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MTN Will Provide For Heerema Marine Contractors Maritime Telecommunications Net- work, Inc. (MTN), announced that it has entered into an agreement with Heerema Marine Contractors (HMC), making MTN the exclusive provider of global telecommunications services aboard Heerema's DCV Balder. MTN will sup- ply Heerema Marine Contractors with 128 kbps of high-speed bandwidth to enable communications for the DCV Balder, which operates in the Gulf of Mexico. MTN's services will allow Heerema's personnel to interact via advanced satellite network capabilities. High-speed data, fax, telephone and Internet solutions will be readily acces- sible to Heerema employees with more convenience and improved efficiency. MTN provides superior communication solutions including C-Band Global Satellite Service and Ku-Band Interna- tional Spot Beam technology. Circle 75 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Aker Granted $560 Million Contract For Statoil Platform The Aker Stord subsidiary of the Aker Maritime group has been awarded the main contract for the new platform for Statoil's Kristin development in the Nor- wegian Sea. Worth approximately $560 million, this assignment covers design and hook-up of the whole installation as well as construction of part of the top- sides. Aker Maritime could apply its exper- tise with floating platforms to bidding for the Kristin unit. It also built further on good and well-tested project execu- tion methods developed by the group, which were applied not least to the suc- cessful delivery of Snorre B floater in the Norwegian North Sea last year. Implementation of the Kristin project will be made even more efficient by exploiting the opportunity to concen- trate all construction and hook-up work at one site. The contract covers design and pro- curement for the semi-submersible plat- form hull as well as the topsides, includ- ing the utilities, process and riser mod- ules and the flare boom. Aker Stord will also fabricate the utilities and process modules as well as hooking up the whole topsides, including the remaining modules. The west Norwegian yard is also responsible for mating topsides and hull. Statoil is due to go out to tender later this year for construction of the hull as well as the living quarters, riser module and flare boom. Engineering will begin in mid-January, with con- struction work set to start in January 2003. The platform will commence reg- ular production on October 1, 2005. Keppel Wins $400M Power Contract Keppel FELS Energy has won a "take- or-pay" contract to supply electricity in northeastern Brazil. The Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) was signed between Nordeste Genera- tion Ltd., Keppel FELS Energy's whol- ly-owned subsidiary in Brazil, and Commercializadora Brasileira de Ener- gia Emergencial (CBEE) on January 10, 2002. The PPA is on a take-or-pay basis and payments are indexed to the U.S. Dollar, with fuel cost as a pass-through. Based on estimated contract capacities, the total revenue for the contract period is expected to exceed $400 million. The Brazilian government will guarantee all obligations of CBEE under the PPA. Under the PPA, Nordeste Generation Ltda will install and operate a 190MW Barge Mounted Power Plant at the Port of Aratu, Salvador in northeastern Brazil. Commercial operations will commence by June 2002 and end by December 2004. DOLPHIN RUBBS& FcMDcftS ALL TYPES / ALL APPLICATIONS Pneumatic Fenders DockFenders Ship Fenders Engineered & Manufactured by: KUMNAM CHEMICAL, INC. 348-3, Chung Chun-Ri, Chillye- Myun Kimhae, Kyungnam, Korea E-mail: kuranam@kumnamkorea.com Tel: 82 (55) 346-3131 Distributed in the Americas by: DOLPHIN RUBBER USA 2241 Barraud Avenue Norfolk, Virginia 23504 Tel: (757) 625-3200 Fax: (757) 625-3300 E-mail: network@sybercom.net Fax: 82 ( 55) 346-3137 www.kumnamkorea.com Circle 217 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Ship Design Naval Architecture Marine Engineering Program Management Services Systems Engineering Environment Services Combat Systems Engineering An Employee Owned Company Since 1957- Commercial and Naval Ship Design, Detail Design and Construction Program Support, Marine Consulting, Pollution Prevention Programs Alexandria, VA 0 Arlington, VA a New York, NY a Newport News, VA a Pascagoula, MS a Pittsburgh, PA Bath, ME a Port Hueneme, CA 0 Bremerton, WA 0 Philadelphia, PA a San Diego, CA a Tacoma, WA John J. McMullen Associates, Inc. Corporate Headquarters Business Development Office Web Site: www.JJMA.com 4300 King Street, Suite 400 Phone: (703) 933-6690 Alexandria, VA 22302 Fax:(703)933-6777 Email: Marketing@JJMA.com (703)418-0100 Circle 277 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com February, 2002 21
