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Keppel Shipyard is completing the conversion of 59,642-dwt, St.

Vincent-registered tanker Red Teal to a FPSO. The vessel will be renamed Armada Pekasa for its new role off the Malaysian Coast for Petronas. The $12 million con- tract began three months ago and the ship was due to leave the yard in June. Keppel recently complet- ed the Nortrans conversion of

Endeavour for use as a FPSO off the Indian coast, and the yard is currently carrying out an 11- month refit operation onboard

FPSO Erawan for Unical (Thailand). Keppel Fels has two newbuilding projects currently underway: the Galaxy 2 semi-sub- mersible rig for Sante Fe, which is due for delivery in August 1998; and 110,000-dwt FPSO Varg, due for delivery to Norway's Saga

Petroleum by the end of 1997. The

FPSO was recently floated out of

Keppel Fels' large building dock.

Malaysia Shipyard &

Engineering (MSE) — which recently inaugurated a syncrolift system purchased from Todd

Shipyards, San Pedro — is cur- rently building a series of small tankers for local owners.

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ABS Releases

Reefer Ship Guide

ABS has developed and pub- lished its Guide for Building and

Classing Vessels Intended to

Carry Refrigerated Cargoes, which covers all types of refriger- ated cargo vessels, equipment and systems. The guide was developed with the close cooper- ation of reefer ship operators, designers and equipment manu- facturers, and the requirements update and replace those includ- ed in the 1997 ABS Rides for

Building and Classing Steel

Vessels. "We felt that the advances of environmentally-sensitive tech- nology which have been adapted by the refrigerated-cargo trans- portation industry demanded a completely new approach from the classification society per- spective," said ABS President

Robert Somerville. "ABS has produced a unique standard, not only to promote the highest lev- els of safety, but also to take into account operational demands and regulatory requirements affecting this increasingly sophisticated sector."

The ABS reefer ship guide is applicable to steel vessels intended to carry refrigerated cargoes such as fruits, meats, vegetables, fish, liquid or other perishable goods whether bulk, break bulk, palletized in hold spaces or in refrigerated contain- ers of the porthole or plug-in type. In addition to covering the more standard-type refrigerated cargo carrier, there are also sec- tions dedicated specifically to refrigerated-cargo container car- riers, edible bulk liquid tankers and fish-processing vessels.

Other specialized sections address the following: controlled atmospheres; ammonia refriger- ation systems; refrigeration machinery; ancillary systems; cargo-handling systems includ- ing automatic pallet-loading and unloading systems; instrumen- tation control and monitoring; hull construction: plan submit- tals: electrical systems; fire extinguishing systems; testing; and post-construction surveys.

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ABS Reefer Ship Guide

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