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Bazan-MAN B&W Engines

Power Oceanographic

Research Ship 'Hesperides'

Four Bazan-MAN B&W engines with a total output of 4,200 kw are the prime movers of the diesel-elec- tric propulsion power plant installed aboard the oceanographic research ship Hesperides. The vessel, which will take part in the scientific inves- tigation projects scheduled for south- ern continent's coming summer sea- son in the Antarctic, was constructed by the Cartagena Factory of the

Empresa Nacional Bazan. The en- gines were built in the engine fac- tory of E.N. Bazan, also located in

Cartagena.

The operating conditions of oceanographic research vessels re- quire a propulsion plant that per- forms well at low speed, the possibil- ity of fine turning of propulsion power, low noise and rapid response.

The special requirements were deci- sive factors in the choice of diesel- electric propulsion and, concretely, these Bazan-MAN B&W engines, as prime movers for the propulsion plant.

The Hesperides is driven by two direct-current 1,400-kw engines at 184/220 rpm each, mounted in tan- dem and directly coupled to the shaft- ing.

Four three-phase alternate-cur- rent diesel generators supply the power required by the main engines and all the auxiliary services in- stalled onboard.

The new vessel, delivered in May, will be operated by the Spanish Navy at the service of the Higher Council of Scientific Investigation, and has been defined as "the new flagship of

Spanish scientific research."

With a length between perpen- diculars of about 255 feet, her hull is reinforced for ice navigation. Aside from the most advanced navigational and dynamic positioning facilities available, this ship is also equipped with a complete oceanographic re- search laboratory.

The generator sets, made up of the four Bazan-MAN B&W engines described above, are adequately de- signed to provide the ship's propul- sion power and to supply the electri- cal installations for all her auxiliary services.

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MMS Awarded Contract

By Coscol Marine

Marine Management Systems (MMS) has been awarded a contract to implement their Spare Parts In- ventory Management (SPIM) and

Planned Maintenance (PMS) sys- tems for Coscol Marine, the ship operating subsidiary of The Coastal

Corporation, according to an an- nouncement by MMS vice president

Don Logan.

Under the contract, MMS is in the process of installing the systems at Coscol's Houston, Texas, opera- tions office, as well as onboard the tanker Coastal New York. MMS is scheduled to implement an addi- tional SPIM/PMS system onboard the Coastal Eagle Point. Both ship- board systems will interface via sat- ellite communications with Coscol's office system. Further, the ship- board systems will utilize MMS' lat- est bar code technology to facilitate inventory control and update.

Ongoing support for the project will be handled by MMS technical staff in Stamford, Conn.

MMS has been providing com- puterized vessel management sys- tems for over 20 years, and cur- rently supports more than 400 ac- tive systems worldwide, operating at over 200 shipboard and shoreside locations.

For more information and free literature on MMS,

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Four generating sets, two of them driven by 1,400- kw 14V 20/27 Bazan-MAN B&W engines (in the picture) and two by 7L 20/27 engines, are the prime movers for the diesel-electric propulsion plant of ocean research ship Hesperides. 9 •

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