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Crowley Building Three PRTs

For Alaska

Crowley Marine Services (CMS) has announced a contract to pro- vide three new 140-ft. (42.6-m)

Prevention and Response Tugs (PRTs) for the Alyeska Pipeline

Service Company for use in Valdez

Harbor and Prince William Sound,

Alaska as part of its on-going fleet expansion and revitalization pro- gram. The PRTs are general pur- pose tugs powered by twin

Caterpillar 3612B engines gener- ating 10,192 HP driving two

Kamewa Aquamaster azimuthing thrusters. The vessels will have oil spill recovery and storage capa- bility for up to 43,000 gallons of recovered oil. Design features include accommodation for up to 16 persons, Schuyler fendering, a

Markey TDS-40 towing winch,

Step Warmfloor heated decking, and two oil spill recovery skiffs with boom. Each of the three PRTs will be built at Dakota Creek

Shipyard in Anacortes, Wash, for

Vessel Management Services, a

Crowley Maritime Corp. sub- sidiary which owns and leases ves- sels to CMS. Guido Perla and

Associates will serve as naval architects on the project.

Repair Contract Awarded

For Damaged Liner

Royal Caribbean International has awarded the repair contract for its Monarch of the Seas to

Atlantic Marine, Inc. The 74,000- ton luxury cruise liner suffered bottom damage recently when it struck a reef in St. Maarten.

Repairs will consist of approxi- mately 350 tons of steel replace- ment, electrical, and machinery repairs and renewals. While the liner is at the yard, routine inspec- tions, repairs, renewals and hull preservation will be undertaken.

Uniservice Moves Office,

Appoints Agent

As of January 11, 1999

Uniservice Americas Inc. moved its

South Florida office to the follow- ing address: Uniservice Americas,

South Florida Office, 120 N.E. 20th Street, Miami, Fla. 33137; tel: (305) 572-9000; fax: (305) 572- 9001. European Ship Repair has been appointed the new Uniservice

Warehousing and Delivery Agent for the South Florida area.

February, 1999

Weeks and T.L. James Join

Forces In Gulf

In September 1998, Weeks

Marine, Inc. added the Gulf Coast operations of T.L. James to its dredging division. The Gulf Coast operations will continue to be man- aged by the former T.L. James staff operating out of its Kenner,

La. office. The combination of

Weeks Marine's East Coast experi- ence with T.L. James' experience in the maintenance dredging mar- ket in the Gulf Coast aims to form a more complete organization in terms of experience, flexibility and service.

OSII Makes Appointment

Offshore Systems International,

Inc. has recently appointed

Vernon Moore to the position of

Sales and Support Engineer. Mr.

Moore will be responsible for the support of the Yokogawa

Denshikiki Co. Ltd.product line.

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