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Ugland & Totem Merge Ship Management Operations Ugland International Holdings pic (UIH), a shipowner and opera- tor with related ship management and repair activities, announced that UIH and its ship management partner, the U.S.-based Totem Resources Corporation (TRC), have formed a single ship manage- ment group under Interocean Management Ltd. and the entire 18-vessel fleet associated with the Andreas Ugland family. The new structure supersedes the strategic alliance established 12 months ago between UIH and TRC, a Seattle-based liner opera- tor and owner of some of the largest tug and barge groups in the U.S. Interocean Ugland Management Corporation will remain jointly owned by UIH and TRC, with a wholly-owned subsidiary formed called Interocean Ugland Management A/S in Grimstad, Norway, headed up by Admiral J.W. "Bill" Kime, previously head of the U.S. Coast Guard. Admiral Kime also continues as executive chairman of the enlarged ship management group. The newly enlarged group will manage a fleet of at least 43 ves- sels including 18 tankers, 12 car carriers and RoRo vessels, and eight vessels for the U.S. Maritime Administration. Kvaerner To Deliver Second Of Four LNG Carriers The second of four Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) carriers for Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), United Arab Emirates, was named Mraweh at Kvaerner Masa Yards' Turku New Shipyard, Turku, Finland on April 27, 1996. The naming ceremony, which was attended by some 200 guests, was hosted by Martin Saarikangas, president and CEO of Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Inc. Present at the ceremony were ambassadorial and executive figures from the coun- tries and companies involved — including officials from Tokyo Electric Power Company, which receives LNG deliveries from Mraweh's older sister, Mubaraz. The 135,000-cu.-m. Mraweh, one of the largest LNG carriers in the world, was scheduled to be deliv- ered to her owners shortly after the naming ceremony, to be fol- lowed by two sisterships in 1997. The order for the four carriers was placed in April 1993. The first of the series, Mubaraz, was delivered in January, and has since been engaged in transporting LNG from Abu Dhabi Gas Liquefaction Company to Tokyo Electric Power Company in Japan, under the operation of the National Gas Shipping Company. The LNG cargo container system is based on the Kvaerner Moss- type spherical aluminum tank design. Differing from other 135,000-cu.- m. vessels built, the Kvaerner LNG carriers have only four spher- ical aluminum cargo tanks, which Kvaerner believes simplifies cargo systems and operations. 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