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Con-Select To Supply NNS

Double Eagle Equipment

Con-Select, a designer and man- ufacturer of marine electrical switchgear, recently received orders for main and emergency switchboards, distribution panels and test panels from Newport

News Shipbuilding for five, 45,300- dwt Double Eagle tankers.

The main switchboards are a combination of generator control, distribution and motor control cen- ters. Delivery of the equipment is to begin in December.

Con-Select is also involved in a project with Service Marine

Industries.

It is supplying the ship service switchboard, propulsion switch- board and emergency switchboard for the Argosy Gaming riverboat casino. The ship service switch- board controls and distributes power from three 1,400-kW gener- ators, with automatic paralleling provisions, programmable logic annunciation and automatic load shedding.

Con-Select offers marine switch- boards, motor controls, panel- boards, transformers and other electrical equipment to the marine industry.

For more information on the company's complete electrical packages

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Houston

Tel.: 713 - 4799703

Fax:713-3345330

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Easily mounted hydraulic or electric motor drive

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Maximum thrust in either direction ^ NAIAD, the leader in Stabilizer and Marine Integrated Hydraulic

Systems, also brings you powerful Bow Thruster units from 30 to 300 HP. ^ Specially designed for the commercial market. ^ Proportional control means exact positioning, hydraulic or electric. ^ Efficient, rugged, reliable and quiet. ^ Pre-engineered packages for easy installation. ^ Complete with NAIAD's 2 year warranty. ^ Call for information and literature: 800 760-NAIAD or 203 929-6355.

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The Ocean World

Comes to

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Sept 23-26, 1996

For more information on exhibiting, please contact:

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For conference information contact:

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LATE CONTRACT NEWS

HDW Delivers Container Vessel

Container vessel Zim Asia, contracted by Zim Israel

Navigation Co. Ltd., was delivered by HDW (Kiel,

Germany). The vessel is 830 ft. (253 m) long and has a carrying capacity of 3,400 TEUs. The ship is the first of eight vessels, all of which will operate in

Zim's "Tri Continent Line" container service between the U.S. and Israel.

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AESA Contracts For Stolt Nielsen

Chemical Carrier Newbuilds

Astilleros Espanoles (AESA) has signed a contract to build four chemical carriers, with two options, for product tanker operator Stolt Nielsen. Three of the vessels are slated for building at the Sestao yard, and one will be constructed at the Spanish group's iuliana yard in Gijon. The new double-hulled tankers will be 533.4 ft. (162.6 m) long, powered by medium speed, diesel-electric machinery. Each tanker will have 36 integral and four deck cargo tanks, all constructed of solid stainless steel, provid- ing a total capacity of approximately 25,000-cu-m.

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Vietnamese Government Places

Significant Volvo Penta Order

Volvo Penta has received an order for 23 marine diesel engines from the Vietnamese government.

The order is for eight TAMD102A engines for single installation, two of the same engines for twin instal- lation, eight TAMD162C units for twin installation, and two TAMD163P for twin installation. Two

AD41/DP engines and one TAMD41H engines will also be supplied.

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Alabama Yard Wins Contract

Alabama Shipyard, Inc. (ASI) recently announced that Balttanker Ltd. of St. Petersburg, Russia, has agreed to build five 16,000-dwt IMO chemical carri- ers at the yard. This order reportedly totals more than $125 million, and along with the Dannebrog

Rederi order for two carriers, brings the shipyard's orderbook to a total of seven chemical carriers. The latest order is subject to Marad's approval of Title XI loan guarantees. The vessels will be propelled by one medium-speed, single-screw diesel engine of approximately 4,800 kW. There will be six epoxy coated cargo tanks on port side, and six located star- board, with a centerline bulkhead.

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Turkish Operator Awards Austal

Four-Ship Deal

Austal Ships has secured a four-vessel contract worth approximately $47 million with Turkish operator

Istanbul Deniz Otobusleri (ID0). Although signed several months ago, complex finance issues were recently resolved. The contract includes two 40-m (131.2-ft.) passenger catamarans and two 60-m (196.8-ft.) "Auto Express" vehicle-passenger designs. All vessels will be driven by a propulsion package consisting of MTU diesel engines, KaMeWa waterjets and Reintjes gears.

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