[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 21 (Wednesday, February 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 6293]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-2465]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
Antitrust Division


Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--AWSC Consortium

    Notice is hereby given that, on December 20, 1994, pursuant to 
Section 6(a) of the National Cooperative Research and Production Act of 
1993, 15 U.S.C. 4301 et seq. (``the Act''), the American Waterways 
Shipyard Conference Consortium (``AWSC Consortium'') filed 
notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and the Federal 
Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the parties and (2) 
the nature and objectives of the venture. The notifications were filed 
for the purpose of invoking the Act's provisions limiting the recovery 
of antitrust plaintiffs to actual damages under specified 
circumstances. Pursuant to Section 6(b) of the Act, the identities of 
the parties are Bender Shipbuilding and Repair Company, Inc., Mobile, 
AL; Trinity Marine Group, Gulfport, MS; McDermott Shipbuilding, Inc., 
New Orleans, LA; Steiner Shipyard, Inc., Bayou La Batre, AL; Bird-
Johnson Company, Inc., Walpole, MA; and Wartsila Diesel, Inc., 
Annapolis, MD. The objectives of the AWSC Consortium are to engage in a 
collaborative research effort of limited duration to gain further 
knowledge and understanding of the technologies, market strategies, and 
financing options for the construction of small ships for the export 
commerce. The Advanced Research Projects Agency (``ARPA'') of the 
Department of Defense has awarded a MARITECH grant to the Consortium to 
assist in this effort. The Consortium has entered into a collaboration 
agreement among the parties effective October 13, 1994. Actual 
collaboration will not begin until the final award of the MARITECH 
grant to the Consortium by ARPA.

Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-2465 Filed 1-31-95; 8:45 am]
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