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jl (which was featured in the Octo-1999 edition of Maritime Reporter, )), is built for dual applications, as it serve as a ship assist vessel along Mississippi river, but is also capable lerforming offshore work. lew dawning lorizon Shipbuilding in Bayou La tre, Ala. and Travis E. Short, its ;sident and CEO, have roots in the DM maritime market dating back to adson Shipbuilding, which operated ) until the first oil bust in the the early 280s, and Owen Short Marine, which )lit apart two years ago. Horizon Shipbuilding ? which has igned a contract for the construction of i 135 x 32 ft. (41.1 x 9.7 m) dinner ;ruise vessel for an unnamed client. Scheduled for a March 2000 delivery, construction of the vessel commenced at Horizon's Bayou LaBatre, Ala. facility. Designed by A.K. Suda Naval Archi-tects and Marine Engineers, the vessel will be certified to U.S. Coast Guard Subchapter K regulations for vessels under 100-gt. Twin Caterpillar 3408 diesel marine turbocharged engines will power the vessel with electrical power provided by two 105 kW and one 170 kW CAT pow-Keppel FELS Sends Off Galaxy III Keppel FELS Limited (Keppel FELS), a sub-sidiary of Keppel FELS Energy & Infrastructure, has delivered Galaxy III to Santa Fe Interna-tional Corp. The rig's total value is estimated at $179 million. Christened Singapore on Sep-tember 18,1999, the rig will then depart for the North Sea to work in the U.K.'s North Sea sector for BP Amoco. The rig's drilling equipment was furnished by Santa Fe, while Keppel provided the engineering and construction. Galaxy's drilling package can be set off to an adjacent fixed platform, enabling the rig to working Tender Assist mode and to access a broader range of drilling positions. The rig also houses a full jacking system developed by Keppel's wholly-owned research & development subsidiary of Offshore Technology Development. Surveyed and classed by the American Bureau of Shipping (ABS) with notation for Mal-tese Cross Class 100A1, Galaxy III is designed to operate under detrimental environments following the U.K.'s Health and Safety Requirements. ered generators. The company was also recently awarded a contract to construct a series of 30 ft. (9 m) fiberglass Improved Sur-face Tow Targets (ISTT) for the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division in Point Mugu, Calif. According to Short, the total contract calls for the delivery of more than 30 units throughout the next two years. FGI And Halter Merger Activities On Schedule Friede Goldman International stated that its activities related to its pending merger with Halter Marine Group were progressing on schedule. The company has received commitments from a group of banks led by Wells Fargo and Bank One for a credit facility that will meet the financing needs of the combined company. 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