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NASSCO Grabs $490M

Navy Contract

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Co. (NASSCO) was awarded a seven-year contract, with an option for two additional years, for the phased maintenance of six LHA and LHD-class ships for the U.S.

Navy. The estimated total value over the full nine-year contract would be $490 million.

P&O Orders Two $425M

Cruise Ships

The latest announcement of yet two more mega-ships to join the cruise competition indicates that the best in the cruise industry is still yet to come. P&O's Princess

Cruises subsidiary will reportedly pay $850 million for two large cruise ships recently ordered from

Italy's Fincantieri.

The 107,000-ton ships are capa- ble of carrying 2,600 passengers.

The vessels are sisterships to

Grand Princess, which will make its debut as the world's largest cruise vessel in May 1998. The new vessels are expected to be delivered in the spring and fall of 2001. $55M Loan Guarantee To

Help MHI Modernize

Shipyard

Massachusetts Heavy Industry (MHI) was granted a $55 million federal loan guarantee under the

Title XI program in an effort to help modernize the Fore River

Shipyard in Quincy, Mass, which has been closed since 1985.

Hvide Acquires Kirby

Product Tankers

Hvide Marine Corp. acquired two clean oil products carriers from

Kirby Corp. in a $31.4-million deal that also involves the purchase of

Kirby's seven-strong harbor tug fleet.

Kirby plans to concentrate on inland tank barge business and is also selling its other five product tankers to private U.S. group

August Trading Incorporated for a further $7.2 million.

Hvide has also acquired 36,600 dwt product tanker Willamette and 32,200 dwt Concho from Kirby.

Hvide currently operates five out of 12 chemical carriers trading in the Jones Act markets and has five double hull products tankers on order in a joint venture partner- ship with Netherlands transport and storage group Van Ommeren

NV. The first of these $43.4 million ships is due for delivery by

Newport News Shipbuilding Inc. at the end of this year, with three more ships arriving in 1999. The final vessel will be delivered in 2000.

First Olsen Appoints

Managing Director

First Olsen Tankers Ltd. has appointed Per-Oscar Lund as managing director to replace Jon

Edvard Sundnes who left the company at the end of December 1997. Mr. Lund is a lawyer and since 1992 has been president of

Western Bulk Shipping, a bulk car- rier shipping company listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange.

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