNS yard in

Newport News, Va.

There they will be installed in

Double Eagle tankers being built for Eletson Corporation of Piraeus,

Greece. ABB was scheduled to begin shipping the sections last month.

For more than 60 years, ABB's 136-acre Chattanooga facility has been a major builder of large-scale fossil and nuclear power plant components. The fabrication of these bulkhead structures for ships represents a departure from its traditional activities. With its location along the Tennessee River and its large-scale manufacturing capabilities — including a 39-ft. (12-m), 6,000-ton press that will form the bulkheads — the facility is one of only a few shops in the

U.S. capable of meeting this pro- ject's requirements.

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