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Singapore Technologies Delivers Container Vessel Anan Bhum

On February 4, Singapore Tech- nologies Shipbuilding & Engin- eering (ST SE) delivered 482-ft. (147-m) Anan Bhum to Regional

Container Lines Public Co., Ltd.

The vessel is a single screw, diesel-driven cellular container- ship, with eight hatches, and deck space for containers between hatch number eight and the superstruc- ture. It is the first in a series of four container vessels to be built by

ST SE for the company, and has been constructed according to the rules of Lloyd's Register and the

Thai Shipping Registry The vessel engine room is designed for unmanned operation, and the ves- sel was built in compliance with

SOLAS and MARPOL regulations.

Maneuvering capability is enhanced by a 600-kW bowthrust- er unit, equipped with a control- lable pitch propeller. The hull de- sign incorporates a well-faring stem with bulbous bow, and paral- lel midbody and streamlined rud- der.

The propulsion plant consists of one MAN B&W 8L 42MC engine

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Electro Watt Utility Services, Inc. 464 Chardonnay Drive

Fremont, CALIFORNIA 94539-7776

Telephone/Fax: (510) 770-1653

Pacific Marine & Industrial 2005 Palo Verde Ave., Suite 112

Long Beach, CALIFORNIA 90815

Telephone: (800) 248-5579

Coppedge Marine Inc. 4972 River Point Road, P.O. Box 5636

Jacksonville, FLORIDA 32207

Telephone: (904) 398-9586

Telefax: (904) 398-0373

Maguire Bearing Co. 1919 Hau Street

Honolulu, HAWAII 96819

Telephone: (808) 847-3531

Telefax: (808) 842-4889

Marine Industries Corp. 601 East Riverside Drive

Clarksville, INDIANA 47130

Telephone: (800) 733-3130

Telefax: (812) 283-9628

Johnson Packings &

Industrial Products, Inc.

One Industrial Way, Unit 9

Portland, MAINE 04103

Telephone: (207) 797-9212

Telefax: (207) 797-9158

Johnson Packings &

Industrial Products, Inc. 1434 Memorial Avenue, West Springfield

MASSACHUSETTS 01089

Telephone: (413) 733-7861

Telefax: (413) 732-2210

Argo International 13477 SE Johnson Road

Milwaukie, OREGON 97222-1237

Telephone: (503) 794-9686

Telefax: (503) 794-8336

Hampton Sales Inc.

P.O. Box 492,361B North York Road

Willow Grove, PENNSYLVANIA 19090

Telephone: (215) 784-0390

Telefax: (215) 784-0392

Pacific Marine Equipment Inc. 3307 Freemont Ave. N. Bldg. G

Seattle, WASHINGTON 98103

Telephone: (206) 548-0334

Telefax: (206) 548-0468

Avalon Marine Ltd. 44 Coventry Lane

Dartmouth, NOVA SCOTIA B2V 2K2

Telephone: (902) 456-1381

Telefax: (902) 462-1004

P.D.L. Kenscott 9653 Clement Street

Lasalle, QUEBEC H8R4B4

Telephone: (514) 364-0808

Telefax: (514) 364-0454

Thordon Offices: 2106 Old Farm Road

Bakersfield, CALIFORNIA 93312

Telephone/Fax: (805) 589-7161 1140 FM 2094, #106

Clear Lake Shores, TEXAS 77565

Telephone: (713)334-6118

Telefax: (713) 538-1924

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Telephone (905) 335-1440 Fax (905) 335-4033 J developing 7,960 kW at 179 rpm, and is designed for operation with heavy fuel oils.

For more information on Singapore

Technologies Shipbuilding & Engineering

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Anan Bhum Particulars

Length 482 ff. (147 m)

Width 75.1 ft. (22.9 m)

Draft 27.2 ft. (8.3 m)

DWT 13,800

Service speed 17.4 knots

Container capacity 1,018 TEU

Anan Bhum Equipment

Main engines MAN B&W

Auxiliary diesel generator Yanmar

Emergency diesel generator Perkins

Pumps Kvaerner

Bow tunnel thruster Ulstein

Liferafts Viking

Navigation equipment JRC

Gyrocompass/autopilot Anschutz

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Brady Wins ASNE Gold

Medal Award

Carl Brady was presented with the distin- guished Gold Me- dal Award from the American So- ciety of Naval En- gineers (ASNE) for being a techni- cal driver for one of the most suc- cessful naval machinery programs ever undertaken — the application of General Electric's LM2500 aero- derivative gas turbine to marine propulsion. This gas turbine is used in more than 350 ships of more than 40 different types. Mr.

Brady is the manager of advanced marine programs for GE Marine &

Industrial Engines. This GE divi- sion is a designer, developer and manufacturer of aeroderivative gas turbines for commercial and naval marine propulsion and industrial uses, and is part of GE

Aircraft Engines, headquartered in

Evendale, Ohio.

For more information on General Electric

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Nobeltec In Agreement With

Nautical Software

Marine software developer No- beltec Corporation has announced an agreement with Nautical Soft- ware, Inc. Under the agreement,

Nautical Software's Tides &

Currents Lite will be packaged and sold with NavTrek 2.0. Tides &

Currents predicts for thousands of locations in North America. Nav-

Trek is available at selected ma- rine dealers, as well as directly from Nobeltec.

For more information on Nobeltec

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