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MARINE FINANCE

Halter Wins Contract to Build Rocket

Booster Transport Ship

Halter Marine Group was awarded a contract from Foss

Maritime to build a RoRo ship at its Halter-Moss Point, Miss, shipyard. Foss was selected by the Boeing Co. to transport

Boeing-built Delta IV rocket boosters from Decatur, Ala., to space vehicle launch sites at Cape Canaveral Air Station, Fla., and Vendenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The new vessel will mea- sure 310 x 82 ft. (95 x 25m), with a 12 ft. (3.6m) normal ocean operating draft. The ability to vary the draft enables the vessel to operate in shallow inland waterways, as well as in open oceans. It will be powered by two diesel engines, each in a sep- arate room, developing a total of 8,000 hp. Propulsion will be provided by two 4,000 hp Z-drive thrusters, and there will be two 500 hp bowthrusters to aid in maneuvering. It will have four generators and an emergency generator. The ship will also have a helicopter pad.

The new Foss ship will carry common booster cores along with associated containerized cargo. Because of their size, the booster cores must be shipped from Boeing's Decatur facility over water. The ship will be capable of navigating the

Tennessee-Tombigbee Waterway to Mobile, Ala., and on through the Gulf of Mexico and the Atlantic to Cape Canaveral and through the Panama Canal and the Pacific to Vandenburg.

Engineering has begun, and construction wil begin in early

December.

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Damen To Build Two Tugs For Cory

Cory Towage Ltd. (U.K.) has placed a contract with Damen Shipyards for two omni-directional tractor tugs intended for service at the Omani port of Mina Raysut,

Salalah. The tug orders are the result of a contract between Salalah Port Services

SOAG (SPS) and Cory Towage & Marine

Services LLC in which Cory takes over the management of two existing tugs, work- boat, personnel, pilotage service and main- tenance of navigation aids, as well as pro- viding the two new tractor tugs with addi- tional pilots in 1999. The new tugs, due to be delivered in January and March 1999, will be powered by twin Caterpillar 3606

TA/CSR diesel engines which develop a combined 3,600 kW (4,828 bhp) at 1,000 rpm, driving through twin Aquamaster

U.S. 2001 azimuth thrusters.

Three New OSVs for Edison

Chouest Offshore

Alabama Shipyard, Inc. has reached an agreement with Edison Chouest Offshore,

LLC of Galliano, La. to build three offshore supply vessels (OSV) with an option for an additional vessel. Principal dimensions are 240 x 56 x 21 ft. (73 x 17 x 6.4 m).

Construction has begun and delivery of the first vessel is expected in December, with the remaining vessels to follow on a month- ly basis.

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Newpark Shipbuilding Awarded

Diamond Offshore Contract

Diamond Offshore (U.S.A.) has awarded a contract to Newpark Shipbuilding for the repair and modification of its semi-sub- mersible offshore drilling rig the Ocean

Prospector. The rig arrived at Newpark's

Galveston operations at the end of July.

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Litton Marine Systems Receives

IBS Orders for Korean Newbuilds

Litton Marine Systems has received orders to supply integrated bridge systems (IBS), radars and other systems for 18 new- builds in Korean shipyards. The IBS are based on Sperry Marine's Vision 2100 tech- nology and will include navigation station, conning station and planning station with chart digitizing table. In addition to the

IBS orders, Litton has won contracts from

Hyundai to supply autopilots, gyrocom- passes and radars for four VLCCs under construction for A.P Moller, and radars and voyage management systems (VMS) for four VLCCs being built for operation by

Hyundai Merchant Marine.

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