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The cover was officially taki of the new ARCO tankers press conference in Washin

D.C., in late July, and it's a sal that the new Millennium ships will turn more than a heads.

The 125,000-dwt tankers 1 ordered by ARCO, the U.S.' enth largest oil company, for struction at New Orleans-b£

Avondale Industries. The cont includes options for three addit al vessels as well.

The ships were custom-desig. by ARCO to service the envir mentally sensitive Alaska

Washington state trade. As

ARCO spokesperson pointed o the ships exceed OPA 90 requi ments in several ways. The shi are designed, of course, for a loi productive life. But averti; tragedy was in the forefront designers' minds, as the ships fe ture extra separation between tl double hulls; two independei engine rooms, each controllirj separate propellers; large, ind< pendently controlled rudders back-up power generation; an control of the ship from a singl joystick. The two independen engine rooms will be separated b; a fireproof, water-tight bulkhead.

ARCO's design also calls for t 3,000-hp bowthruster, which is designed to be capable of turning the bow into a 27-knot wind, said

Bill Rusnack, president of ARCO

Production Co., the parent compa- ny of ARCO Marine. With bowthrusters and reversible pro- pellers, the ships will be capable of