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PEOPLE & COMPANY NEWS Marinette Marine Wins Navy Contract Marinette Marine has been awarded a $32.5 million contract to design and construct two bar- racks craft (APL-small) which will provide living accommodations for Navy ship crews during a ship repair or over- haul period. The APL will usually be employed in or near U.S. Navy or civilian The principal characteristics of the craft are: Length .. .269 ft. Width .. .68 ft. Height . .64.4 ft. Weight .3,162 mt Certification ABS Berthing 230 Food Service For ...1,130 facilities and depend on shore sup- ply for utility services. It is capable of being towed, unmanned, in open ocean and coastal environments. The first craft will be delivered in August 2000 and the second craft will be delivered in December 2000. 18-19 NOVEMBER &Conversion Reinforcing contacts Renewing commitment FAX NOW! THE SHIP MAINTENANCE CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION Generating new business The exhibition will for the first time be held on two floors of Olympia and includes a record number of exhibitors. This year, the conference programme will include industry leaders presenting their papers on the following topics: lo«S *0>N K • Safety and the skills crisis • Regional developments: Bulgaria, South Africa, Portugal • Major conversion pro|ects • The ISM Code • The fifth survey: structural requirements and the independent survey • The environment 18-19 NOVEMBER IHi LONDON Wj 3f 33 ATTENTION Who should attend: Shipowners, operators, conversion specialists, repair yards and suppliers, naval architects, marine engineers, classification societies, marine and offshore consultants, plus all those involved in keeping tonnage up-to-date and maintained for extended life or converted for better revenue. FOR A FULL CONFERENCE PROGRAMME COMPLETE & RETURN THE FORM BELOW Please send me further information concerning the SR+C 98 Conference CD Please send me further information concerning the SR+C 98 Exhibition Surname Mr/Mrs/Ms Company Name Company Address Town Country Tel: Fax: Postcode Return to: Huw Williams, Maritime Conferences + Exhibitions, LLP Limited, 69-77 Paul St., London, EC2A 4LQ, UK. Tel: +44 (0)171 553 1123 FAXBACK+44 (0)171 553 1111 Circle 330 on Reader Service Card Panama Enters Classification Business Isthmus Bureau of Shipping S.A., (IBS) Panama has dynami- cally move into the classification services by the initiation of its classification division IBS Class. The formal operation of IBS Class was commenced after an official presentation which was given at Panama city on August 27 in the presence of Panama Maritime Authority Officials. The classification division of Isthmus Bureau of Shipping S.Ais a Joint Venture of the companies Isthmus Bureau of Shipping S.A., Panama and International Maritime Center S.A. IBS has the head office at Athens Greece man- aged and operated by International Maritime Center S.A. LR Carries Out Analysis On BP Shuttle Tanker A failure mode and effect analy- sis has been carried out by Lloyd's Register (LR) on the dynamic posi- tioning system of a new shuttle tanker, the 850,000 bbls Loch Rannoch. The tanker was designed and built at the Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd. OKPO ship- yard, Korea, delivered in August to Maersk for shuttling crude from BP's Schiehallion field to Shetland in the U.K. sector of the North Sea. The exercise was carried out to help ensure that no single failure in the dynamic positioning system would lead to a greater than 50 percent loss of capability in the system. The successful completion of the exercise is part of the process of assignment of LR's DP (AA) class notation, which demonstrates that, in LR's view, a vessel has a hydro-dynamic system with auto- matic control capable of moving, maneuvering and holding the desired heading and position of a ship during operation; and that power, control, thruster and other systems necessary for the correct functioning of the dynamic posi- tioning system are configured in such a way that a fault in any active component or system should not result in a loss of position. Coming in November... Workboat Industry Overview 96 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News