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The vessels, construction of which will commence in Nantong, China at the end of 2010, are under China Classification

Society class and are rated ICE 1B. They will feature a fully open stern, DP-2 dy- namic positioning capability and opti- mised ballast tank design. They will be capable of float-on/float-off, stern load- out and float-over operations.

Navy Contract for Energy

Conservation Project

Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) won a contract by the U.S. Naval Surface War- fare Center, Carderock Division (NSW-

CCD), to assess and apply Advanced

Waste Heat Recovery (AWHR) technol- ogy to Military Sealift Command (MSC) ships. The contract involves a two-phase approach. In phase one, MLL will con- duct a detailed analysis to determine which MSC ships will generate the great-

NEWS PEOPLE & COMPANIES

Still a Mystery after 35 years

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

On November 10, 1975, in the most famous shipwreck in Great Lakes history, the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in a storm on Lake

Superior. Now in conjunction with its anniversary of the ship sinking, Southport Video Productions, a film company special- izing in documentaries on shipwrecks and lighthouses, released a program titled The Edmund Fitzgerald Controversy. “This is by far our most detailed and comprehensive look at this great ship’s story,” says Southport producer Mark C.

Gumbinger of www.edmundfitzgerald.com, who produced and directed three earlier entries on the Edmund Fitzgerald.

The latest film presents new interview material filmed for this program, with updated theories about what actually brought the Edmund Fitzgerald to the bottom of Lake Superior on that terrible, stormy night.”

Thanks to the popular 1976 song by singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot, the story of the Edmund Fitzgerald has reached and maintained legendary status in Great Lakes maritime lore. The gigantic ore carrier, at one time the largest ship on the Great

Lakes and holder of numerous tonnage records, was caught up in a vicious November storm on Lake Superior and, after hours of battling high winds and 30-foot waves, suddenly disappeared from radar without so much as a single warning or SOS from its captain or crew.

Available on DVD at www.edmundfitzgerald.com, or by calling

Telephone: 1-800-642-9860