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Astilleros Espanoles Delivers

Knutsen Shuttle Tanker

Astilleros Espanoles group's

Cadiz yard has again proven its excellence in the conversion mar- ket with the completion of a shut- tle tanker to Norway's Knutsen

OAS Shipping. The crude carrier formerly known as Tanana has been renamed Catherine Knutsen and the 150,000-dwt ship joined the carrier's fleet following a three month conversion. The ship ini- tially arrived in Cadiz in mid-

August for a massive renewal, adapting the ship's work on the

North Sea, under Knutsen opera- tion on charter to Statoil. Cadiz installed a bow loading system, a remodeled shaft line and a new CP propeller. Additionally, a station keeping system which incorpo- rates a DPS enhanced with a hydroacoustic positioning radar system, four thrusters and two dedicated auxiliary engines, was incorporated to maximize safety and efficiency of operation, and has earned the DYNPOS Class 1 designation.

The ship's main particulars are as follows:

Length, o.a 869 ft. (265 m)

Breadth, molded 143.4 ft. (43.7 m)

Depth, molded 78 ft. (23.8 m)

DWT, design 141,720

Configuration double side & bottom

Power 15,650 bhp

Cargo capacity 160,307 cu. m.

Catherine Knutsen is the third shuttle tanker conversion carried out for Knutsen at the Cadiz yard since 1992.

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Conoco Completes Double

Hulling Of Fleet

After achieving its goal of oper- ating a 100-percent double-hulled crude oil tanker fleet in U.S. waters ahead of schedule, Conoco began operating an entirely dou- ble-hulled fleet of petroleum tank barges as well. Both achievements precede by more than a decade a legislative mandate that only dou- ble-hulled crude oil vessels serve

U.S. ports by 2015. "If we had not begun our jour- ney to operate double-hulled tankers years ago, we would not be this far ahead of U.S. regulations for both double-hulled tankers and tank barges," said Antonio

Valdes, manager of Conoco's worldwide marine group. "With double-hulled vessels and our safe- ty-management system, we are doing everything possible to pre- vent oil spills, better protect the environment and enhance our crews' safety."

Conoco's vision for utilizing dou- ble-hulled vessels began in 1990, when the company became the first in the petroleum industry to voluntarily commit to building only double-hulled crude oil tankers that operate on the high seas. Expanding that commit- ment, Conoco pledged to operate a 100-percent, double-hulled oil tanker fleet in U.S. waters by 2000, a goal the company achieved ahead of schedule last August with four such vessels. Two new dou- ble-hulled tankers are scheduled to arrive for U.S. service in late 1999.

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