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AMFELS Delivers Rig

AMFELS Inc. delivered on time, and on budget, a KFELS MOD V "B" class ultra premium jack-up drilling unit to a subsidiary of ENSCO. ENSCO 105 is the second MOD V "B" new generation deep-well drilling rig that has been com- pleted. The total cost of construction and outfitting for the ENSCO 105 was in excess of $100 million, of which work performed by AMFELS formed a major portion. The first KFELS MOD V "B" was Chiles Discovery (now renamed

ENSCO 104) built and delivered by

Keppel FELS in Singapore in March this year, and currently deployed in the

Bayu-Undan field in Timor Sea for

Phillips Petroleum Company.

I neat Confirms

U.S. Military Contract

Incat has confirmed a contract with the

U.S. Military. Military Sealift Com- mand, Washington, D.C., is the contract- ing arm that will lease the craft from

Bollinger/Incat USA, LLC, Lockport,

La., to support U.S. Navy Mine Warfare

Command. The craft will be developed from a part built commercial vessel (Incat Hull 061) currently under con- struction at the Hobart, Tasmania ship- yard with delivery of the vessel to Ingle- side, Texas in June, 2003.

Incat's U.S. Military Project Manager

Nick Wells said: "Once commissioned, the vessel is expected to serve as an interim replacement for the U.S. Navy

Mine Countermeasure support ship

Inchon. The craft will also serve as a platform to conduct a .series of limited objective experiments, exercises, demonstrations and training events determined by the Navy Warfare Devel- opment Command and the Marine

Corps Combat Development Com- mand."

The ship will be capable of maintain- ing an average speed of 35 knots or greater, loaded with 500 short tons, con- sisting of 350 personnel and military equipment. A minimum operating range of 1,100 n.m. at 35 knots, is required by the contract, as is a minimum transit range of 4,000 n.m. at an average speed of 20 knots.

President and Proprietor of TOTE Passes Away

Robert B. "Bob" McMillen, born

July 10, 1935, died October 12, 2002 at his home in Bellevue, Wash., following an extended illness. "There were three very distinct things that marked Bob's life," said Mike Garvey, who, along with Bob and other businessmen, pur- chased Totem Ocean Trailer Express 20 years ago in October, becoming Totem

Resources Corporation, then SaltChuk

Resources. "First, he was totally com- mitted to the business," referring to

Bob's 17 years as TOTE's president until 1993 and executive of TOTE's holding company until his death. "Bob understood that you only suc- ceed by working with other people," said Stan Barer, another 20-year owner of TOTE. "He was an eloquent man; maybe not in speeches and such, but if you watched what he did, you didn't care what he said."

Carnival Takes Conquest

Carnival Cruise Lines took delivery of the 110,000-ton Carnival Conquest.

Billed as the largest "Fun Ship" ever constructed, the Carnival Conquest's official ceremonies were held at the Fin- cantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy. /^IHCMIIVIE

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