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MARINE FINANCE Leica Wins GPS Contracts From Spanish Navy Leica GPS has recently complet- ed the delivery of 20 precise differ- ential GPS navigation receivers for ships and submarines of the Spanish Navy. The vessels are being fitted with Leica MX 412B, 12-channel GPS navigators with built-in differential beacon receivers and high-gain combined GPS/beacon antennas. The GPS contracts were awarded by the Spanish Navy to Leica's marine distributor in Spain. Circle 49 on Reader Service Card Oceaneering Wins Subsea Contract Oceaneeing International. Inc. has been awarded a turnkey con- tract by Kerr-McGee Oil and Gas Corp. for the tieback of a subsea well in West Cameron Block 638 to Stern to bow, Gems Sensors has all your shipboard liquid level, flow and pressure sensing needs covered. Our MarineGrade™ sensing components are precisely engineered for a wide variety of specialized needs through- out ships and off shore rigs. MarineGrade" Sensors are ideal for both new and retrofit applications. 'HE EASY CHOICE FOR FLUID SENSING SENSORS FOR MOST ANY APPLICATION I Lube Oil Tanks I Fuel Oil Tanks I Hydraulic Systems I Coolant Tanks I Ballast Tanks I Cargo Tanks I Storage Tanks I Day Tanks I Potable Water Tanks IFire Fighting Foam I Gray Water Tanks I Overfill Alarm Monitoring I Sump Tanks I Waste Oil & Oily Waste Holding Tanks I Expansion Tanks I Feed Water Systems I Bilges Remote Alarm Indication Strobe Lights & Siren "n rABS CERTIFIED - Fuel Oil Storage Tanks Transmitters and Receivers FREE! MARINEGRADE" FLUID SENSORS BROCHURE • Products *Sales Offices "Distributors Yes, I want to keep up with the best! Send the latest MarineGrade™ brochure. Name Company Streets City For Application Assistance Call: 1-800-321-6070 Gems Sensors Inc. One Cowles Road Plainville, CT 06062-1198 tel 860.747.3000 lax 860.747.4244 www.gemssensors.com 12 Circle 234 on Reader Service Card a platform in West Cameron 648. The work will include the supply and installation of a coiled tubing flowline, control umbilical, flow- line and umbilical risers, hydraulic control system, chemical injection skid and related interface hook-up hardware. Also, in addition to this, Oceaneering will also perform sys- tems' engineering for the project and supervise the overall systems' integration testing. MSI Wins U.S. Navy Contract MarineSafety International (MSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of FlightSafety International, has been awarded a contract to provide simulator services to the U.S. Navy Atlantic Fleet, beginning in the summer of 1998. The contract is for one year with nine optional years for a total max- imum value of approximately $31 million. Under the terms of the contract, MSI will install, operate and main- tain a four-bridge ship handling simulator complex on the Naval Station in Norfolk, Va. The com- plex will be used to maintain the ship handling proficiency of offi- cers assigned to ships in the Atlantic Fleet. More than 20 ship- types ranging from aircraft carri- ers to submarines, and 15 com- monly used ports in the U.S., Europe and the Far East will be simulated. Circle 50 on Reader Service Card Bath To Construct Six Navy Destroyers General Dynamics Corp. sub- sidiary Bath Iron Works (BIW) has won a multi-year contract from the U.S. Navy for the construction of six DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class Aegis guided missile destroyers. This award, with an estimated value of $2 billion, is part of the Navy's plan to procure 13 Aegis destoyers through a cost-effective, multi-year procurement of the four-year period from FY98 to FY01. The 13 vessels are to be allocated between BIW and Ingalls Shipbuilding. The keel for the first of the six ships will be laid in the last quarter of 2000, with delivery of the final vessel sched- uled for the third quarter of 2006. Circle 51 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News