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Derecktor wins
pilot boat contract
Derecktor Shipyards has signed a contract to build two fast,
all aluminum pilot boats for the New York/New Jersey Sandy Hook
Pilots Association. The Sandy Hook Pilots serve the port of New
York. They operate four boats from a stationary mother ship anchored
near Ambrose Lighthouse in open waters and in a rough environment.
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The two vessels will be built on plans
by Camarc Small Craft Designs of Worthing, U.K. in Derecktor's
Mamaroneck, N.Y., facility. Delivery is slated for fall 2000.
"The Sandy Hook Pilots wanted a safe,
reliable boat with superior ride comfort," says Gavin Higgins,
general manager of Derecktor Shipyards. "We focused on a
design that would give them great safety features in an
extremely robust construction while affording a very smooth ride.
The Camarc boat answers all these points and the pilots were
very impressed with its seakeeping abilities during a recent
test run on a sister-ship in a gale off the coast of Nova Scotia."
The new boats feature a new continuous
fender that is cleaner looking than the traditional tires and
is also safer in that it avoids dangerous "hanging up".
Other safety features include: heated decks and handrails, forward
raked windows on bridge for maximum visibility of deck area and
of boarding pilots, port and starboard side doors for direct
exit of pilot from the shelter of the deckhouse to the ship's
boarding ladder.
The structural design is based on Lloyds
Register of Shipping Special Service Craft Rules and American
Boat and Yacht Council Rules (ABYC) will be used for all the
onboard systems. The hull design is an advanced double chine
hull, with full skeg on the propellers, developed in conjunction
with U.K. towing tank facilities since 1983. This basic hull
design has been used on a number of vessels including 52 ft and
60 ft aluminum and steel Pilot vessels.
Derecktor plans to use scantlings well
in excess of the rule requirements in order to obtain maximum
hull strength and to exceed its minimum designed service life
of 15 years. The duty cycle is expected to be an average of 3,000
hours per year. Slow speed cruising will account for between
25-50% of the operating hours and the remainder will be at full
service speed.
| Naval Architect: |
Camarc
Small Craft Design |
| LOA |
55.8
ft /17.00 m |
| Length, Hull |
53.0
ft /16.10 m |
| LWL |
47.5
ft /14.48 m |
| Beam, Molded |
16.1
ft / 4.90 m |
| Beam Overall |
18.8
ft / 5.73 m |
| Draft |
5.25
ft / 1.6 m |
| Fuel capacity |
1,500
US gallons 5600 liters |
| Water capacity |
25
US gallons 100 liters |
| Complement |
10
max. |
| Full Load Displ acement |
27
tonnes, approximately. |
| Main Engines |
2
x Detroit Diesel 8V2000 |
| Speed |
25
knots |
U.K. tonnage tax proposals "lack flexibility"
British shipowners have enthused
over the new tonnage tax regime intended to make the U.K. flag
more competitive with open registers. Now, though, London shipping
accountant Moore Stephens says the draft proposals on the new
U.K. tonnage tax regime lack the flexibility shipowners need
for timing acquisitions and sales of ships. The firm also warns
that the draft legislation contains a very broad anti-avoidance
clause that could cause companies to unintentionally breach the
detailed rules of the tonnage tax scheme.
Sue Bill, shipping tax manager at Moore
Stephens, also sees problems with balancing charges that will
be imposed to claw back capital allowances made under the current
U.K. tax regimes. These charges may may arise when vessels are
sold, although they will be phased out.
"The new rules on the deferment of
balancing charges appear to be harsher than the existing regime,"
says Bill. "Shipowners will have only one year before--and
two after--the sale of a ship as a period of grace for
deferring balancing charges, as opposed to six years now. They
will have to be very careful over the timing of both purchases
and sales of ships, which means the tax rules hamper their market
flexibility."
The proposed anti-avoidance clause allows
the U.K. taxation authorities to eject shipowners from the scheme
--triggering exit charges -- for wide and loosely defined abuses
of the rules, even if unintentional.
Bill warned that other aspects of the proposed
new rules have not yet been released. "It is not yet clear
to what extent capital allowances will be available on expenditure
on new ships during a period in the scheme if owners leave the
scheme," she says. "The rules have to be clear and
allow flexibility if British shipping is to benefit."
However, Bill welcomed proposed arrangements
for capital allowances for lease finance deals. "The limits
have been set at a more realistic level than the originally proposed
£20 million. There is now a phased allowance up to £80
million," says Bill.
Navy
contracts for Norshipco, Gibbs & Cox
Norfolk Shipbuilding and Drydock Corp., Norfolk, Va., is being
awarded a $12,849,587 fixed-price contract for an extended drydocking
selected restricted availability of USS LEYTE GULF (CG 55). Work
includes miscellaneous structural, electrical and mechanical
repairs, and shipalts to include drydocking the vessel. This
contract contains options, which, if exercised, would bring the
total cumulative value of this contract to
$19,981,466. Work will be performed in Norfolk, Va., and is expected
to be completed by June 2000. Contract funds in the amount of
$12,364,708 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
This contract was competitively procured with three proposals
solicited and one offer received. The Naval Sea Systems Command,
Arlington, Va., is the contracting activity (N00024-92-H-8045).
Gibbs & Cox, Inc., New York, N.Y.,
is being awarded a $9,066,680 fixed-fee contract for design and
support services required to update and maintain the Taiwanese
PFG-2 class technical data package. The contract provides technical
data package documentation, design services, and ship system
feasibility assessments and installation support for the Taiwanese
Navy (100%) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will
be performed in New York, N.Y. (60%); Washington, D.C. (20%);
and Kaohsuing, Taiwan (20%), and is expected to be completed
by December 2004. Contract funds will not expire at the end of
the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively
procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Arlington, Va.,
is the contracting activity (N00024-00-C-2102).
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