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Domestic Maritime Fleet Experiences Explosive Growth iator Jack

Is report is lat our trust

The U.S^fomestic fleet (<&fined as thoflC vessels moving ckrgo with^i the U.S.) has experienced explosive growth in the last thre decades, more than doubling from" 86l\large commercial vessels to 1,89-^ind tripling in cargo capaci- ty, according to a new report from the MarH^me Cabotage Task

Force. "This report demonstrates the value of the Jonel^Act fleet and shows that it is aW important aspect of our domestiq transporta- tion system," said S(

Reed (D-R.I.). "T1 gratifying evidence, (in the domestior fleet) is well placed and I beWwe we should pro- vide the legaj^upport for the fleet to do exactly what the report's title says —jpove full speed ahead."

Theyftudy — entitled Full Speed

Ahefd — took into account all large commercial vessels in the U.S. domestic fleet, a.k.a. the Jones Act fleS^Previous studies, the organi- zationatid, have generally count- ed deepwater vessels only. "The decline of tnCTU.S. domestic fleet is a myth, and, nw fact, exactly the opposite is true,'\^aid Phil Grill, chairman of tiie Maritime

Cabotage Task Foifce. "Not only are there more vessels in existence than 30 years ag

The U.S.ileet now includes 1,703 large dry largo and tank barges,

Kvaerner Warnow Wins $220 M Order

Kvaerner Warnlw Werft in

Rostock-Warnemu/de, Germany, has won a container vessel order from P&O Nectttyd. The order, valued at $22Qmnllion, is for five 22.5-knot corltainerships. The new vessels are to be the

Warnow X'V 2900 type, with a contain/- capacity of 2,900 TEU each, the five ships are due for deliveitin 1998-99. Each of these ne^fcjmilds will be con- structed to aSow the option of hull lengthenin^it a later date.

The five new ship\will boost the total number of Warnow CV 2900 container vessels built by

Kvaerner Warnow to eleven.

Four of these vessels were deliv- ered in 1996; two more are to fol- low this mna#n and in May. up from 438 in the 1960s^fTLe report counted only supeij^umbo barges, those more thanJraO ft. (76 m) long, which is th^ronservative squivalent of self-propelled vessels 01

In all, there are more than 30,000 barges in the U.S. domestic fleet operating in nearly all domes- tic trades. Barges, for example, transport almost 400,000 oceango- ing containers each year along the^

U.S. East CS^st. The report focused on tbrHnriTiiinnrl tivity of the U.S. fleet, and found: • Productivity in the deep- sea domestic trades has increased tenfold since the 1960s; |ft.(305-m) self- uanfading Great E^tes bulk vessel !an deliver four timel^ie cargo of an earlier generation Lais in a single sailing season; and • Modern towboats have resulted in an increase in tow size of up to 20 percent in the last five years alone.

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