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MARINE FINANCE

Bender Wins Navy Contract

Senator Richard Shelby (It-

Ala.) announced on March 11 that

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co.,

Inc. of Mobile, Ala., had been awarded a $3.5 million contract by* the Military Sealift Command the dry docking and repair of USN5

Zeus (T-ARC 7). The 503 x 73-ft. (153.3 x 22.2-m) ship's mission is to support Navy underwater cable erformed on eludes an tion of the em, steel repairs activities.

The work to

Zeus over 60 upgrade Jhd cable lawni airo g«feral iydocking work.

It always a pleasure to bounce contract awards like this le which bring jobs to Alabama employers," said Sen. Shelby.

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Manly Marine Closures are built to outlast your vessel

Since 1964 Manly closures have set the standard for quality.

Call Manly for the following custom built products:

MANLY DOORS • Dutch & wheelhouse • Aluminum & steel construction • Watertight doors, marine & construction • Joiner doors,

B-15 fire rating • Airlock doors

MANLY HATCHES • Escape • Access • Fish hold covers • Manholes

MANLY WINDOWS

Model H70

Hatch

M-10 Manhote_ tapered coaming i

Model D-022

Aluminum

Solid Core

Door

Model D-062

Aluminum Plate

Quick-Acting Door

B Manly

AVpi Marine Closures Ltd.v 20 Brooksbank Avenue

P.O. 86788, North Vancouver

B.C. V7L4L3 Canada

Tel: (604) 984-4635

Fax: (604) 983-2713

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Hanjin Shipping Selects

Corroseal Products

Korea-based Hanjin Shipping Co. has reportedly selected Corroseal rust covering primer for use on its entire fleet of 61 container and bulk ships. This contrail1 '('^aorted- ly resulted from nunae J^y^t year of product tegtmg^exJusively on

Hanjin shifcf* Cafcroseal success- fully^ftro^ucjby formula, LC/HJ i,wticn increases the rust

IPs ability to prevent run- sagging when applied to heavy rust on cargo holds and bal- last tanks.

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Nautronix Wins Marinette

Contract

Nautronix has been awarded a contract by Marinette Marine

Corp. to supply six dynamic posi- tioning systems for the new

Keeper class coastal buoy tenders being built for

Guard (USCG). already suppled, tems for

The newJ|^sse^"^tTI be equipped wit® moi^n equipment, including oil V^yovery systems, and

NauCTflnix ASK4000 station keep- ing systems, allowing the vessels to maintain position alongside floating aids to navigation.

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CUSTOM DESIGN ENGINEERS AND MANUFACTURERS

COMPLETE MARINE HABITABILITY SYSTEMS

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Pneumatically controlled sliding fire doors

Grade 1 shock rated, submersible, E.M.I, shielded, electronic cabinet .I0INMK

ENGINEERING'DESIGN "MANUFACTURING

Watertight quick-acting structural door

SYSTEMS

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Cegelec To Supply

Power For HAL

Newbuilds

Fincantieri has con- tracted with Cegelec to supply onboard power generation and ipumelec- trical systems Voc/ two new cruis^mj^Jpuilding for Line t yard. For the propulsion syMel*^ comprises two synchronous motors, each developing 13 MW of power at 130 rpm. Each motor is supplied by a 12- pulse synchroconverter.

The electrical equipment for the ships will report- edly be delivered at the end of next year. The ves- sels are scheduled for delivery in 1999. This order follows one placed by Chantiers de l'Atlantique for two cruise vessels building for Renaissance.

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Steiner Wins North Carolina

Ferry Order

Bayou La Batre, Alabama-based

Steiner Shipyard, Inc. will build a second 180 degree cycloidal propul- sion vehicle/passenger ferry for the

North Carolina Depa^jjent of

Transportation (NCDOlIj

The first ferry^. IOMILW, was delivered tofffrlIXJTiy December

ThaMefcNSg^yj' to be called sistership to this vessel,_jfHl measure 180 x 44 x li- ft. (5^8 x 13.4 x 3.3-m), and will be equipped with a Voith-Schneider propulsion system and Caterpillar 3412 DITA main engines.

Neuse is scheduled for delivery in

April 1998 and the vessel will be the yard's fourth for NCDOT.

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New Company Provides

Offshore Living Quarters

Nautica Marine Services, LLC — a new company based in Lafayette,

La., dedicated to building high quality offshore living quarters — offers a system of pre-engineered mini-modules that can be stacked three stories high and intercon- nected to form large flf!?fVrooms.

All-steel constructioif^mfjprms to

U.S. Coast Guard requVements for fire and ^uel>V Jrff buildings, 1Mne of generator rtermakers and tment systems, are ease or sale. In addi- autica Marine Services offers heavy duty A60 doors and windows, blast walls and custom fabrication.

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Kvaerner Names Fourth

LNG Carrier For ADNOC

On March 21, the naming cere- mony of Umm Al Ashtan (new- building No. 1333) — the final ves- sel in an order of four 135,00-sq-m ships by Abu Dhabi National Oil

Company (ADNOC) in the United

Arab Emirates — took place at 110 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News