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included, this contract is projected to be worth more than $62 million.

The vesssels will include compo- nents produced by two Halter

Marine Group shipyards.

Equitable Shipyards, Inc. in New

Orleans will fabricate the boats' aluminum superstructures will be mated to hulls ahamas class vessels will have 29.2-ft. (8.9-m) beams and fully loaded drafts of 8.5 ft. (2.5 m).

The patrol craft have a maximum speed of 24 knots and accommoda- tions for up to 62 personnel.

For more information on Halter Marine

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Spill Companies Announce

Deal

On March 11, Consolidated

EcoSystems Inc. (ConEco), former- ly Exsorbet Industries, Inc., announced the sale of its marine spill Vesponse and^hazardous material response business to Oil

Mop, Inc^The say revenues were reportedly u^sxyss of $1 million, and use of proceeds will be used to reduce convei^Honal debt.

The two i^rerests have reported- ly also agreed to a long-term, coop- erative Relationship whereby Oil

Mop \tfll use ConEco personnel and equipment to supplement its forces should a spill exceed its local capabilities.

Stolt-Nielsen Orders Two

Additional Chemical Tankers

Stolt-Nielsen SA's subsidiary

Stolt Parcel Tankers Inc. (SPTI) announced that it has exercised options for two 22,460-dwt chemi- cal bankers ^with Juliana

ConstrViora Cyfonesa, a yard in the Astil\eros wspanoles group.

The tw\ sMips contracted are additions tVan existing order for four sistemtops presently under constructyn aVthe Juliana, Sestao and Billyo shipyards. The double hull shys will have diesel electric propulwon systems, and the cargo sections will consist of 40 segregat- ed Cc|rgo tanks and four deck tanks, all constructed of solid stainless steel.

According to SPTI, these orders

April, 1997 are part of an orderly fleet replace- ment program.

Hernis To Supply CCTV To

Sea Launch Platform

Hernis Scan Systems AS was awarded a contract to deliver a

CCTV system to the first ever floating rocket launch platform,

Sea Launch. A former drilling platform is reportedly being trans- formed into a special launch plat- form at Kvaerner Rosenberg, while the RoRc^shiij(»*jhid^%ftS remote ^m^ml system onboa: being built |t Mffrer^er I

During the lkunch| theTWatform will be unmanned and the control will be solely from the RoRo locat- ed several miles away. The plat- form is therefore equipped with several cameras, which transmit real time pictures to the ship to verify stgjjg^i^ne operation. is a collaboration of ^d Boeing Commercial

RSC-Energia in

Moscow, Kvaerner AS in Oslo and

NPO-Yushnoye in the Ukraine.

For more information on Hernis

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Portable

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Specialized repair facilities for quick and efficient turnaround.

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Bollinger Larose

ISO 9001 CERTIFIED P.O. Box 250, Lockport, LA 70374, 1515 Hwy. 24, Larose, LA 70373 Phone: 504/693-7002, Fax: 504/693-7599

Cl/ocated on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile marker 36, Bollinger's (^LXarose Division offers repair of both steel and aluminum vessels and works around the clock to Atisfy tta dempJing mariJL industt^Eollinger Larose operates four floatinl dry JpAs thatlan hpidl^tesysVpta^O^^^with 86 ft. between th^ ifcp^.A'ilwl\ftonstru|pigJp^'roll-off trjSsfer system can nrx ^BflH trwic rw morin^Aniimtw1^^^ ^M

Larose aWo offers rcs own US^^pproved g$-freem^acflity with fuel storage capacity of over 300,000 gallons that is complimented by a fuel circulating and filtering system.

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