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14 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Kvaerner, OSG In 10 Jones Act Ship Deal On April 14 at the Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard in the shadow of the Blue Goliath, more than 750 employees, state officials and other dig- nitaries gathered to herald a record con- tract contract-signing between Kvaerner ASA and Overseas Shipholding Group, Inc. to build 10 Veteran MT-46 class Jones Act Product Tankers, with an option for two additional vessels. OSG plans to transfer them to another subsidiary which will bareboat charter them to subsidiaries of OSG for initial terms of five or seven years, with exten- sion options for the charterer. The $1 billion agreement solidifies a stable workflow at the Philadelphia shipyard until mid-2010. Former President Bill Clinton, who was responsible for enacting the National Shipbuilding Initiative in 1993 and providing the $80 million in funding in order to provide the infrastructure, training and financial backing to help Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard get off the ground, served as the event's keynote speaker. "I believe every great country needs to make things. We might have to do it with fewer people and more tech- nology, but we need to make things," he said. Kjell Inge Rokke, the industrialist and main owner of Aker Kaverner, believed that the Philadelphia yard could compete in the Jones Act market. Rokke thanked Clinton for his contribu- tions to the American shipbuilding industry. He also gave thanks to the hundreds of employees and shipyard workers, whose dedication has attrib- uted to the yard's productive revival. - J.Rabulan Portuguese Navy Orders Two "Fuel Cell" Subs Siemens is fitting two new U 209mod submarines for Portugal's navy with the latest propulsion and I&C equipment. The order is worth $75.3 million and delivery of the submarines to the Portuguese navy is scheduled for 2010. The contract also includes an option for the same equipment to be built into a third submarine. This option is worth around $30 million. The submarines will be built at the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft GmbH (HDW) and at Nordseewerken in Emden. Both shipyards belong to ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. Siemens' scope of supply includes pro- vision of a Permasyn permanent-magnet electric motor with PEM (Polymer Electrolyte Membrane) fuel cells for supplying power, switchgear and the Nautos automation system. 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