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Ship Repair Notes

SWM, SFD Acquired By Carlyle Group

On the heels of a nationwide effort by several ship repair yards, lead by Arthur Engel and B.

Edward Ewing of Southwest Marine Inc. (SWM), to lobby the government for information on project- ed ship repair budgets, SWM, San Francisco

Drydock Inc. (SFD) and The Carlyle Group, a pri- vate merchant bank in Washington, D.C., announced the signing of a definitive agreement in which Carlyle agreed to acquire both SWM and

SFD.

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POWER TO EARN.

Tuzla Yard Poised To Capitalize On Shift

Turkey is poised to take the ship repair market share from European and Far East competitors, said Kahraman Sadikoglu, president of the Tuzla

Shipyard. That is, if its new government is willing to back the political and fiscal programs needed to ensure that its yards can meet shipowner's demands of safety, quality, cost and timeliness.

The Tuzla yard has made a major push to capture more complicated repair and conversion jobs. In its docks now is a conversion which embodies the type of work the yard envisions for the future, the

Scarabeo 7 rig conversion. Scarabeo 7 will be con- verted from an accommodation rig to a drilling plat- form, a project that will entail 6,000 tons of steel and 500 tons of pipe. It is due for delivery to Saipem in Italy in October 1998. Graduating from standard drydocking work to more complex conversions and offshore work was a long process in the making.

According to Mr. Sadikoglu, despite the country's low labor rates, owners were, and to some degree are, still not trusting of the quality of Turkish yards.

Mr. Sadikoglu picked up on owners' demands and initiated a new training program for the yard's workers three years ago. An investment in training and safety matters, it seems, has turned into big dividends, with contracts such as the Scarabeo 7 conversion and the FPSO Firenze conversion. "I believe that there is a big potential in Turkey, there is now a big demand for repair and conversion work particularly in the offshore markets," said

Sadikoglu, "but, unfortunately, we need more capacity."

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Cummins Marine

Charleston, South Carolina, U.S.A.

Phone: (803) 745-1620

Fax: (803) 745-1549

Cummins Engine Company, Ltd.

Daventry, Northants, England

Phone: 44-1327-886000

Fax: 44-1327-886102

Cummins Diesel Australia

Scoresby, Victoria, Australia

Phone: 61-3-9765-3222

Fax: 61-3-9764-0034

Cummins Americas, Inc.

Miramar, Florida U.S.A.

Phone: (954) 431-5511

Fax: (954) 433-5797

Cummins Diesel Sales Corporation

Singapore

Phone: 65-265-0155

Fax: 65-264-0664 year, Astander will repair between 60 and 70 ships.

In fact, Astander had a record year in 1996 for repair activity, a pace that has kept up in 1997. To

October, Astander's two drydocks have recorded 93 percent occupancy, with the larger 754.5 x 106 ft. (230 x 32.2 m) dock having an amazing 98 percent occupancy rate. Astander is currently in the midst of a $7 million investment plan, which includes: a 200-ton tower crane for Drydock 2; enlargement of repair quays, overall by 229 ft. (70 m); a 25-ton tower crane for a new quayside, which is scheduled to be in service this month; and an increase in the seaway draft, allowing arrivals and departures 24 hours a day.

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