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The focused-mission ship to be studied is envisioned to be a networked, agile, stealthy surface combatant capable of defeating anti-access and asymmetric threats in the littorals.

Its primary missions would be prose- cution of small boats, mine-countermea- sures, and littoral anti-submarine war- fare.

Loy Nominated for Post

President George W. Bush has nomi- nated James Loy to be the Under Secre- tary of Transportation for Security. Loy, who was formerly the Commandant,

U.S. Coast Guard, has been the Acting

Under Secretary since John Magaw resigned.

Martime Modernization to be Held in D.C.

IDGA's Maritime Modernization con- ference, which will be held in Washing- ton D.C. on January 28 - 29, 2003 will address the transformation of the U.S. maritime domain. Topics to be dis- cussed at this year's conference include: modernizing the Coast Guard through its Deepwater Program, transforming the U.S. Navy through a new family of surface combatant ships and redefining the mission for other various maritime agencies Attending this informative event and hear key leaders and experts like Vice Admiral Thad Allen, U.S.

Coast Guard Chief of Staff and Rear

Admiral Patrick Stillman, PEO for the

Deepwater Program and Congressman

Frank LoBiondo discuss strategies, requirements and capabilities of the maritime community.

Schat-Harding Takes Over

Mulder & Rijke

Lifeboat and davit specialist Schat-

Harding has taken over Dutch lifeboat builder Mulder & Rijke. Schat-Harding will continue to manufacture Mulder &

Rijke lifeboats for the cruise and ferry market and will provide a global after sales service for all Mulder &Rijke

SOLAS products.

The Mulder & Rijke order book for the cruise and ferry market consists mainly of large orders for the Italian Fincantieri group, which is building a series of cruise vessels for the Holland America

Line. The HAL order is the single largest order for lifeboats currently in the market, for four ultra-large cruise ships plus two options.

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Wynn to Supply Wipers

For RoRos

Wynn Marine is set to supply the win- dow wiper systems for three technologi- cally advanced high-speed RoRo vessels currently in production at the Dalian

Shipyard in China, and owned by the

Swedish shipping company, Stena. The first of the vessels. Stena Foreteller is due for delivery to the owner during

November 2002, while the remaining two vessels should be delivered soon afterwards. A combination of wiper sys- tems will be used with each vessel being fitted with 25 Type 1762 systems and eight Type C systems. Both come from

Wynn's Ocean Range of wipers systems, which are aimed at the commercial mar- ket. Wynn Marine has designed a new one motor, dual window wiper system for a new ferry being built for the Shet- land Islands Council. 'Filla' is the second of a pair of vessels out of the Northern

Shipyards, Gdansk, Poland and is due for delivery in April 2003.

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