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Maritime Applied Physics

Awarded Concept Design

Maritime Applied Physics Corpora- tion has been awarded a U.S. Navy con- tract for a concept design study of a 2,200-ton prototype minesweeper. The contract is under sponsorship of Naval

Sea Systems Command's Small Busi- ness Innovation Research Program. The vessel will house the company's propri- etary Hydrofoil Small Waterplane Area

Ship (HYSWAS) technology that has been developed jointly with the NSWC.

It is designed to be capable of sustained high-speed, trans-oceanic self deploy- ment. Payloads will include a wide array of newly emerging autonomous and semi-autonomous mission systems that can be rapidly deployed from the vessel while on station.

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FBMA Babcock Secures

TriCat Order

FBMA Babcock Marine has agreed with ferry operator Dae A Express Ship- ping Co. of Pohang, South Korea, for the construction of a 171 ft. (52 m) Tri-

Cat fast passenger ferry. The award is subsequent to the successful acquisition by Babcock Engineering, demonstrating further the group's presence in both the commercial and military markets.

The TriCat will operate on two major routes — Mokho to Ulleng Island — and North Korea. The latter is in support of the construction of a Power Station facility being built under the watch of the Korea Energy Power Corp. (KEPCO).

Measuring 171 ft. (52 m), the vessel will transport 447 passengers at up to 43 knots, powered by four MTU 16V4000

M70 engines driving through Kamewa 63 waterjets.

The vessel's hull has been lengthened and freeboard marginally increased to accommodate the four engines, which will ensure first-rate seakeeping.

Known as the fourth TriCat the yard has constructed in three years, FBMA will deliver the vessel in July 2001.

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Keppel Shipyard Is Awarded

Jumboization Contract

Keppel Shipyard, a member of the

Keppel Hitachi Zosen Group, has secured a $3.9 million jumboization contract from Baggermaatschappij

Boskalis bv (Boskalis), an operating arm of the Royal Boskalis Westminister

Group in the Netherlands, to upgrade its

Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger, Sea- way for enhanced dredging capabilities.

Upon completion, the Seaway will work on several reclamation projects in Sin- gapore and the region.

Keppel Shipyard's scope of work on the Seaway includes the fabrication and installation of a new 105 ft. (32 m), 1,100-ton mid-body section in the ship.

In addition, the dredging and power management systems will undergo extensive modifications to cater to the increase in dredging depth from 115 x 190 ft. (35 to 58 m).

The vessel currently has a length over- all of 433 ft. (132 m), a breadth of 72 ft. (22 m), a depth of 41 ft. (12.5 m) and a

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