Maritime Reporter, July 1994

<BODY> <div> Daewoo Wins $100 Million In Containership Contracts From Canada Maritime Daewoo Shipbuilding & Heavy Machinery Ltd. signed a contract with Canada Maritime Service Lim- ited for the construction of two 2,200-TEU containerships. The new containerships will fea- ture satellite navigational equip- ment as well as the latest in envi- ronmental protection equipment. The Sulzer 7RTA72U engines for the containerships have been de- signed for 28,000-hp, 5,000 more than others of the same class. The twin ships will each be 708 ft. long (216 m) and travel at speeds of 20 knots. Daewoo has also contracted with the National Navigation Com- pany of Egypt to build a $30 million Panamax bulk carrier. For more information on Daewoo, Circle 26 on Reader Service Card Sperry Wins Sea-Land Orders; Names New Facility Sperry Marine Inc. received an order from Japanese shipyard IHI for complete integrated bridges to be fitted on four new 4,000-TEU containerships being built for Sea- Land Service Inc. Delivery of the new vessels is expected to begin in June of 1995. Also, Sperry Marine Inc. selected Naval Dockyard Sdn. Bhd. of Lumut, Malaysia as its Pacific Rim gyrocompass overhaul and repair center. Under the agreement Na- val Dockyard will be responsible for repair and overhaul of Sperry Ma- rine commercial and naval gyro- compasses through its Sperry Ma- rine certified maintenance facility. In addition, Naval Dockyard will be responsible for gyrocompass ser- vice within Malaysia. For more information on Sperry Marine, Circle 24 on Reader Service Card Singmarine And Textron Sign Hovercraft Agreement Singmarine Industries Ltd., a subsidiary of Keppel Corp., said its subsidiary has entered into a li- censing arrangement with Textron Marine Systems to build hovercraft for a number of Southeast Asian countries. Singmarine Dockyard & Engineering Pte. Ltd. will have exclusive rights to build the multi- purpose C7 hovercraft at its yards, with full Textron support. The interior of the hovercraft can be customized to meet specific needs like a VIP transporter, a business class watertaxi, a rapid cargo car- rier, and a rescue and fire-fighting craft. For more information on Singmarine, Circle 46 on Reader Service Card For more information on Textron, Circle 47 on Reader Service Card COMSAT Adds Data Transmission Service COMSAT Mobile Communica- tions introduced a duplex high-speed data service (DHSD) service in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) through its Anatolia land earth stations in Turkey. Ships can now send and receive large data files as well as compressed video and studio-quality audio from virtually anywhere on the high seas. The new service's coverage in- cludes all of Asia, Africa, W. Europe and W. Australia. Maritime cover- age includes all of the Indian Ocean, the Mediterranean and North Seas and portions of the E. Atlantic and W. Pacific Oceans. For more information on COMSAT's new service, Circle 93 on Reader Service Card The Search For Spare Parts Made Easier By ILS Inventory Locator Services, Inc. now provides direct point-to-point communications capabilities for its worldwide marine parts database users. The new service, named ILS Direct, enables ILS users around the world to communicate with each other using private electronic mail- boxes residing on the ILS mainframe computer. In addition, users can access a fax server from a PC to send messages to almost any fax machine in the world, or to send multiple faxes virtually simultaneously. ILS users access the information from remote locations using a PC modem. Users can search the data- bases to locate needed items in sec- onds. With ILS Direct, users can incorporate the information directly from the parts search report, and create electronic messages to trans- mit to any or all of the suppliers they select. ILS Direct software is de- signed to help users organize their buying and selling services. For more information on the ser- vices of ILS, Circle 72 on Reader Service Card OMI To Sell Three U.S.-Flag Single-Hull Tankers OMI Corp. signed a memoran- dum of agreement with Kirby Corp. for the sale of three of its U.S.-flag single-hull tankers. Each of the three 1969-built tank- ers has a total capacity of 266,000 barrels with a deadweight tonnage of 37,853. Kirby Corp. is a marine transpor- tation company engaged through its subsidiaries in the operation of ves- sels on the inland waterway system of the U.S. and in the U.S. coastwise and foreign trade. OMI's fleet, including vessels on order and vessels chartered-in, cur- rently totals 48 ships. Bollinger CEO Is Propeller Club's Man Of The Year Donald "Boysie" Bollinger, chairman and CEO of Bollinger Machine Shop & Shipyard, Inc., was honored as this year's Man of the Year at the Propeller Club's gala dinner/dance, which was held in New Orleans on Saturday, May 21. Mr. Bollinger is also chairman of the board of Chand Corporation, a trading company specializing in in- tegrated logistics support of both foreign and domestic marine op- erations. He also serves on the board of Tidewater Inc. and Pre- mier Bancorp, Inc. Other profes- sional commitments include: boards of directors of the Shipbuilders Council of America and the Coast Guard Foundation, and former board member of the Offshore Ma- rine Services Association, among many others. •ELECTRICAL SHIPBOARD CABLES •PORTABLE CORDS & POWER CABLES •INDUSTRIAL CABLES & BUILDING WIRE *WELDING & MINING CABLES •CONTROL & SIGNAL CABLES •COMMUNICATION, ELECTRONIC & COAXIAL CABLES More Than 45 Years Of Dependable Service! L.F. GAUBERT & GO. INC. P.O. BOX 50500 • NEW ORLEANS, LA • 70150 Phone: (504) 822-7272 Fax: (504) 821 -8308 Circle 232 on Reader Service Card Gibbs & Cox, Inc. 50 W23 St. NY, NY 10010 Engineering and Design Support To Shipbuilders Around the World Since 1929 Arlington, Va Brunswick, Me. Pascagoula, Ms. July, 1994 Circle 269 on Reader Service Card 23 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>