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sons for dinner with an additional 120-seating capacity on the second deck.

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James Rand Reelected

Chairman, Intertanko

The International Association of

Independent Tanker Owners (Inter- tanko) recently announced that

James Rand will continue as chairman of Intertanko. Mr. Rand, formerly chairman and chief execu- tive of Marine Transport Lines (MTL), was elected in April as chairman of Intertanko for a third year.

The River Queen plies the inland waters of America much like the sidewheelers of yester- year, except that it is powered by modern-day Cummins diesel engines.

Cummins-Powered River Queen

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Serodino, Inc.'s Hales Bar, Tenn., shipyard recently launched the

Cummins-powered excursion vessel

River Queen for the Knoxville Riv- erboat Company. The 550-passen- ger vessel will be operated on the

Tennessee River near Knoxville.

The River Queen, including the landing stage, has an overall length of 135 feet. Its hull is 107 feet long, 35 feet wide and 7.5 feet in depth.

Main propulsion is provided by two Cummins NT-855-M diesel en- gines to twin Michigan Nibrow 40- inch by 32-inch four-blade propel- lers through Twin Disc MG509 re- duction gears with a 2.95:1 ratio.

The NT-855-Ms are each rated at 300 hp at 1,800 rpm. Electrical pow- er is provided by two 80-kw Lima generators driven by Cummins 6BT5.9 diesels. Both the main pro- pulsion and generator engines were supplied by Cummins South, Inc. of

Chattanooga, Tenn.

Innovative Shortsea Vessel Fitted

With Unique MacGregor-Navire CAE

L•»t & Roll panels long cha,n dnve/autostackn

Weatherdenk 5 tonne capacity crane

Stern ramp/door

Stacked main deck panels

Internal stern ramps ishowing alternative gradientsi

Stacked car deck panels

Stacked main deck panels

Lilt a Roll main deck I long chain drive/autostack)

Removable car deck 2 (long chain drive/autostack)

Removable car deck I (long chain drive/autostack)

The Cummins engines of the River Queen.

Capt. Robert M. Lumpp, owner and president of the Knoxville Riv- erboat Co., worked closely with ar- chitect A. Lawrence Bates of

Louisville, Ky., on the design of the

River Queen. The result of their efforts is a vessel design much like the sidewheelers of yesteryear, ex- cept that it is operated with mod- ern-day Cummins powerplants.

The elegantly furnished Queen has a main deck seating for 180 per-

MacGregor-Navire (MGN), the leading designer of cargo access equipment (CAE), has supplied the innovative shortsea RO/LO vessel

Alster Rapid with a shipset of CAE that for originality and the mix of cargo made possible by its use, must stamp it as unique. The 2,515-dwt vessel, though small, is equipped so that it offers the cargo-handling ca- pabilities of ships much larger.

The recently delivered Alster

Rapid was built by the Hamburg yard of J.J. Sietas for the West Ger- man owner Henry Stahl, who immediately deployed the vessel in his U.K.-trading Washbay Line.

The new ship will form part of a thrice-weekly service operated by the line for more than 20 years.

All four of the vessel's cargo decks above the tanktop level are entirely composed of removable flush-fitting panels. Each level, in fact, is a stow- able MGN hatch cover that com- pletely spans the hull to constitute a deck. Each deck includes an indi- vidual panel (or panels) that also does duty as interdeck ramps.

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Shortsea RO/LO vessel Alster Rapid, built by Sietas yard in Hamburg, is extensively fitted with unique shipset of MacGregor-

Navire cargo access equipment.

When the cargo to be loaded requires the removal of any deck, the panels of which it is formed can be rolled into stowage and stacked, both movements being performed automatically ; the only exception is the four panels on the forward part of the upper deck, which fold into stowage. Replacement of a deck is also automatic, the unstacking and rolling (and unfolding) being per- formed in reverse order.

Long cargo (up to about 148 feet) can be loaded vertically using shore- side cranes but the principal mode of access is horizontal, cargo being rolled over the stern via a 200-ton- capacity ramp that, in keeping with the singular nature of all this ship's

CAE, is adjustable in length, width, and height. Width and height ad- justment were included to cater for specific berthing conditions at ports 38 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News