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MARINE FINANCE ribal Enterprise To Build ourth Ferry

The Mashantucket Pequot

Wbal Nation has announced an greement with Catalina Express f San Pedro, Calif, for the con- traction and purchase of a high- peed ferry, the fourth to be built >y the tribe's Pequot River

Ship works in New London, Conn. ]atalina Express intends to use he 300 passenger, Catalina-class erry in service between the ports )f Long Beach and San Pedro,

Halif. and the town of Avalon,

Hatalina Island.

The all-aluminum catamaran lesign is 133 ft. (41 m) long, and is powered by twin Detroit Diesel sngines, 3,110 hp each. The approximately $6.5 million vessel will have a cruising speed in excess of 40 mph.

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Austal Ships Wins Irish

Ferries Contract

Irish Continental Group PLC have purchased an Auto Express 86 vehicle-passenger catamaran from Austal Ships, scheduled to enter service in the summer of 1999.

The aluminum catamaran will be operated by Irish Ferries on the 60 miles Holyhead - Dublin route, with up to four return crossings per day in the summer months.

The vessel, powered by four

DD 21 Alliance Awarded $68.5 Million For Phase I

Design Work

The Navy has awarded a $68.5 million contract to the DD 21 Shipbuilder

Alliance for Phase I system concept design work in the DD 21 Destroyer

Program. The Alliance comprises Bath

Iron Works (BIW), a General Dynamics

Company located in Bath, Me., and

Ingalls Shipbuilding division of Litton

Industries, located in Pascagoula, Ms.

The companies have been designated as the two DD 21 shipbuilders, with BIW serving as the Alliance prime contractor for the first phase of the program. The

Alliance and its two teams (BIW and

Lockheed Martin; Ingalls and Raytheon

Systems Co.) will receive additional funding for later design phases leading up to the selection of the winning con- cept and construction of the lead ship.

Actual construction of the DD 21s by

BIW and Ingalls will start in 2004.

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Cochin Repairs Vessels

MV Bharat Seema, a passen- ger/cargo vessel operating between the main land and islands in the

Union Territory of Lakshadweep,

India, is undergoing repairs at

Cochin Shipyard. Major structural repair and overhaul is involved with the ship's main engines, steering gear, deck and navigation- al equipment. Accomodation spaces, lounges and cafeterias have been refurbished, and a prayer room has been added.

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