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Contracts

Totem Enters Into Agreement

With NASSCO

With deliveries scheduled for late 2002, Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE) of Anchorage, Alaska, has come to an agreement with National Steel and

Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) for the construction of two 839 ft. (255.7 m)

RoRo vessels for its Alaska service.

According to Robert P. Magee,

TOTE's president and CEO, "This $300 million private investment will further our commitment to Alaskans well into the next century by enhancing Alaskan job opportunities on our vessels and

Circle 266 on Reader Service Card shoreside." "These ships, which carry more than 50 percent more cargo than our present ships, are designed specifically to endure the harsh conditions of the Alas- ka trade," Magee added.

The new vessels will be the same size as TOTE's existing three ships, "while maintaining extra capacity to fulfill any surge cargo needs and allow for seam- less service during dry docks," Magee furthered. Designed for the transport of trucks, trailers, trailer-borne products and equipment, and cars, the vessel is divided horizontally into decks and ver- tically into holds, interconnected by internal fixed ramps.

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Main Particulars

Length, (o.a) 839 ft. (256 m)

Length, (b.p.) 792 ft. (241 m)

Beam, (molded) 118 ft. (36 m)

Draft, (design) 30 ft. (9.1 m)

Draft, (scantling) 2 ft. (9.7 m)

Displacement 45,400 long tons

Deadweight 20,800 long tons

Trial speed 24 knots

Coflexip Stena Awards

Pipelay System

Coflexip Stena Offshore (CSO) signed a contract with Huisman Itrec for the supply of the pipelay system for its new- build ultra deepwater vessel. CSO will provide the major equipment for the new vessel allowing it to lay rigid and flexible pipes, and umbilicals to 8,202 ft. (2,500 m) water depth in 2001.

U.S. Navy Awards Contract

To Bath Iron Works

The U.S. Navy has granted the DD-21

Shipbuilder Alliance a $238 million contract for the application of Phase II of the design and development of the next-generation destroyer. Led by Gen- eral Dynamics Bath Iron Works, the

Blue Team will receive $98.4 million in phase II — a similar amount will go to the Gold Team led by Litton Ingalls

Shipbuilding.

BIW and Ingalls were designated by the government in May 1998 as the DD- 21 Shipbuilder Alliance, which oversees contractual management for the two teams who are developing competitive proposals.

Dresser-Rand Garners

Propulsion Turbine Contract

Newport News Shipbuilding has granted Dresser-Rand Company a $9 million contract for the initial phases of production of the main propulsion tur- bines for the U.S. Navy's Nimitz Class

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