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MARINE FINANCE

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Baydelta Orders Two More

Z-Drive Tugs

Caterpillar's diesel engines were chosen to power a pair of new

Z-drive ship assist tugs for

Baydelta Maritime of San

Francisco. The vessels are being built at Marco Shipyard, Seattle, and will be nearly identical to two

Cat 3516B powered tugs Marco previously delivered to Baydelta.

Two electronically-controlled

Cat 3516B engines, each producing 2,200 bhp at 1,600 rpm, will power the vessels, driving two Ulstein Z- drives with nozzles and 94.5-in. alloy propellers. This configuration will allow the vessels a top speed of 14 knots. Electrical service will be provided by two Cat 3304B gener- ator sets with hydraulic PTOs on the front to provide power for the bow line handling winch and fire pump motor.

The new boats are sched enter service on May 1 and 1999.

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Ingalls Awarded $86.7

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The U.S. Navy has exerc fiscal-year-1999 $86.7 millio tract option with Litton's I

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Canadian Pacific Acquir

ANZDL

Canadian Pacific has signt agreement to acquire the con ershipping business Australia

Zealand Direct Line (AN! from its two owners, S

Delmas Vieljeux of France

Brierley Investments of

Zealand.

The transaction incli

ANZDL's containershipping vices and brand name in two regional trades: U.S. west coa: and from Australia/New Zeai and TransTasman. Also inclv are ANZDL's organization, chartered ship and contain

ANZDL will become part of

Ships, Canadian Pacific's cont ershipping business.

BIW Continues DDG 51

Contract Work

In 1985, Bath Iron Works (BI1 was awarded the lead ship desi and construction contract for t

U.S. Navy's DDG 51 Class. T

Arleigh Burke was delivered

April, 1991. The Navy plans for I of the DDG 51 Class destroyers be built through FY 2004, repr senting an estimated total pr gram cost of $40-$45 billion wi1 the last ship scheduled to be deli ered in 2009. BIW was contracte for 27 destroyers and has delivere

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