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sfavigation Company (P&O), innounced an order for four new ships, which, by 2004, will more than double he size of its fleet. All four ships will auild on the company's successful

Grand Class Cruising concept.

Chantiers de l'Atlantique, of St.

Naziere, France, will build two 88,000- ton vessels that have a combination of diesel engines and gas turbines.

The other two 110,000-ton vessels will be built by Mitsubishi Heavy Indus- tries, making this the first cruise ship vessel built by Japan. The vessels will be built to accommodate 2,600-passen- gers. The ships will be delivered between October 2002 and May 2004.

FirstWave/Newpark Awarded

Trio Of Contracts

Providing ship repair, conversion, new construction and related services for barges and other vessels,

FirstWave/Newpark Shipbuilding has garnered three new contracts.

Pleiades Shipping Agents awarded the company for collision damage repair of the 55,000-dwt vessel, MT Nestos. The ship, which sustained damage on its port side near the bow and just above the waterline, underwent repairs at the com- pany's East Pelican Island facility.

FirstWave has also been granted a contract by East Boston-based Sterling

Equipment for the construction of two 140 x 40 ft. (42.6 x 12.1 m) offshore deck barges scheduled for delivery in 1999. In addition, the company will also repair the mat on the Phoenix VI rig for

Rio Grande Supply Company.

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U.S. Navy Proposes Five Year

Charter of Fleet Salvage Tug

The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) is planning to lease/(bare- boat charter) the fleet salvage tug USNS

Narraganset (T-ATF 167) to a U.S. com- pany that can show that it will use the

Narraganset to support offshore salvage facilities.

The vessel will be leased on an "As Is,

Where Is" basis. The 226 ft. (68.8 m), 7,200 hp Narraganset, currently in clas- sification with ABS, is under continuous survey, and has a Certificate of Inspec- tion (COI) issued by the U.S. Coast

Guard (USCG).

The successful lessee must acquire and maintain its own current and updat- ed ABS class certifications, USCG cer- tificate of inspection, adequate insur- ance and demonstrate that it can ade- quately maintain and operate the vessel over the a proposed five-year lease peri- od. The vessel will be in use by the U.S.

Navy through July 1999 after which a

July, 1999 maintenance period is planned on the west coast in the August 1999 to Sep- tember 1999 time-frame where potential lessee visitation and inspection could occur.

The proposed lease award is currently anticipated for late FY 1999 or early FY 2000. Vessel inspection information including scheduling and availability to prospective offerors will be outlined in the upcoming solicitation planned for release in mid-July 1999. All solicita- tion documents and related correspon- dence will be posted on the Internet at the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Contracts Directorate Web- site located at http://www.contracts.hq. navsea.navy.mil under the proposed solicitation number N00024-99-R-8135.

To be added to the bidders list, please contact:

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA); Attn:

William Randolph / SEA 02812R; 2531 Jefferson

Davis Highway; Arlington VA 22242-5160; tel: (703) 602-6911 ext. 258; fax: (703) 602-5478;

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