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New Supplyship Contract For

Aker Brattvaag Group

Brattvaag Skipsverft AS. a member of the Aker Brattvaag Group, has signed a $14.6 million contract with Waveney

Shipping Ltd. for the construction of a

Type LTT 755L platform supply vessel.

With design and equipment worth approximately $4.4 million to be sup- plied by Rolls-Royce, the hull will be built in Romania and the completed ves- sel is scheduled for delivery in April 2003.

The vessel will be an enlarged version of the well-known UT 755 design for satisfying the general demands of the offshore industry, such as transport of pipes, cement, different types of fluid and equipment and cargo.

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Keppel FELS Signs $77M in

Contracts With Diamond

Keppel FELS Ltd. has secured con- tracts worth a total of $77 million from

Diamond Offshore Drilling Inc. for the upgrades of a semi-submersible. Ocean

Rover and a jack-up rig. Ocean Tower.

This is subsequent to a $34 million con- tract from Diamond Offshore for the upgrading of four jack-up rigs in July this year.

These contracts were secured as a result of KFELS' high quality services and the outstanding work it is perform- ing on Ocean Baroness, presently in the final stages of an extremely challenging deepwater upgrade in KFELS' Pioneer

Yard in Singapore.

KFELS has been able to provide inno- vative solutions on Ocean Baroness, a

Victory-class semi-submersible which is being enhanced with fifth generation capabilities, allowing it to work in chal- lenging deepwater of up to 6,500 ft and the capability to handle 5,500 tons oper- ating variable deck load.

In the newly awarded contract, Ocean

Rover will undergo an upgrade with specifications similar to the enhanced

Ocean Baroness.

The project is expected to encompass approximately 18 months.

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Iridium Predicts Constellation

To Live Through Mid-2010

Iridium Satellite LLC predicts its con- stellation of satellites will retain mission functionality into the next decade, based on internal analyses of satellite and operational data, as well as an external study by an independent company.

Iridium contracted with The Aero- space Corporation of El Segundo, Calif., to conduct the study, based on several years of actual on-orbit reliability data

January, 2002 provided by Iridium.

The analysis indicated that the Iridium constellation would likely remain viable into the next decade.

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New Board at

Kvaerner Masa-Yards

A new board has been elected at

Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Inc. with Hans

Petter Finne, executive vice president appointed as the chairman of the board.

The members of the board include: or visit

Jorma Eloranta, president and CEO of

Kvaerner Masa-Yards; Finn Berg-

Jacobsen, CFO of Kvaerner ASA; and

Richard Petrie, executive vice presi- dent of Kvaerner Investments. Aarne

Ukkola and Jorma Malinen continue as representatives of the personnel. '.maritimereporterinfo.com

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