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YES WE ARE BUSY! BUT WE HAVE TIME

AND SPACE FOR YOUR NEXT VESSEL.

It's true. We have many new construction and repair pro- jects underway. However, we have 17 shipyards and thou- sands of shipbuilders. So if you need to build, convert or repair any- thing from a work boat, to a double hull ocean-going barge or even an off- shore rig, we have the assets and the time for your pro- ject. Our shipyards team up on projects enabling us to deliver quicker. Yes, we're busy - but not too busy for you.

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USCG launches First Vessel 01 (45

Million New Construction Plan

The U.S. Coast

Guard (USCG) recently celebrated the launching of

Boat Utility Stern

Loading (BUSL) 49403 and dedica- tion of the BUSL fleet. Present at the ceremony

Maryland

District gressman

Gilchrest, daughter

Pictured is USCG Boat Utility Stern Loading 49403, which was recently launched in Baltimore, Md.

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Gilchrest who served as ship's sponsor, and Vadm. James Loy,

USCG chief of staff.

BUSL 49403 is the first of an anticipated 34, 49-ft (15-m) stern loading buoy boats to be constructed at the USCG yard in Baltimore,

Md., throughout the next three years.

The yard is expected to deliver one vessel every six weeks for the duration of the $45 million new construction program. BUSL 49403 features a 16,000 lb. deck load, two fixed propellers and two 305-hp diesel engines. The vessel will be assigned to the Aids-To-Navigation

Team Woods Hole in Woods Hole, Mass., and will perform USCG aids-to-navigation, marine envi- ronmental and ice breaking missions. The

USCG expects to reduce maintenance costs and increase reliability of its short range aids-to-nav- igation mission by replacing the obsolete buoy boats with the new BUSLs. 102 Circle 380 on Reader Service Card

Cunard Appoints New Senior Vice

President

Nikolaos Iplixian has been named senior vice president, Technical and Marine Operations at

Cunard. He will be responsible for all technical and marine matters relating to Cunard's five cruise ships, including onboard safety manage- ment and the implementation and compliance with the ISM Code. Mr. Iplixian's experience includes 11 years with the J.C. Carras Group of

Companies and most recently, he was executive vice president, Operations, at Majesty Cruise

Line and Dolphin Cruise Line Inc.

Queen Supplier Undergoes $2 Million

Conversion At Bollinger

Offshore supply vessel Queen Supplier will undergo a $2 million conversion at Bollinger

Shipyards, Inc. subsidiary Bollinger Quick

Repair (BQR). The vessel will be converted into an oilfield service vessel which will specialize in

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