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NNS Awarded Contracts GE Delivers Gas Turbines

For Destoyer

GE Marine & Industrial Engines (M&I) has delivered four LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbines for use on the U.S. Navy's DDG 80 Arleigh

Burke class destroyer, built by

Ingalls Shipbuilding. In total, GE will provide 228 LM2500 gas tur- bines and 114 main reduction gears for the 57 DDG 51 through

DDG 107 destroyers.

Each DDG ship is powered by four LM2500 gas turbines in a combined gas and gas (COGAG) configuration. Each reduction gear combines the input of two

LM2500 engines rated at 26,250 bhp for a total output of 105,000 bhp per vessel.

The medium-speed RoRo Sealift ships measure 950 x 105 ft. (275.8 x 32 m) and cruise at 24 knots. In addition to the LM2500s, GE will also provide the main propulsion gearing and integrated machinery control systems for these gas tur- bine-powered vessels.

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Flender Werft Wins

RoRo Contract

Newport News Shipbuilding has won two contracts from the U. S.

Navy totaling more than $30 mil- lion for work to be performed on two nuclear-powered aircraft carri- ers. The first contract, valued at approximately $12.7 million, is for the purchase of equipment and advance planning for an extended overhaul for the aircraft carrier

Enterprise (CVN 65). The ship is scheduled to arrive at Newport

News Shipbuilding in 1999 and remain until mid-year 2000. The second contract award, valued at approximately $17.7 million, is for preparations in advance of the overhaul and refueling of the

Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) scheduled for 2000. This will be the ship's first and only refueling during a service-life expected to span 50 years. The ship is sched- uled to arrive at Newport News in late 2000.

Flender Werft recently won a contract from Dutch company

Wagenborg Shipping BV for the construction of three RoRos. The vessels will be operated by

STORA, within a new transport system between the ports of

Gothenburg, Sweden and

Zeebriigge, Belgium. The 13,000- dwt ships will have a length of 600 ft. (183 m) and a beam of 82.6 ft. (25.2 m). The total value of the order is approximately $110.4 mil- lion, and will help in keeping the shipyard's order book full until the end of 2000.

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Oceanfast Wins Howard

Smith Tug Contract

Howard Smith Towage and

Oceanfast Marine Pty Ltd. have signed an agreement for a new $5.6 million tug for service in

Melbourne. The new, stern-driven, omni-directional tug will be built at Oceanfast's Commercial divi- sion, and will be used mainly for harbor towage, featuring the range md basic equipment to respond to iffshore maritime emergencies.

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