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Keppel Hitachi Zosen Wins $74.6 million Contract

Keppel Hitachi Zosen has clinched a contract to build two cable laying and repair vessels for a total contract value of more than $74.6 million from C. S.

Tycom Reliance, Inc., a subsidiary of

Tyco Submarine Systems Ltd.

Work on the two newbuildings has commenced, with the first vessel sched- uled for delivery in the third quarter, and the second vessel in the fourth quarter of 2001. The cable laying and repair ves- sels, each 7,800-dwt, are twinscrew, diesel electric-driven and dynamically positioned ships. Measuring 459 ft. (140 m), a breadth of 69 ft. (21 m), with a designed load draft of 25 ft. (7.8 m), the vessels will both have a speed of 13.9 knots.

Bath Iron Works Lands $9.2 Million Project

The Office Of Naval Research award- ed $9.2 million to General Dynamics

Bath Iron Works to design and manu- facture an advanced propulsion system for a technical demonstration vessel.

Known as Advanced Hull Form Inshore

Demonstrator (AHFID), the project directly supports the Navy's decision to implement electric drive in future naval combatants. The AHFID award is the culmination of the Office of Naval

Research technology symposium for

Maine businesses and educational insti- tutions held in Portland during June 1999. The propulsion motor will be housed in a pod fabricated with advanced composite materials designed by the University. The pod, which will contain embedded sensors that can cal- culate the performance of the propul- sion motor, will be able to monitor the structural health of the composite mate- rias.

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Globe Wireless Establishes

New Office

Globe Wireless has established a new office in Houston, Texas, and appointed

Greg Halverson as regional manager of

Offshore Sales.

Halverson will lead the company's

GlobeOffshore sales efforts in the Gulf of Mexico as well as lending support to

Offshore sales worldwide.

Damen Group Acquires

Kvaerner Fjellstrand Yard

Damen Shipyards Group has formu- lated an agreement with Kvaerner ASA to acquire the Singapore shipyard,

Kvaerner Fjellstrand. An agreement has been signed for the acquisition by

Damen of all shares in KFJS. Following

August, 2000 21 the acquisition, the Singapore operation will be known as Damen Shipyards Sin- gapore and will employ the current staff of Kvaerner Fjellstrand Singapore.

FastShip And Schneider Reach

Partnership Agreement

FastShip has come to an agreement for international transportation and logistics provider Schneider Interna- tional to provide three major services to support the FastShip transportation net- work. The agreement calls for Schnei- der National, operating through logis- tics subsidiaries, to act as the North

American third party logistics provider, managing alliance partners and engi- neering through a supply chain that will provide a logistics solution for shippers.

EDG Elects New Marine

Engineering Head

Bruce Malcolm, who previously served as president and CEO of Friede & Goldman, has been appointed by

EDG Inc. to head a marine engineering department. Malcolm will focus on pro- viding creative engineering solutions on floating production systems including

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Chosen for use on aircraft carriers as well as commercial vessels over 200 meters in length, the S-120 utilizes an oscillating piston driven by 7-1/2 horse- power 3 phase 220/440 volt electric motor producing 143 dB and a funda- mental frequency of 94 Hz in 1/3 octave band at one meter.

PMM

Kahlenberg Signals were developed to withstand the pun- ishing use of commercial and military service. Their dura- bility has been demonstrated over decades of service on ocean-going vessels ranging from naval warships to com- mercial vessels. Military specifications have required extensive testing for many of these whistles and the accessories supplied with them, which have proven the exceptional qualities of Kahlenberg design and manufac- turing.

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