Maritime Reporter, October 1993

<BODY> <div> Contract Awards Yard Vessel Name/Type/Work Contract Amount Bender Shipbuilding & Repair Co. (Mobile, Ala.) SS Cape Jacob and SS Cape John/Submarines/Topside Repairs $1,649,648 Bethlehem Steel Corp. (Port Aurthur, Texas) SS Pioneer Crusader Submarine/Drydock Repairs $860,431 Braswell Services Group, Inc. (Charleston, S.C.) USS Moosbrugger (DD 980) Submarine/Restricted Availability $180,557 Continental Maritime of San Diego, Inc. (San Diego, Calif.] USS Duncan/Submarine Selected Restricted Availability $1,478,201 « // USS Mahlon S. Tisdale/Submarine Selected Restricted Availability $1,289,902 // // USS Sides/Submarine Selected Restricted Availability $2,034,749 Detyens Shipyards, Inc. (Mt. Pleasant, S.C.) USS Halyburton Submarine/Selected Restriced Availability $118,748 Dreadnought Marine, Inc. (Norfolk, Va.) USCG Mid-Period $96,460 General Dynamics Corp. N/A/Maintenance, Repair, Alterations, Testing (Groton, Conn.) and Routine Work During Selected Restricted Availability $4,582,846 Honolulu Marine, Inc. (Honolulu, Hawaii) USCGC Kiska Drydock and Repair $267,309 KMD Ship Repair of Cape USNS Vanguard Canaveral, Inc. (Cape Canaveral, Fla.) Shell Plating Reinforcement $57,500 Master Marine, Inc. (Bayou La Batre, Ala.) N/A/Repair and Overhaul $181,000 Metal Trades, Inc. (Hollywood, Calif.) SS Cape Farewell Submarine/Deactivation Repairs $1,997,282 National Steel & Shipbuilding Co. (San Diego, Calif.) CBE 334 & CIN 723 Regular Overhaul $118,748 Orange Shipbuilding Co. (Orange, Texas) Twin-Screw Towboat Design, Construct, Test and Deliver $1,833,000 Promet Marine Services Corp. CT-2 POC K (East Providence, R.I.) Drydock, Hull and Misc. Repairs and Preservation $119,635 San Pedro Boat Works (San Pedro, Calif.) USS Antietam/Submarine Misc. Structure/Boat Repair $71,434 Service Engineering Co. (San Francisco, Calif.) USNS Mars Post- Shipyard Availability $776,203 Contracts To Be Awarded Vessel/Work Contact USCG Barque Eagle/Dockside Repairs Dennis Culliton, tel: (212) 668-6273 USCG Boutwell/Dry Dock Repairs Michael Gabisch, tel: (510) 437-3997 USS Caron/Misc. Repairs, Including Drydocking Priscilla Tarr, tel: (804) 396-7768 David Starr Jordon Sol/Drydock and Repairs Carl Currah, tel: (206) 526-6380 USCGC Diligence/Dockside Repair Renee Feddern, tel: (21 2) 668-3375 or V. Nemara tel: (212) 668-3455 USCGC Vigilant/Drydock and Repair Pyong N. Ko, tel: (212) 668-6271 or Michael E. Monahan, tel: (212) 668-6274 Waxahachie (YTB-814)/Misc. Topside,Bottomside Repairs Dwight N. Jakson, tel: (808) 474-5502 66 Chevron Christens New Tanker, The Condoleezza Rice Chevron's newest tanker was christened th Condoleezza Rice, after Dr. Condoleezza Rice, director of Chevron, in a ceremony at the Ishikawajim do Brasil Estaleiros S.A. (Ishibras) shipyard in Rio d Janeiro, Brazil. The Condoleezza Rice is the last of three identics 136,000-dwt double-hull tankers built by Ishibras and the 10th double-hull tanker in Chevron's curren fleet. It and its sisterships have a capcity to hold on million barrels of crude oil. The addition bring; Chevron's total fleet to 40 ships. Trade Delegation To Promote U.S. Equip- ment And Services In Middle East The U.S. Department of Commerce will lead a Matchmaker Trade Delegation to promote U.S. Oil, Gas, & Petrochemical Equipment and Services to Kuwait City, Jeddah, Yanbu, and Dharan, January 29-February 8, 1994. Open to the first 20 qualified U.S. firms, this delegation will "match" U.S. business executives with potential agents, distributors, licens- ees, or joint venture partners. Kuwait and Saudi Arabia offer excellent long-term market opportunities for American suppliers. Since Kuwait's liberation, estimated imports of oil equip- ment and services have totaled more than $2 billion. The Government of Kuwait is expected to spend an additional $6 billion before 1998. Dharan-based Saudi Aramco is in the midst of a $24 billion expan- sion program. The sign-up deadline is November 23, 1993. Contact: Pompeya Lambrecht, Matchmaker: Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, U.S. Dept. of Commerce, 14th and Constitution, room H2012, Washington, D.C. 20230; tel: (202) 482-1794; fax: (202) 482-0178. Alfa Laval Names Alfa Tec Distributor Alfa Tec, Inc. of Seattle has been named the new authorized Alfa Laval distributor for the Northwest. Alfa Tec will carry Alfa Laval's line of oil separa- tors, plate heat exchangers, MOATTI self-cleaning filters and DESALT watermakers to customers in Washington, Oregon and Alaska. Alfa Tec is headed by Kevin Oakley and John Case, who bring many years of experience with Alfa Laval equipment to marine and specifically fishing customers in the North- west. For more information about Alfa Laval products, Circle 51 on Reader Service Card Gas Turbine-Powered Fast Ferry Aquastrada Enters Commercial Service The Aquastrada monohull passenger ferry recently became the first gas turbine-powered fast ferry to enter commercial service. The ferry is powered by MTU combined diesel and gas turbine (CODAG) propulsion package. The Aquastrada's CODAG pro- pulsion system includes a General Electric LM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine module, and two MTU diesel engines. During sea trials conducted in June, the ferry achieved 43 knots at 90 percent power. "The outstanding performance of the LM2500 dur- ing the Aquastrada sea trials...further demonstrates how gas turbines are revolutionizing and gaining acceptance in the rapidly growing commercial marine propulsion market," said John Ferrera, GE Marine & Industrial Engines (M&I) manager of Europe, the Mideast and Africa sales and market development. The Aquastrada was built by the Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SPA shipyard in Genoa, Italy, for owner Tirrenia Lines. For more information on GE Marine & Industrial Engines, Circle 50 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>