PASCAGOULA, Miss. (AP) - A Pascagoula shipyard says it's working
to lift a termination order from National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration prompted by a dispute over construction of a coastal
mapping ship.

Bill Skinner, chief executive of VT Halter Marine in Pascagoula,
told The Sun Herald that NOAA terminated its latest contract for a
110-foot ocean and coastal mapping vessel, the SWATH Ferdinand R.
Hassler.

Skinner said the vessel is 98-percent complete and has undergone
sea trials in the Gulf of Mexico.