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Trico Marine Takes Delivery on

New Platform Supply Vessel

Trico Marine Services, Inc., has taken delivery on

Northern Canyon, a 279-ft. (85-m) UT 745 design plat- form supply vessel (PSV). The vessel is designed to serve deepwater markets worldwide. Built in Norway,

Northern Canyon is equipped with a DP2 (dynamic positioning) system and is among the largest, most technologically advanced PSVs available in the indus- try.

The vessel, which will be deployed initially in the

North Sea, is quipped as a remotely operated vehicle vessel to perform subsea construction work globally; it has been awarded a three-year contract by Canyon-Off- shore, Inc. Trico is scheduled to take delivery of a sec- ond 279-ft. (85-m) PSV in September 2002. The com- pany also expects to receive of three new generation 155-ft. (47.2-m) crewboats designed to transport per- sonnel and oilfield products and supplies to offshore drilling and production platforms.

Halter Lays Keel for Army's ELSV

HMI. a division of Friede Goldman Halter, Inc. laid the keel of the U.S. Army's Tank and Automotive Com- mand (TACOM) new Enhanced Logistic Vessel (ELSV) — supporting TACOM logistical efforts on a worldwide basis.

The completed vessels will be 314 ft. (95.7 m), have a 60-ft. (18.2 m) beam and an overall depth of 19 ft. (5.7 m) will encompass a construction time of approx- imately two years.

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Kvaerner Masa-Yards Signs

Letter of Intent

The Norwegian shipowner Color Line AS and

Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland have signed a Letter of Intent according to which the parties agree that

Color Line will purchase and Kvaerner Masa-Yards will design, build and deliver a cruise passenger ferry.

The Letter of Intent is subject to financing and of a mutually satisfactory shipbuilding contract. The value of the vessel is about $297 million. The parties will work in an exclusive basis towards finalizing the ship- building contract by October 15, 2002.

Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan

Shipyard Prepare for Deliveries

A pair of self-dumping hopper barges are shaping up in one building shed at the Guangzhou Panyu Lingshan

Shipyard on the shore of the Pearl River, while a 62 x 15 ft. (19 x 4.5-m) patrol launch for the Hong Kong

Immigration Department awaits the installation of a pair of Cummins QSK19 engines with 3:1 ZF gears in an adjacent shed. The launch, built to Hong Kong

Marine Department standards, has a pair of Cum- mins/Onan generator sets and a 15-knot running speed.

On the inland side of the building sheds, steel is being cut and shaped for additional projects. At the fit- ting out dock, a 96-ft. (29.4-m) tug, with an 28-ft. (8.7- m) beam and a molded depth of 13-ft. (4.1-m), is hav- ing a pair of 12-cylinder 1,200-hp Cummins KTA38-

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IHI Delivers Large Ferry

To Domestic Owner

Ishikawajima-Harima Heavy Industries Co., Ltd. (IHI) has delivered the 18,255-gt car/passenger ferry,

Lilac, to its owner Shin-Nihonkai Ferry Co., Ltd. of

Japan. The ferry, which is the first of two for the owner, had its keel laid at the IHI Yokohama Shipyard in June 2001 and was then launched in September of the same year. The ferry was then towed to IHI Amtec

Co., Ltd.. an IHI subsidiary company located in Aioi,

Hyogo Perfecture, for fabrication of the superstruc- tures and outfitting work, entering service between

Niigata and Otaru, Hokkaido, on April 5, 2002. To provide diverse passengers with increased comfort and satisfaction during a voyage, Lilac has more private cabins than the previous ferries. Barrier-free inboard design is another provision for disabled persons; wide doorways and corridors are featured along with auto- matically operated doors. The new hull design has been developed for decreased fuel consumption after studying the hull forms of the previous ferries built by

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