Dravo Corporation recently received a contract from the Chang Jiang Shipping Administration of the People's Republic of China to provide technical assistance and equipment for towboat communications.
Dravo will provide engineering, installation guidance, training coordination and equipment for ship-to-shore radio communications for riverboats operating on the Chang Jiang (Yangtze River).
Financial terms were not disclosed.
In other related business with the Chinese, Dravo has built four 6,000-bhp river towboats, which are enroute to China, and has provided the Chinese with operations training and on-site technical assistance.
Dravo, based in Pittsburgh, is a diversified engineering and construction, manufacturing, natural resources, t r a n s p o r t a t i o n , and equipment company.
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