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Coltec Receives $ 12 Million

Engine Order

Coltec Industries has received an order of more than $12 million for four engines to be used on the second ship in the U.S. Navy's

Landing Platform Dock (LPD) pro- gram. Coltec also has options val- ued at more than $110 million for additional propulsion engines

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Royal Caribbean Takes Up

Vantage Ship Contracts

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. exercised its option with Meyer

Werft shipyard in Papenburg,

Germany, to build a second 85,000- ton Vantage class vessel for Royal

Caribbean International at a con- tract cost of approximately $350 million. This second Vantage class ship will be a sister to the 2,000- guest vessel currently under con- struction in Papenburg. The first

Vantage ship is scheduled to be delivered in February, 2001; the second in June, 2002. Both will be built to Panamax standards, enabling them to transit the

Panama Canal, and will be pow- ered by gas turbines.

With rotating propulsion pods mounted under the hull, the

Vantage class ships will be extremely fast for vessels of this size, enabling them to offer some unusual itineraries. The gas tur- bines powering the Vantage ships are designed to be extremely quiet and vibration free. The reduced

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Cory To Supply ORV

Cory Towage has been awarded a contract by the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company to supply and operate an Oil Recovery Vessel (ORV) for operation on the River

Mersey, its ports and terminals, as well as the Manchester Ship

Canal. The ORV has been ordered from Ro-Clean Desmi Ltd. and will be built by OMI Ltd. at Cosens

Engineering shipyard in the south of England. The vessel, to be named Pollgarth, will be deliv- ered in July for use by the

Mersey Oil Spill Consultative

Committee. The 61 ft. (18.5 m) catamaran will be able to collect up to 50 tons of oil an hour and discharge to facilities on shore.

New Vessel Will Patrol

Waters Surrounding Isle

Of Man

Souter Marine Ltd. has been awarded a contract to supply a 65.6 ft. (20 m) fishery patrol ves- sel for the Isle of Man

Government's department of

Agriculture, Fisheries and

Forestry. Designed by TT Boat

Design Ltd., the vessel will patrol the territorial waters of the Isle of Man, monitoring fish- ing activities and enforcing Sea

Fisheries legislation.

The steel-hulled vessel will be powered by twin Caterpillar 3408C marine diesel engines through Reintjes WAF 143 gear- boxes. A 20 ft. (6 m) Delta Rigid

Inflatable boat, capable of speeds up to 30 knots, will be available for stern launching.

The patrol vessel will be designed to perform extended patrol periods of 48 hours at a continuous cruising speed of 12 knots without the need to refuel.

It is due for delivery in

November 1999.

AMO To Design Alaskan

LNG Barges

Argent Marine Operations (AMO) has been contracted by

Alaska Intrastate Gas Company (AIG) to design, develop, con- struct and operate barges to transport liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Prince Rupert,

British Columbia to the Alaska

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