[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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