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WWS ORDERS FOUR PSVS FROM DAMEN Newly founded offshore support com- pany World Wide Supply (WWS) or- dered four PSV 3300 CD?s with Damen Shipyards. The PSV 3300 CD, built ac- cording to Damen?s E3 principles, is a newly designed PSV for servicing O&G rigs worldwide and is specifically de- signed to perform safely and economi-cally in adverse weather conditions. All four vessels will be built at Damen Ship- yards Galati, Romania. First delivery scheduled for early 2013, last delivery end of 2013. The 80m long vessel has a large, 720 sq. m. main deck. Damen ben- efited from design input from its Norwe- gian client WWS and from operational studies carried out on Damen PSV?s op- erating in the North Sea and in Brazilianwaters. A MILESTONE FOR N-KOM AND INTERSLEEKSeptember 2011 witnessed a milestonefor International Paint and N-KOM, the Nakilat-Keppel Offshore & Marine Lim- ited, Erhama Bin Jaber Al Jalahma Ship- yard, with the coating of three LNG ves- sels marking the application of 10,000liters of Intersleek foul release technol-ogy at the new Qatar facility in less than four months since opening. The Al Mar- rouna and Al Areesh, 151,700 cu. m. sis- ter ships operated and managed byTeekay Marine Management and the 137,354 cu. m. Doha, which is owned by a Japanese consortium led by NipponYusen Kaisha (NYK Line) and managed by NYK LNG Shipmanagement Ltd.,were all repaired with the Intersleek700system within four weeks, completing theprojects ahead of schedule, with the timesavings afforded by the foul release sys- tem a key factor. The Al Marrouna and Al Areesh, coated with the Intersleek700 scheme at new- building in October 2006 and January 2007 respectively, needed only one full coat at this latest docking.CHESAPEAKE TO BUILD 7TH TUG FOR VANE Chesapeake Shipbuilding Corp. of Sal- isbury, MD announced today that it has signed a contract with Vane Brothers of Baltimore, MD to build another new ocean going tug. The new contract repre- sents the 7th tug that Chesapeake Ship- building will have built for Vane Brothers in just over five years. Construction has already begun. The new tugboat, designated Hull 105, will be nearly identical to the previous six tugboats built for Vane Brothers. It will be equipped with twin Caterpillar 3512main engines producing a combined3,000 horsepower, and a single drum hy- draulic winch from JonRie of New Jer- sey. Similar to the previous tugs, the new boat will have comfortable accommoda- tions for seven crew members. The tug will measure 94-ft. long with a 32-ft.beam, and a 13-ft. depth.Each Chesapeake Shipbuilding tug is built in a controlled indoor environment, before being moved and launched into Maryland?s Wicomico River. Chesapeake Shipbuilding has recently made signifi- cant upgrades to its facility to increase its production capacity and efficiency. Chesapeake Shipbuilding designs and builds steel commercial and industrial vessels between 90 and 300 ft. The yard has upgraded its production capacity sig-nificantly in recent years, by building three new hull fabrication buildings and investing in automated equipment. NEWSPEOPLE & COMPANIES 38Maritime Reporter & Engineering News MR Jan.12 # 5 (34-41):MR Template 1/10/2012 3:03 PM Page 38