Maritime Reporter, August, 2005

<BODY> <div> August 2005 17 Rickmers-Linie Orders Four Ships Rickmers-Linie, the Hamburg based global breakbulk, heavy lift and project specialist, has ordered four 24,000-ton, 175 x 26.5 m multipurpose heavy lift vessels from the SADRA Shipyard in Busheher. They are scheduled for deliv- ery between July 2007 and July 2008. The newbuildings have been purpose- designed to carry breakbulk, heavy lift and project cargo. Once delivered, the new vessels will be deployed in Rickmers-Linie's project and heavy lift liner service between the US/Europe and the Middle East/India. Tidewater to Sell Six KMAR 404 Vessels Tidewater intends to sell six of its KMAR 404 class of Anchor Handling Towing Supply vessels to Deep Sea Supply ASA for a total cash price of $188 million. The transaction will result in an approximate $112 million taxable gain, but no cash taxes will be due because of the availability of net operat- ing loss carryforwards. Multraship buys Bulgarian Towage Company Multraship Towage & Salvage pur- chased Bulgarian towage and salvage operator Bourgas Tug Services. BTS provides harbor towage, local salvage and line handling services in and around the Bulgarian port of Bourgas. It has a fleet of four tugboats ranging from 1,500 - 4,300 bhp and 50 employees. Multraship is a leading independent Dutch towage and salvage company. It operates and manages a fleet of 26 tugs, salvage vessels, floating sheerlegs and other craft. DD(X) Ready for Detail Design and Production The DD(X) National Team, led by Northrop Grumman Corporation and Raytheon Company, in partnership with General Dynamics, BAE Systems and Lockheed Martin, has completed the ini- tial design review for the overall system design for the DD(X) multi-mission destroyer. The event demonstrated that the program is ready for the Flag level review in September and that the DD(X) Flight 1 system design is ready to enter detail design. Conducted June 28 and 29, the initial critical design review was a DD(X) Phase III program event that addressed the total system's design maturity and overall progress made to date on DD(X) engineering-development models. Representing the full spectrum of advanced technologies to be integrated into the ship, the engineering develop- ment models are elements of the Navy's risk-reduction strategy for the Flight 1 ship design. "The critical design review addressed an unprecedented level of total-system physical and function design, including ship, shore and mission systems," said Navy Cmdr. Jim Syring, PMS 500 DD(X) technical director. The DD(X) engineering-development models comprise hardware and software components, which have already been built, tested and reviewed by the National Team and the Navy. Examples include the integrated deckhouse and apertures, total ship computing environ- ment, dual-band radar system, integrat- ed under-sea warfare system, MK 57 advanced, vertical launching system, automated gun system and wave-pierc- ing tumblehome hull. Circle 238 on Reader Service Card MR AUGUST 2005 #3 (17-24).qxd 8/4/2005 5:44 PM Page 17 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>