[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 71 (Thursday, April 13, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18857-18858]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9118]



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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Notice Pursuant to the National Cooperative Research and 
Production Act of 1993--Modular Tanker Consortium Joint Venture

    Notice is hereby given that on February 6, 1995, 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 participants in the 
Modular Tanker Consortium Joint Venture (the ``Consortium'') have filed 
written notifications simultaneously with the Attorney General and with 
the Federal Trade Commission disclosing (1) the identities of the 
parties to the Consortium and (2) the nature and 

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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 and the general 
area of planned activity are: ABB Industry Oy, Helsinki, FINLAND; 
Bethlehem Steel Corporation, BethShip Sparrows Point Yard, MD; Bird-
Johnson Company, Walpole, MA; Kvaerner Masa Marine, Annapolis, MD; 
McDermott, Inc., St. Rose, LA; Seaworthy Systems, Essex, CT; and 
Wartsila Diesel, Annapolis, MD.
    The nature of the research program performed in accordance with 
this Consortium is 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 an internationally competitive high-technology tanker 
vessel.
    Information about participating in this Consortium may be obtained 
by contacting Daniel W. Kabel, Wartsila Diesel, Annapolis, MD.
Constance K. Robinson,
Director of Operations, Antitrust Division.
[FR Doc. 95-9118 Filed 4-12-95; 8:45 am]
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