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Chem Spill Clean Up Protocol to Enter Force The Protocol on Preparedness, Response and Co- operation to Pollution Incidents by Hazardous and Noxious Substances (OPRC-HNS Protocol), 2000, has now achieved enough ratifications for entry into force on June 14, 2007, 12 months after its accession by Portugal, on June 14, 2006. The OPRC-HNS Protocol is aimed at providing a global framework for international co-operation in combating major incidents or threats of marine pollution from ships carrying hazardous and noxious substances (HNS), such as chemicals. LPD 17 Funds Awarded Northrop Grumman Ship Systems, New Orleans, La., was awarded a $2.49 billion fixed-price incen- tive contract for construction of two LPD 17 Class amphibious transport dock ships (LPD 22 and 23), with long lead time materials and associated labor for a third (LPD 24). In addition to ship production, this effort will include procurement of long lead material and also inspection, testing, storing and maintaining long lead material. Labroy Secures Contracts Labroy Marine won four shipbuilding contracts worth $54.3 million. The four vessels are an Anchor Handling Tug Supply vessel, a multi-purpose main- tenance vessel and two topside maintenance vessels. Keppel Wins Rig Order from India Signing the contract for the fourth KFELS B Class jackup from India are Bharat K. Sheth, Deputy Chairman/MD, Great Eastern Shipping and Tong Chong Heong, MD/COO, Keppel O&M. Keppel FELS won its fourth order from India for a $182m KFELS B Class jackup rig, for the Great Eastern Shipping Co. Ltd. Group (G.E. Shipping). This will be G.E. Shipping's first newbuild drilling rig and is scheduled for delivery by the fourth quar- ter of 2009. The unit will be customized to meet G.E. 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Ã Ê ? i i ` i ` Ê Ì ? Ê } i Ì Ê Ì ? i Ê ? L Ê ` ? ? i ° News Circle 227 on Reader Service Card 12 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News Navy Awards Contract for Third LCS The U.S. Navy awarded a $197.6 million contract option to a team lead by Lockheed Martin for construc- tion of the third Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). LCS 3 will be the second built by the Lockheed Martin team. "This contract award is a testament to the strong resolve of both the Navy and industry to get these highly capable ships into the water as quickly as possible," said Rear Adm. Charles Hamilton, the Navy's Program Executive Officer for Ships. "LCS will introduce unprecedented speed, agility and flexibility into the littoral battlespace. The rapid acquisition of these modular warships sets a new standard for procurement in support of the warfighter." The Lockheed Martin team will begin construction of LCS 3 in January 2007 at Bollinger Shipyards in Lockport, La., and ship delivery is planned for 2009. It will later be homeported in San Diego, Calif., with the first two ships of the class. Lockheed Martin Corp.'s Maritime Systems & Sensors unit, Moorestown, NJ, is the prime contractor. Teammates include Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, LA, ship designer Gibbs & Cox, Arlington, Va., and Marinette Marine, Marinette, Wis., which is currently building LCS 1 Freedom. Under a separate contract, General Dynamics is cur- rently building LCS 2 Independence, with an option to build a second ship. MR JULY2006 #2 (9-16).qxd 7/5/2006 11:32 AM Page 12