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EIM Provides Shipboard

Valve Control Network

A pair of advanced newbuilds from NASSCO will fea- ture an onboard digital valve-control network, a feature — according to the manufacturer — that has never been on any other ship. Manufactured by EIM Controls, Inc., the

Controlinc network, in conjunction with EIM Series 2000 electric actuators, will provide remote open/close and modulating service for 126 butterfly valves, gate valves and ball valves throughout the ship's ballast control, bil- gewater, seawater cooling, fire main and fire main sprin- kler systems. The entire network is designed to be moni- tored from a single master unit aboard the ships, which are

TOTE Orca Class Trailerships. A redundant standby mas- ter control unit provides bumpless control transfer in the event of a problem. EIM Controls worked closely with

NASSCO to develop the concept and specifications for the control network, and will provide valve/actuator packages, oversee installation and start-up.

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DOE Enables Exploration of Normandy Coast

Deep Ocean Engineering Inc. (DOE) — a supplier of products, services and operations for the ROV and under- water industries — recently delivered a customized ver- sion of the new Phantom series to the Navy Surface War- fare Center (NSWC) Carderock Div. Headquarters. The vehicle's first mission is the exploration of WWII ships and cargo off the coast of Normandy. The delivery of this

Phantom expands NSWC's fleet to four DOE vessels.

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Lehigh Heavy Forge To Make

Aircraft Carrier Shafts

Newport News Shipbuilding awarded Lehigh Heavy

Forge Corp. a contract for more than $2 million to produce eight propulsion shafts for the U.S. Navy's newest Nimitz- class nuclear powered aircraft carrier. NNS is expected to complete CVN 77, the last of 10 ships, by 2008. Lehigh

Heavy Forge has been forging components for the Navy since 1885 in Bethlehem.

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Bender Protests LSV Award

Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co., Inc. filed a protest at the General Accounting Office challenging the recent award to Halter Marine, Inc. by the U.S. Army's Tank-

Automotive and Armaments Command of a contract to design and build up to three Logistics Support Vessels. The

LSVs are part of a strategic plan to get equipment and sup- plies to the U.S.' fighting forces. Bender's protest is based on the fact that its proposal to TACOM was essentially equal in technical and performance risk to Halter's propos- al, that Bender scored higher than Halter in logistics and that Bender's price was significantly lower than Halter's, whose price exceeded the ceiling price set by TACOM.

The protest automatically stays contract performance.

MAAG Supplies Gearboxes For Navy Vessels

MA AG won a $13.8 million order to supply gearbox systems to a Spanish shipbuilding group. The order is for five high efficiency, ultra-low noise combined diesel and gas turbine propulsion gearbox systems to be installed in frigates to be built for the Norwegian navy by Spanish shipbuilder IZAR, one of the world's leading producers of naval vessels. Delivery of the gear sets is due to start in 2002 with the order scheduled for completion in 2006.

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Hall Associates of Washington. Inc.

Exclusively in our hands for sale.

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Asking USD 4,250,000 as is where is U.S. Great Lakes.

Details upon request.

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Hall Associates of Washington, Inc.

Commercial Marine Brokers and Consultants 11503 Pine Ct., P.O. Box 1554, Mukilteo, WA 98275

Phone (425) 349-5867

Fax (425)349-1576 [email protected] http://www.halltug.com

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