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$9 Million Contract To

Southwest Marine

Southwest Marine Inc. (SWM) has received a $9.1 million con- tract from the U.S. Navy for the

Regular Overhaul (ROH) of USS

Cowpens (CG-63). The work will begin in March and is scheduled to be completed in December 1999.

The ROH work package includes drydocking and hull preservation, mechanical and electrical repairs, and modernization.

Logicon Signs Two-Year

Navy Contract

Logicon Syscon, a subsidiary of

Logicon Inc., has been awarded a two-year U.S. Navy contract to continue providing fleet introduc- tion and logistics support services for Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) class destroyers. The contract is valued at $12.1 million overall.

FirstWave/Newpark

Contracted For Rig Upgrade

Schlumberger/Sedco Forex has contracted FirstWave/Newpark

Shipbuilding for upgrades and maintenance work on the offshore semi-submersible drilling rig Bill

Shoemaker. The rig was brought into Newpark Shipbuilding's East

Pelican Island yard in Galveston,

Tex. in December 1998. The com- pany provides repair, conversion, new construction and related ser- vices for barges, boats, ships, off- shore rigs, and other vessels in the offshore and inland marine indus- tries.

FirstWave/Newpark has also been awarded a contract by

Buffalo Marine Services, Inc. for the construction of two tank barges. This contract resulted from the successful completion of a 297 x 54 x 12 ft. (90.5 x 16.5 x 3.6 m) tank barge, 40IK, for Buffalo

Marine.

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Washburn & Doughty,

Moran Sign Tug Contract

Washburn & Doughty

Associates Inc. have signed a con- tract with Moran Towing Corp. to build one 92-ft. (28-m) Z Drive Tug (Hull 66) with options for addition- al tugs. Hull 66 was designed by

Washburn & Doughty's vice presi- dent Bruce Washburn for ship handling and coastwise towing and will be built to ABS class

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Maltese Cross Al, AMS with tow- ing service notation.

Two EMD 16-645-E2 main engines rated at 2,100 hp at 900 rpm will power the vessel. The engines will drive Ulstein Z Drives equipped with stainless steel pro- pellers and kort nozzles. Two

Detroit model 6-7 IRC "N" genera- tor engines rated at 70kW at 1,200 rpm, 208V 3 phase will be installed onboard. Hull 66 will feature rub- ber "D" fender fitted on the vessel's sides at the main deck extending between the bow and stern fend- ers. Viking will supply both bow and stern fenders. Moran's new tug will be equipped with a fire monitor system capable of supply- ing seawater and AFF firefighting foam. The system will have two monitors and consist of an Aurora centrifugal fire pump.

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