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THE SYNCROLIFT: One Idea

Carry a Lot Of Weight -J"2*-1-• »• -

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Construction, Repair and Overhaul of • i

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American New York (continued from page 12) chinery space operation can be maintained under normal seagoing conditions.

The fundamental design philoso- phy for the American New York

Class ships was to obtain optimum fuel oil savings, easy maintenance, and high reliability. Some of the

AMERICAN NEW YORK

Major Suppliers

Main engine Hyundai/Sulzer Coatings:

Propeller Mitsubishi

Control consoles Siemens

Alarm & monitoring system . Siemens

Steering gear .Tong Myung/Kawasaki

Steering control system .... Sperry

Oil-fired boiler Aalborg

Main air compressor Teikoku

Fuel oil purifer . . . Nagase/Alfa-Laval

Main generators Fuji

Main switchboard Terasak

SS diesel generator Yanmar

Emergency diesel generator Yanmar

Distilling plant . . . Nagase/Alfa-Laval

Sewage treatment system Hamworthy

Incinerator Volcano

Gyro plant with course recorder Sperry

Satcom & satnav systems .... JRC

Navigator unit Racal-Decca

Latitude/longitude converter Racal-Decca

Main radio system ITT Mackay

Weather facsimile JRC

Loran C receiver Northstar

Radars & CAS II ARPA Sperry

Container fittings .... Peck & Hale

Cargo Hatch Covers .... MacGregor

Side Ports Hyundai

MacGregor

Anchor & mooring winches Fukushima

Lifeboats Water Craft America

Exterior hull above waterline . Ameron

Cargo Holds

Ballast & other tanks (Dimetcote) . . Ameron (Dimetcote) . . Ameron (Epoxy)

Shop primer (inorganic zinc) . Ameron

Underwater hull International

S.P.C. & Vinyl Tar

Cathodic Protection N.C.E.

Sam-Kong

Provisions crane Daewoo

Provisions containers Nissin

Air conditioning Hi-Press

VSG Carrier

Ceilings and panels Isolamin

Level Indicators Gems

Valves Bonny Forge

Centerline/Nakakita

Fairbanks

Farris

Lichiyama

Lunkenheimer

Newco

Nibco

Velan

C02 system Ginge Kerr

FO, DO. & LO separators . . .Alfa-Laval

Plate heat exchangers . . . Alfa-Laval items considered necessary to achieve this philosophy were: adop- tion of the low-speed main diesel engine, installation of an economiz- er, adoption of gasketless type hatch covers, use of provisions containers in place of reefer rooms, and provi- sion of a data logging system.

The $570-million, 12-ship order is said to be the largest commercial shipbuilding contract ever awarded, and represents the biggest single peacetime expansion for an Ameri- can-flag shipping company.

Daewoo Shipbuilding is a member of the Daewoo Group, founded in 1967 and today one of Korea's larg- est business combines.

AMARAGY

Companhia Comercio

The first of a new flexible design of container RO/RO-LO/LO vessel, the 3,500-dwt Amaragy, has been delivered to her owners by Compan- hia Comercio e Navegacao (CCN), the leading Brazilian shipbuilder.

The new vessel, the first RO/RO-

LO/LO ship built in Brazil will be operated by Navemodal, which is owned jointly by the Brazillian ship- ping company Emprese de Nave- gacao Mercantil S.A., and Laurents (continued on page 16) 14 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News