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ing, 909 SE 1st Ave., Miami, Fla. 33131-3050, tel: (305) 536-7258; fax (305) 536-7259. MarAd Offers Vessel Data The complete card file of the U.S. Vessel Status Cards maintained by the MarAd is now available via CD ROM. The file, which includes over 9,600 vessels, dates prior to 1920. The cards include the vessel name, official number, type, deadweight tonnage, gross tons, hull no., net tons, as well as the dates and names of operators, renaming, and other renaming, and other miscellaneous information. CDs are available for $100 each. For information, contact: Rob- ert L. Brown, Division of Statisti- cal Analysis, Room 8107, 400 7th Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590, tel: (202) 366-2267. Libra lb Spend $330M On Ships The Libra Group, a Brazilian transportation corporation, an- nounced plans to spend $330 mil- lion on a six-ship newbuilding project. 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Box 597, La Conner, Washington 98257 Phone: (206) 466-5925 or (360) 466-5925 • Fax: (206) 466-5921 or (360) 466-5921 Circle 301 on Reader Service Card Brazil trades. The other three wil be 1,600-TEU capacity ships anc will be put into separate service, tw< dedicated to Libra's operation be tween Brazil and the west coast o South America, and the third as signed to another Libra unit Paulista, a carrier offering full con tainer service between Brazil ant Mediterranean ports. The vessels will be built in Brazil by Industrial Verolme-Ishibras (IVI) and will fl; the Brazilian flag. Construction ii to begin shortly, with delivery to b< effected before the end of 1997, witl the remaining five to be completet in tandem thereafter. NNS In Computerized Ship Design Project Deal A six-company team — includinj Newport News Shipbuilding (NNS) Intergraph, Bath Iron Works, Gen eral Dynamics Electric Boat Div. Ingalls Shipbuilding, and Advancei Management Catalyst, a busines consulting agency at the Universit; of Michigan — has been chosen t receive a U. S. government grant tha is geared to revolutionize the desigi and construction of ships throug] the use of shared computer informa tion. The project was awarded un der a shared cost arrangement wit] the Advanced Research Project Agency (ARPA). The team will use the grant t implement what is known as Stan dards for the Exchange of Produc Model Data (STEP). Once imple mented, STEP that will enable com plete exchanges of digital ship com puter models between companie using different computer modelin systems, helping to reduce costs an increase efficiencies. "When the shipyard needed equip ment to meet design requirements STEP would allow it to transfer dat directly to the suppliers. The result ing equipment design, cost and dt livery schedule would be transferre back to the shipyard and loaded int the ship design. This process woul be accomplished in less time an with less human error than the cui rent paper-based process," saidDai Wooley, engineering supervisoi NNS. NNS also received funds ur der the ARPA program for the d( sign of a new, market-driven, cosi competitive LNG ship. The pre posed funding, subject to negotu tion, is $7.85 million for that projec Ed Waryas, director, commerce marketing, cites this award as a ke element of NNS's strategy to expan into the international shipbuildin market. For more information from NNS Circle 153 on Reader Service Card Bowler Named President Of ASA R.T.E. "Tom" Bowler III h£ been named president of the Amer can Shipbuilding Association (ASA The ASA, comprised of six of th nation's largest shipbuilders, we recently formed to promote the U.' shipbuilding industry. Mr. Bowie: a former Navy captain who, prior 1 Maritime Reporter/Engineering New;
