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Bruce Named Managing Dir. For IRI's London Office Captain David Bruce has been appointed managing director of the London office of International Reg- istries Inc. He will be responsible for safety inspections and vessel registration, and will act as advisor to the Liberian delegation to the International Maritime Organiza- tion (IMO). Capt. Bruce, who joins IRI from his post as chief marine surveyor for the Isle of Man government, previously served with IRI. He was employed by Liberian Services Ltd. from 1972 to 1991 in various capaci- ties. He has been vice chairman of IMO's Containers and Cargoes Di- vision II and has also served on the Maritime Safety Committee. Dockwise Tows Presidential Yacht To Italian Yard Dockwise NV, which claims to operate the largest fleet of semi- submersible heavy-lift vessels in the world, has been contracted by the U.S.S. Williamsburg Corpora- tion for the carriage of the 240-ft. (73.1-m) historic presidential yacht Williamsburg aboard the heavy-lift vessel Super Servant 3. The former "floating White House," built in 1931, will be re- stored to its former condition. Valdettaro Shipyard of Italy has been commissioned for the $65 mil- lion restoration, and the yacht re- portedly arrived there safely. The completion of the Williamsburg will take two years. The recommissioning of the yacht will take place on July 4, 1996 in Washington, D.C. For more information on Dockwise Circle 137 on Reader Service Card NKK To Build Icebreaking Patrol Ship For Safety Agency Japan's Maritime Safety Agency has commissioned NKK Corp., re- portedly Japan's only shipbuilder with icebreaking expertise, to build a 500-dwt icebreaking patrol ship. To be built at NKK's Tsurumi Works in Yokohama, it is sched- uled for delivery in October 1995. NKK has previously built seven vessels in this category, a company spokesman said. Two have been highly successful Antarctic obser- vation ships; another, the Aurora, built in 1990, was Japan's first sightseeing cruise icebreaker and is in service off the northeastern coast of Hokkaido. The same icebreaking and ice- resistant shipbuilding technology was used by NKK in building the super CIDS (concrete island drill- ing system) offshore oil platform now operating in the Beaufort Sea August, 1994 off northern Alaska. The new vessel will be capable of navigating through ice nearly two ft. thick, or in charging mode will be able to crush through ice beds of more than 2.5 ft. thick. The ship will be 180 ft. (54.9 m) long by 33.5 ft. (10.2 m) wide and have a depth of 16.4 ft. (5 m). For more information on NKK Circle 135 on Reader Service Card Brynn Foss Joins Foss's Los Angeles Fleet Foss Maritime Company added the Brynn Foss to its fleet in Los Angeles/Long Beach. The Brynn Foss, a 3,500-hp cyc- loidal propulsion tractor tug, was moved from San Francisco Bay, where it operated for nearly a year. The tug will join the Pacific Escort, a 3,500-hp cycloidal propulsion trac- tor tug already working in the Los Angeles/Long Beach area. Due to their cycloidal propulsion systems, tractor tugs can produce thrust in any direction, and Foss's studies have reportedly shown these tugs as extremely effective in re- tarding the speed of a tanker under way. Foss owns a total of nine tractor tugs. MAR Wins Gov't Contracts Worth Over $30 Million MAR, Inc. of Rockville, Md. has been awarded three major naval engineering and marine operations contracts by agencies of the U.S. Krupp MaK Supplies Gensets To Ukraine-Built Reefers Krupp MaK has succeeded in winning an order for the supply of eight diesel generator sets of the hew type 6 M 20 for reefer vessels of the Greek shipping company Laskaridis, one of the world's larg- est shipping companies for reefer vessels. The two vessels are the first in a planned series of 10. They will be built by the shipyard 61 Kommunare in Nikolaiev, Ukraine. Eight en- gines will be used with a total out- put of eight MW. These will provide the electric power supply for the vessels, especially for the extensive refrigerating plant. The gensets for the first vessel will be supplied to the shipyard in 1994. This brings the total number of M 20 engines sold since its market introduction in 1992 to more than 200. For more information on Krupp MaK Circle 134 on Reader Service Card government. The U.S. Customs Ser- vice (USCS) has awarded MAR a four-year contract valued at nearly $25 million for national marine ves- sel maintenance. MAR will maintain approxi- mately 150 vessels ready for law enforcement operations, including a property inventory management and accounting system. From the Environmental Protec- tion Agency (EPA), MAR won a five- year contract valued at $7.5 million to continue operation and mainte- nance of the Peter W. Anderson, a survey vessel equipped and crewed to conduct offshore scientific data collection. MAR will provide the necessary personnel, services, ma- terial and equipment to provide op- erations program support, mainte- nance, modification and overhaul of the vessel. The vessel is used for at- sea survey of ocean dump sites, moni- toring coastal waters and investi- gating hazardous materials spills. The third contract was awarded to a joint venture between MAR and ManTech Services Corporation of Fairfax, Va. by the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Divi- sion, Carderock, Md. The three- year contract will furnish a mix of naval architecture, marine engi- neering, system analysis, systems definition, acquisition and planning and other technical support for vari- ous programs. 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