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we cm TELLYOU HOWMANY TIMES WE'VE BEEN SHAFTED. Dependable Cutless® brand bearings from BFGoodrich are a marine tradition. People stand in line to give us the shaft. But we don't mind. Because water-lubricated Cutless brand bearings made by BFGoodrich can take any- thing a rotating shaft can dish out. Over a wide range of pressures and speeds. The exclusive water wedge are rolled into th<- waler grooves design of Cudess bearings com- and nUsh«ia»a> with,,,,, damag-. pletely separates the rotating shaft from the bearing surface. Allowing spe- cially formulated BFGoodrich resilient rubber grooves to channel the flow of water, flushing away dirt and grit. Tough Cudess brand bearings are in demand for two very good rea- sons. They work. And they last. You'll find them in yards and marine stores Water Water wedge forms Soft . , ... r n r Groove lubricating film Rubber around the world, in a lull range of shaft diameters and load capacities. Isn't it time you gave them a whirl? Lucian Q. Moffitt, Inc., P.O. Box 1415, Akron, Ohio 44309. For a quick solution to a specific bearing problem, call 216-733-9955. ® Cutless — a registered trademark of BFGoodrich Circle 315 on Reader Service Card ON THE COVER Inland Waterways/ Great Lakes Yards Review PAGE 18 AWO Perspective PAGE 12 Avondale Awarded Navy Contract For $321 Million Ogden Corporation announced recently that its subsidiary, Avon- dale Shipyards, Inc., has been awarded a contract to build a fleet oiler (TAO) for the US Navy with Navy options for two additional TAOs increasing the contract to $321 million. The new work will fol- low four similar TAOs being con- structed at Avondale. Avondale's backlog potential now exceeds $1.5 billion, including more than $1 billion represented by firm commitments. The new contract, like most of the backlog, provides for escalation in the cost of labor and materials. Automar III Awarded $17.1-Million Contract Automar III Corporation, Wash- ington, D.C., was recently awarded a $17,102,005 firm-fixed-price con- tract for the time charter of the M/V Ferncarrier, a Norwegian-flag heavy-lift, float on/float off (FO/ FO) ship. The Ferncarrier will be changed to a U.S.-flag vessel prior to delivery to the Military Sealift Command. The ship will be assigned to the Near Term Prepositioning Force, Diego Garcia, in the Indian Ocean. The contract period is 18 months beginning between January 27 and February 5, 1986. The delivery port is Charleston, S.C. Approximately 300 offers were solicited and eight bids were received. Contract funds would not have expired at the end of the current fiscal year. The Military Sealift Command, located in Wash- ington, D.C., is the contracting ac- tivity (N00033-85-C-1007). 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