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Shanghai ScienceLand (SSL), with a total investment exceeding $180 mil- lion, is scheduled to open in June 2001. The other NT Pro order was received from the Dalian Maritime University in North China. This projected simulator facility will include an Instructor Station with selective ARPA module and two own-ship bridges. Each trainee bridge will consist of Conning, Radar/ARPA, ECDIS and Navaids simulators. Instal- lation of the system is scheduled for December 2000. Circle 17 on Reader Service Card two major contracts of its kind planned in ADSB's ongoing facility expansion, which will be completed by the end of this year. The latest in this group of contracts includes the construction of a steel fab- rication shop, outfit workshop, repair shop and warehouse complex. Circle 69 on Reader Service Card Steel Partnership Results In Contract Award The joining of Fundia Profiler and Rautaruukki Steel has led to a contract worth more than $5 million from Aker Finnyards. The partnership between the two companies - Fundia's profilers and Rautaruukki plates — provides Aker with added expertise on its new 32,000- grt ear-passenger ferry for SeaFrance. The RoPax vessel will operate between Dover and Calais, and at a service speed of 25 knots, transporting 1,900 passen- gers and 700 cars across the channel in one hour. In addition, the company has an option for a sister vessel. Circle 65 on Reader Service Card MacGregor To Supply RoRo Package For Brittany Ferries MacGregor has won a contract worth approximately $5 million from van der Giessen-de Noord to supply and install RoRo equipment on a 36,000-gt car/passenger ferry ordered by Brittany Ferries. The new 574 x 92 ft. (175 x 28 m), 21-knot ferry, will hold an equip- ment package comprised of bow and stern ramps and doors; hoistable car decks and ramps; ramp covers; engine room workshop and container covers; and hydraulic power packs. Circle 20 on Reader Service Card Transocean Receives Drilling Contract From Statoil Transocean Sedco Forex has signed a contract for the semisubmersible Sover- eign Explorer to drill two wells for Sta- toil (U.K.) Limited. The contract, which is valued at approximately $16.8 mil- lion, is expected to begin in April 2001, spanning about 105 days. A high-specification semisubmersible, capable of drilling in water depths of up to 4,500 ft. (1,371 m), Explorer is cur- rently engaged in drilling operations for Ranger Oil in the U.K. North Sea. Circle 19 on Reader Service Card Litton Granted Engineering Support Contract The U.S. Navy has awarded Litton Industries a five-year contract, valued at as much as $311 million, to its Ingalls Shipbuilding unit to provide engineer- ing and technical services support. The contract, valued at about $57.6 million in fiscal year 2001, will benefit the Navy's fleet of Ticonderoga Class Aegis guided missile cruisers and Spru- ance Class multimission destroyers. ADSB Grants $8.7M Contract Abu Dhabi Ship Building (ADSB), has awarded a significant construction contract to a local contractor, A1 Hamed Development and Construction, LLC. The contract, which is valued at approx- imately $8.7 million, is the second of November, 2000 Circle 282 on Reader Service Card 21 KAWASAKI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. World Trade Center Bldg., 4-1, Hamamatsu-cho, 2-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-6116, Japan •Marine Machinery Sales Dept. Machinery Division:Phone 81-3-3435-2366 Fax:81-3-3435-2022 Kawasaki Heavy Industries (UK) Ltd. Phone:44-020-7588-5222 Fax:44-020-7588-5333 Kawasaki Heavy Industries (Europe) B.V. Phone:31-20-644-6869-70 Fa* 31-2C-C42-5725 Kawasaki Heavy Industries (USA) Inc. Phone:1-212-759-4950 Fax: 1-212-759-6421 K Kawasaki INTEGRATED CONTROL SYSTEM IN PURSUIT OF MANOEUVERABILITY Aspiring to provide excellent systems, Kawasaki, with a century- long experience, is continually researching and developing new propulsion systems.
