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Contracts ond quarter at the company's Moss Point

Marine shipyard in Escatawpa, MS for a fourth quarter 2001 delivery.

FGH will design and construct a deep- water mooring system for Atwood

Oceanics for installation onboard

Atwood Eagle — a semisubmersible drilling rig able to operate in up to 5,000 ft., and for the fabrication and installa- tion of equipment for Atwood Rich- mond. The 8-point combination trac- tion-winch/windlass mooring system will be designed by the FGH Engineered

Products Group's AmClyde division and manufactured by its BLM Offshore facility. Delivery is scheduled for Janu- ary 2001.

Construction for winterization of

Sedco 714 semisubmersible drilling unit for Transocean Sedco Forex will be per- formed at Friede Goldman Newfound- land's Cow Head Offshore fabrication facility in Newfoundland. Most of the work should be completed by the end of the second quarter.

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Bergesen Orders Two VLCCs

Hitachi Zosen Corp. has exercised an option by Bergesen D.Y., Norway for the construction of two additional

VLCCs. The option had initially been granted to Bergesen when the sales con- tracts for four VLCCs were agreed last

January.

Currently in the process of revamping its fleet, Bergesen was attracted to

Hitachi Zosen's technologically-driven double hull vessels, which can be assigned for worldwide operation.

U.K. Yards Eagerly Await $475M Ferry Deal

British Prime Minister Tony Blair said his government will take the needs of domestic shipbuilders into account when it awards a $475.1 million contract for naval ferries. But Blair, facing pres- sure from shipbuilders and oil industry workers fighting to stop the contract going abroad, also said his government was bound by strict European Union rules in awarding the contract. The Min- istry of Defense has asked for bids to build six RoRo equipment transport ves- sels, a deal worth about $474 million.

Because the RoRo ferries will be used for commercial not military purposes,

European Union competition rules apply which do not allow preferential treat- ment for British yards.

SENESCO Awarded Barge

Contract

A welder with SENESCO works on the bow of a steel barge utilized by a Boston company.

The Southeastern New England Ship- building Corp. (SENESCO) has been granted a contract for the construction of a 180 x 50 x 8 ft. (54.8 x 15.2 x 2.4 m) ocean class deck barge with an option to build a second vessel.

The contract calls for SENESCO to build a barge for Recon Group, which is affiliated with Reinauer Transportation,

Newark, N.J., who owns and operates various fuel and cargo barges on the

East Coast.

The ABS-classed vessel will be capa- ble of carrying a crawler crane with a deck loading of 2,000-lbs. per sq. ft.

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Chiles Offshore Agrees

With Keppel

Chiles Offshore LLC has partnered up with Keppel FELS Limited in Singapore to construct a KFELS MOD V "B" design, cantilevered jackup drilling rig not to exceed $110 million, included owner-provided equipment. A propri- etary design owned by Keppel the

KFELS MOD V "B" has been based on the MOD V "harsh environment" jack- ups, and will be delivered with a leg length measuring between 465 and 545 ft. (141.7 and 166.1 m). The MOD V replaces jackups built during the 1970s.

Bender Chosen By Torch To Build Innovative Deepwater Vessel

Bender Shipbuilding and

Torch, Inc. have joined forces to build M/V Midnight Warrior — a Deepwater Construction

Vessel. The contract, which was signed on March 31, calls for an ABS-classed, diesel- electric, 15,000-hp vessel.

Designed by Guido Perla and

Associates, Midnight Warrior is equipped to provide offshore flowline installation, offshore umbilical installa- tion and subsea construction. With 3-3,000-hp azimuthing thrusters on the stern and 2-2,000-hp tunnel thrusters in the bow, the vessel is also able to provide world- wide operations.

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Outboard profile of M/V Midnight Warrior

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