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One of the rigs departs for sea trials. successful completion of these rigs — a brand new market for Cianbro."

The first of the two rigs, named Pride

Rio de Janeiro, left port in February 2004, embarking on a 20-day trip to

Curacaco for sea trials. The second.

Pride Portland, completed sea trials off the Maine coast in mid-May. Both rigs are built for warm water exploration and the rigs' owners hope to obtain contracts to use at least one of the rigs off the east coast of South America. Housing crews of more than a hundred people each, two sister rigs, built in Korea by Daewoo, are already on the job.

Derek Leach, project director for

Petrodrill, said. "It is noteworthy that

Cianbro's first oil rig construction proj- ect was anything but easy, however, their team managed to rise to the chal- lenge and helped bring this complex project to conclusion while achieving a high standard of safety and quality. It is fair to state that despite all the obstacles that had to be overcome the two rigs as delivered have achieved a standard every bit as good as that attained by the two sister vessels."

As for Cianbro, Vigue is already look- ing for the next big project for his com- pany to tackle with its maritime creden- tials. He has his eye on something the person on the street would much more readily recognize as a ship — the SS

United States.

By Benjamin D. Hutchins (All Photos by James Moscone)

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