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January 2006 11 improved beaches. Designated as a day- boat the RoRo landing craft will operate June to mid-September and be hauled out of the lake, prior to freeze up. Fully loaded the vessel draws just over three feet of water. NASSCO Wins Repair Contract National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) won a seven-year contract for the continuous maintenance and repair of four LSD-41/49 class ships and four LPD-4 class ships for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes one dry- docking and 12 non-docking availabili- ties and has an estimated total value of $200 million over the seven-year period. Contract for Double-Hull Tug/Barge Unit The Manitowoc Company announced that Vane Line Bunkering, Inc. has awarded Manitowoc Marine Group (MMG) a contract for the construction of a 480-ft., 145,000-barrel, double- hulled hot oil tank barge and an accom- panying 6,000-hp tug. The oceangoing articulated tug and barge (ATB) unit is slated for delivery in fourth quarter of 2006. This contract also provides Vane Brothers with an option for an identical ATB unit to be delivered in the third quarter of 2007. Other contract terms were not disclosed. Singapore Launches Stealth Frigate Singapore launched the Republic of Singapore Navy's (RSN) fifth stealth frigate, RSS Stalwart, from the Singapore Technologies Marine ship- yard, according to a report on www.chi- naview.cn. RSS Stalwart joined the RSN as the fourth frigate since the Ministry of Defense (MINDEF) started a Formidable-class frigate program a decade ago. According to the program, RSN will acquire a total of six new stealth frigates to replace its Missile Gunboats that have been in service for more than 30 years. Designed by Direction des Constructions Navales (DCN), the frigates are equipped with advanced sensor and weapon systems. The first of six, RSS Formidable, was built by DCN and launched in 2004. Martek Equipment for Qatar LNGs Martek Marine Ltd. won a contract for supply of engine emissions monitoring systems for a series of new LNG carriers built by DSME in South Korea. The vessels are being built on behalf of the German owner PRONAV for the Qatar Gas II project and will transport LNG between Qatar and Milford Haven in the UK. The MariNOx systems will monitor emissions from two main and four aux- iliary diesel engines, measuring NOx/SOx/CO2 emissions from each engine. DEXTER Health Monitoring Software MACSEA Ltd. recently announced the commercial release of DEXTER, ver- sion 4.0, targeted at Health Monitoring of Marine Equipment for the marine industry. DEXTER is software designed to automate the monitoring, analysis and diagnoses of equipment health in marine environments. It targets both the warn- ing signs of impending failure and the recognition of small problems that can lead to larger failures. It does this by detecting trends and patterns that even highly experienced engineers have diffi- culty seeing. Circle 205 on Reader Service Card Circle 233 on Reader Service Card News MR JANUARY2006 #2 (9-16).qxd 1/3/2006 1:40 PM Page 11
