Changes at MARAD's Shipbuilding office
A new name, new faces, new positions and reconfigured divisions are all part of MARAD's recently reorganized Office of Shipbuilding and Marine Technology.
Formerly the Office of Shipbuilding Technology, the range of responsibilities for the MARAD arm has been widened, including ship repair, supplier base, marketing issues, international standards and of course, shipbuilding.
The new office is comprised of three primary divisions: the division of Ship Design and Engineering Services; the Division of Advanced Technology and the Division of Support Activities.
A new director, Joseph Byrne, has taken over stewardship for the Office of Shipbuilding and Marine Technology. All three division heads will report to a newly created MARAD position, the Associate Administrator for Shipbuilding.
NASSCO awarded $230 million for final LMSR
National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NAASCO) was recently awarded a $230 million contract to build its eighth Large Medium Speed (LMSR) Ro/Ro ship for the U.S. Navy's strategic sealift program.
The contract completes the 20-ship LMSR program with eight of the new-construction contracts and three conversions having gone to NASSCO.
The 950-foot LMSR ships contain 390,000 square feet of cargo-carrying space and typically carry U.S. Army combat equipment, vehicles and supplies near potential areas of conflict around the world.
NASSCO's construction of the final LMSR will commence this Summer and is scheduled for delivery in mid-2002.
Gunderson delivers another container barge
Portland, Ore.-based Gunderson Inc. launched the 343-foot-by-94-foot barge Alaska Trader down its 650-foot-long side-launch ways in mid-March.
The vessel, the last of a three-container-barge order for Pacific Trader LLC, will be placed in service between the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. The barge was designed by Seattle-based design firm, Fisker-Anderson & Whalen, Inc.
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