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Singapore Telecom Offers

Global Coverage

Singapore Telecom announced that as of February 1, global cover- age of its Inmarsat-A services are available via the Sentosa Land

Earth Station (LES). The company also said that information regard- ing the Sentosa LES is available on the worldwide web at http://www.singtel.com/sentosaLE

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For more information

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Daedong To Build Tankers

South Kor/a's Da^nng

Shipbuilding Cof. reportedly sign? a contract to build three 45,000-ton oil and chemical tankers — for a reported $33 million^apiece — for

Russia's Primorsk flipping Co.

Greek Shipowr

Greek Registn irs Abandon

Last yeaj^Treported 8.5 percent of Grgpres merchant marine fleet ships) deserted the Greek flag

SaiJ ed any uncharted waters lately?

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A Constantia Industrieholding A.G. Company ge flags. Meanwhile, lips were added to for convenie* only 48 new the registry.

Economics arl the reason for the flight, as GreeJe puts a cap on the number of for/ign crew allowed on its nationalb/fl agged ships.

Mawei Builds Cargo Vessel

For Ge/nan Owner

Chirfe's Mawei Shipyard recently built Ia 660-container, multi-pur- pose Icargo vessel for a German company. The yard has previously built Vvo vessels of the same kind.

The Chinese shipyard has report- edly rec^ved orders for 11 new ships andS^otal of 172,600 TEU.

A new 10,50^TEU container ves- sel will mark tlW beginning of the yard's capability to build such ships.

Oceaneering

Sea ROV Coi

Jets North ract

Oceaneeriijf AS won a three-year contract fr/m Statoil to provide remotely aerated vehicle (ROV) services. /Six vehicles, including four wortfclass Hydra MAGNUMs, will be (installed onboard four mobile offshore drilling rigs to pro- vide support for production drilling and subsequent subsea well com- pletions, asNiffill as installation of

AAsgard, NoiV and Gullfaks satellites. One liOV has been mobilized and the lemaining will be deployed by MarJi 1997.

NNS Announces Board

Member Ada/hons

Newport /Tews Shipbuilding (NNS) has /nnounced the addition of four neyr members to its board of directors/namely: Admiral Leon

A. Edney, USN (ret), former Vice

Chief of Naval Operations and

SupremA Allied Commander

Atlantic; ^r. William R. Harvey, president O^Hampton University,

Hampton, Va.;Ttitorney and former

Virginia Governor Gerald L.

Baliles; and Stepwien R. Wilson, executive vice president and chief financial officer /f Reader's Digest. "We are very pleased that we have been ab\i to assemble such a talented andf distinguished group of national leaders. Their knowl- edge of bustiess, government and our industr^^ill be a significant strength for u^as we begin opera- tions as an independent company," said William Fricks, NNS presi- dent and CEO. 100 Circle 279 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News