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News KMM Designed PSV to be Built by Bender Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Co., Inc. won a contract from Naviera Tamaulipas, S.A. of Tampico, Mexico, to build a 202-ft. (61.5-m) Platform Supply Vessel (PSV) designed by Kvaerner Masa Marine (KMM), part of the Aker Kvaerner Group. The design is based on the K220, part of KMM's new K-series of Platform Supply Vessel designs. The 202 x 54 x 19-ft. (61.5 x 16.4 x 5.7-m) vessel was designed to incorpo- rate the specific needs of the owner for operation in the Mexican offshore mar- ket. It includes new technologies and embodies market trends, with its oblong liquid mud tanks outboard of the center line bulk mud tanks, and 600-hp A/C electric motor driven CPP tunnel thrusters, two in the bow and one in the stern. The vessel will be certified to ABS DPS 1 and will be equipped with a DIESEL ENGINES Two and four stroke engines • Repair / Maintenance • Reconditioning of components • Troubleshooting • Spare Parts Turbocharger • Repair / Maintenance / Balancing • Spare Parts Authorized for Mitsubishi UEC Engines and METTurbochargers jp Goltens Goltens Miami 2323 NE Miami Court - Miami, Florida 33137, USA Phone: +1 305 5764410 • Telefax: +1 305 5763827 email: miamiGgoltens.com CRANKSHAFT GRINDING LINE BORING In the field of crankshaft machining / grinding and line boring in workshop or in-situ, Goltens has long been the acknowledged world marked leader. Having reconditioned over 25,000 crankshafts all around the world since the start up in 1940, Goltens has the experience as well as the expertise to handle any kind of machining / grinding problem. sssi Goltens New York ~ , w 160 Van Brunt Street • Brooklyn. New York 11231, USA (ID tPnS Phone:+1 718 855 7200 VJUm/llJ Telefax:+1 718802 1147/+1 7188554471 N e w York email: newyorkOgoltens.com JP WELDING REPAIR • Hull & Structural Steel Works • Hatches & Ramps • Cranes • Diesel Engines (Bedplate, A-Frame, Scavenge Air Receiver, etc.) • Tanks • Pipe & Steel Fabrication • Pulley Frames / Container Spreader • Boiler (authorized by Omnical HDW) s—n. • Metal Spraying iBSSl ^P Goltens California V TO I tens 322 330 Broad Ave. • Wilmington, CA 90744-5869, USA — V A IVli J ~ i c,a,ccn . t.i.i.. .1,1/11.111 ,t Phone:+1 3105492550-Telefax: +1 310 5491350 email: califomiaOgoltens.com Circle 215 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com 5,300 gpm fire monitor driven by an A/C electric motor. Propulsion consists of two Caterpillar 3516B DITA diesel engines driving fixed pitch open pro- pellers. The vessel design is based on the KMM standard K200 series K220 that KMM developed specifically for the Gulf of Mexico market. The K200 series consists of PSV designs where the second two digits represent the design deadweight in hundreds of tons. The design has been tailored to the facilities and construction philosophy at the Bender shipyard. "We welcome this opportunity to team with KMM and with Capt. Sanchez and his team at Naviera Tamaulipas to construct a ves- sel which will be the best equipped and mission capable PSV in the Mexican Flag Fleet," said Tom Bender, presi- dent, Bender Shipbuilding. Circle 40 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Conrad Industries Awarded Ferry Contract Conrad Industries, Inc. has awarded a $9.5-million contract for the Alaska Marine Highway System. The contract award calls for the construction of a 181 -ft. (55.1-m) ferry capable of trans- porting 149 passengers and 18 vehicles. When delivered, the vessel will provide service between Metlakatla and Ketchikan, two of the Inside Passage of Alaska's southernmost communities. Circle 50 on Reader Service Card www.maritimereporterinfo.com Circle 230 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Keppel Wins Barge Order Keppel Corporation Limited, through its offshore unit in Keppel Offshore & Marine Ltd (Keppel O&M), has clinched a $14.1-million contract to build a swamp barge from repeat cus- tomer, PT Apexindo. The Indonesian drilling contractor, who recently obtained a public listing on the Jakarta Stock Exchange, has earlier awarded Keppel with two other contracts, one for the new construction of a 226-ft. (68.8- m) swamp barge Raisa, which was launched on October 22, 2002, and another for the repair and refurbishment of swamp barge Maera — whose six- month refurbishment is halfway com- plete. 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