Maritime Reporter, December 1996

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CONTRACTS PGS Places Newbuild Contract With Norwegian Yard Petroleum Geo-Services ASA (PGS) announced plans to con- struct and operate two new seismic survey vessels of the Ramform design. These vessels will be the third and fourth of this design. Construction contracts have been placed with Norwegian shipyard Langsten Slip & Batbyggeri, the same yard that built the first two Ramform vessels. The two new vessels will be delivered in the first half of 1998 and PGS' total invest- ment in these vessels, including seismic equipment, will be approx- imately $160 million. General Dynamics To Acquire Lockheed Martin Assets General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin have announced a defini- tive agreement whereby General Dynamics will acquire the assets of two Lockheed Martin business units for $450 million. The trans- action has been approved by the boards of both companies, is sub- ject to regulatory approvals, and is expected to close by the end of the year. This is General Dynamics' third acquisition since September 1995, when the company bought shipbuilder Bath Iron Works, and subsequently Teledyne Vehicle Systems in March 1996. Circle 25 on Reader Service Card Raytheon Wins Contract The U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Systems Command (SPAWAR) has selected Raytheon Electronic Systems (RES) to provide High Data Rate (HDR), multi-band satellite communications termi- nals on submarines. The basic contract is for $9.9 million, with options for a second prototype sys- tem and services worth a potential $20 million. Circle 26 on Reader Service Card Offshore Systems To Outfit ULS Offshore Systems has been informed by Upper Lake Shipping Corporation (ULS), St. Catherines, Ontario, that it will outfit the bal- ance of its domestic fleet with Offshore's ECPINS-M21s. Circle 27 on Reader Service Card Tenneco Forms Pipeline Partnership National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation and Tenneco Energy announced their intention to form an equal partnership to develop December, 1996 the $200 million Green Canyon Gathering System. The partner- ship will build, own and operate a 24-in., 153-mi. offshore pipeline to gather and transport natural gas from the Green Canyon, Ewing Bank, Mississippi Canyon, Ship Shoal, Grand Isle and South Timbalier areas of the Outer Continental Shelf. The companies will also reportedly build a natural gas processing plant at the termi- nal end of the pipeline in Lafourche Parish, La., that can process 300 million-cu-ft. (MMcf/d) of gas per day. Oceaneering Awarded Contracts Oceaneering International, Inc. has been awarded two remotely operated vehicle (ROV) contracts from Texaco Exploration and Production, Inc. to provide long- term drill support services in the Gulf of Mexico. Two new Hydra MaK ZMANV I B&WI PROPULSION SYSTEMS MIDIESEL ENGINES MADE IN GERMANY GMT MOTOR-SERVICES HUGO STAMP, INC. AUTHORIZED DISTRIBUTORS & SERVICE CENTEI . DISTRIBUTOR & SERVICE CENTER FOR DEUTZ/MWM, AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER FOR MaK WITH FULL SPARE PARTS INVENTORY AND AUTHORIZED SERVICE FOR G M T & S K L . AUTHORIZED MAN B&W AND ALPHA DIESEL REPAIR FACILITY WITH FACTORY EXCHANGE COMPONENTS (VALVE CAGES, VALVE STEMS, PISTON CROWN , ETC ) EX OUR STOCK (USA). . AUTHORIZED TURBOCHARGER REPAIR AND SPARE PARTS FACILITY FOR MAN B&W DESIGN, NAPIER AND HOLSET/BANNEW1TZ FOR REBLADING, DYNAMIC BALANCING & RETROFITS. • WOODWARD GOVERNORS & REGULATEURS EUROPA, FULL REPAIR FACILITY WITH STATE- OF-THE-ART 5 HP DIGITIAL ELECTRONIC TESTSTAND, EXTENSIVE SPARE PARTS INVENTORY & EXCHANGE GOVERNORS FIELD SERVICE FOR DIGITAL CONTROLS & LOAD SHARING SYSTEMS . LINE BORING OF BEDPLATES AND DISTORTED MAIN BEARING SADDLES WITH OUR OPTICAL ADJUSTEMENT EQUIPMENT AND THE MOBILE UNIT IS AVAILABLE FOR ALL MAJOR SIZES . LASER ALIGNMENT AND RECHOCK1NG OF ENGINES AND FOUNDATIONS WITH 'EPOCAST 36' . FULL RANGE OF MACHINING IN OUR FACILITY OR ON BOARD WITH OUR LATEST EQUIPMENT, FROM GRINDING OF LANDING SURFACES TO IN SITUE MACHINING OF LINER O-RING AREAS OUR 24 HOUR SERVICE HOT-LINE 1 - 800 - 622 6747 (MSHS) 3190 S.W. 4TH AVENUE - FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33315 - PHONE (954) 763 3660 - TELEFAX (954) 763-2872 Circle 252 on Reader Service Card THE NEXT NEW Direct Flow-Thru, Self-Cleaning design! KILLS DIESEL FUEL ALGAE I" n FREE FUEL ANALYSIS - 800 403-3284 Enviro Response Products, Inc. Web Page http://www.mglobal.com/debug.html e-mail address debug@ix.netcom.com DEALER INQUIRIES INVITED Circle 229 on Reader Service Card 13 Circle 222 on Reader Service Card Kort Nozzles And Speed Nozzles All Sizes ABS Certification upon request "Manufactured in USA" For a brochure write or call: CUSTOM NOZZLE FABRICATION/CNF P.O. Box 547 Pascagoula, MS 39568-0547 (601) 762-4612 Fax (601)769-0558