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An innovative design crew boat was recently launched by Lockheed Martin.

Líder is the first of two SLICE Crew

Transport Vessels (SCTV) the company is building for Hotelería y Servicios

Petroleros, S. A. de C.V. (HSP) of

México. HSP in conjunction with

Consultoría y Servicios Petroleros, S.A. de C.V. (COSEPE) will operate the two vessels, under contract with Mexico's national oil company, Petróleos

Mexicanos (PEMEX), to transport workers and limited cargo from Ciudad del Carmen to the Gulf of Mexico's

Campeche Basin Oil Field, approxi- mately 90 miles offshore.

Built at the FBMA shipyard in the

Philippines, Líder and its sister ship,

Tenaz, which is scheduled to be launched later this spring, feature

Lockheed Martin's innovative SLICE design. The company first used this innovative design for a vessel it devel- oped, built and tested for the United

States Office of Naval Research. Based on Small Waterplane Area Twin Hull (SWATH) design, the SCTV hull form is designed to improve the operational efficiency and lower the costs for

PEMEX by enabling Líder and Tenaz to operate faster in more challenging sea conditions and still provide a safer, more comfortable ride. Following the dock and sea trials over the next several months, Líder and Tenaz will be trans- ported together to Mexico for final delivery to HSP this summer. "Today, and even more so in the future, oil exploration and production demands support vessels to go farther from shore and into deeper waters, often exposing passengers to rougher seas and for longer periods of time. By incorpo- rating the latest technological advance- ments in offshore marine crew trans- portation in decades, Líder and Tenaz will enable HSP to better serve PEMEX by providing safer, more cost-effective, swifter and more comfortable trans- portation." said Carlos Alfaro, chief executive officer of HSP. "We are extremely pleased to launch Líder," said

Dave Broadbent, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin's

Littoral Ships & Systems line of busi- ness. "Not only are we on budget and on time for delivery later this year, but we are providing HSP with an innovative vessel that meets the demanding needs of the offshore industry. The faster, smoother ride of Líder and Tenaz will enable workers to arrive sooner, healthi- er and ready to work." The develop- ment of the detailed engineering and construction work for Líder and Tenaz took place in Baltimore, Md.;

Sunnyvale, Calif.; Cebu, Philippines; and Southampton, U.K. In 2004,

Lockheed Martin was awarded a con- tract for more than $25 million to per- form detailed design, construction, test and delivery of two Small Waterplane

Area Twin Hull (SWATH). Awarded by by Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros, S.

A. de C.V. (HSP), the crew transport vessels will provide service to Mexico's national oil company, PEMEX. The two

SWATH crew transport vessels will safely and swiftly transport people and limited cargo from Ciudad del Carmen to the Campeche Basin Oil Field 90 miles offshore. HSP will operate the two

Lockheed Martin SWATH crew trans- port vessels for PEMEX for five years after delivery. The Lockheed Martin design is based on its SLICE Small

Waterplane Area hull form.

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Offshore Annual

Mexican Rigs First to be Serviced by SLICE

Main Particulars

Length, o.a. 93 ft. (28 m)

Beam 53 ft. (16 m)

Draft 10 ft. (3 m)

Full load displacement 184 long tons

Passengers 150

Crew 6

Main engines2 x Cummins KTA-50 @ 3,600 bhp

Propellers 2 x CPP

Ulstein Design Wins

Big in China

Bourbon signed a contract with Zhejiang

Shipbuilding Co. in China for the con- struction of four Ulstein P105 platform supply vessels (PSVs). The vessels are scheduled to be delivered between

September 2007 and September 2008.

Bourbon has already taken delivery of two type Ulstein P105 vessels from

Ulstein Verft. "We have decided to con- tract four additional equivalent vessels because of the market's response to those vessels and our positive experi- ence with them," said Trond Myklebust, managing director of Bourbon Offshore

Norway. "The (Chinese) yard has proved to us that it can build sophisticated ves- sels with diesel electric propulsion and

DP2. This experience was absolutely vital vis-à-vis this new project," said

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