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Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA) Inc. Phone:1-212-759-4950 Fax:1-212-759-6421

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company (NASSCO) delivered the

Alaskan Frontier, the first of four

Alaska-class double-hull oil tankers being built for BP Oil Shipping

Company, USA. Touted as state-of-the- art ships and environmentally friendly — backed by an innovative diesel-elec- tric propulsion system, with redundant engines, shafts and screws, significantly increases reliability and reduces air emissions and maintenance downtime — the ship has been designed for a life of 35 years with a deck structure designed for a life of 50 years.

The ship uses seawater instead of oil to cool and lubricate their propeller shafts, thus eliminating the possibility of acci- dental oil leaks. Their cargo piping, nor- mally installed on the deck, is inside the cargo tanks, to reduce the risk of small spills. "NASSCO was acquired by

General Dynamics in 1998 and they have invested more than $120 million since then to improve our shipbuilding technologies and production efficien- cies," said Richard Vortmann, NASS-

CO president. "BP is the first customer to fully benefit from this investment."

These double-hull ships measure 941 x 164 ft. (287 x 50 m) and boast a capaci- ty of 1.3 million barrels of oil. The design of the tankers in the Alaska Class allows maximum flexibility for oil deliv- eries from Alaska to West Coast ports, including BP refineries in Los Angeles,

Calif., and Cherry Point, Wash. The four ships are scheduled to be delivered between now and the end of 2006. Once completed, the four BP ships will be operated by the Alaska Tanker Company of Beaverton, Oregon, which operates

BP-chartered tankers used in the Alaska

North Slope trade. Alaska Tanker

Company is 25 percent owned by BP.

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Hopper Dredge

Alabama Shipyard has contracted with

Manson Construction Co. to build a hop- per dredge at its facility in Mobile, Ala.

The 12,000-cu.-yd. hopper dredge, designed by Hal Hockema & Associates of Seattle, Wash., will measure 390 x 76 x 30 ft. Engineering and Planning for the •HE Kawasaki

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