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MARINE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY ly to see the release of an 18-cylin- der version of the 3600 family, developed jointly by Caterpillar with Bazan Motores in Spain.

Producing 9,650 hp at 1,050 rpm, the 3618 is the latest product of a transatlantic alliance, which involves coordinated parts supply, manufacture and engine assembly between plants in Indiana and

Cartagena. The other dimension to the U.S. group's bold developmen- tal strategy involving the industry in Europe has been its takeover of prolific MaK from Krupp at Kiel.

S. Korea Seven-Month Shipbuilding Orders Soar

New orders received by South Korean shipbuilders surged 206 percent to 6.51 million gt for 115 vessels in the first seven months of this year, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said. The seven-month figure compared with 2.13 million gross tons for 57 ships from a year earlier. An official from the Association said the seven-month order total was the largest since 1993 when shipbuilders won orders for 6.67 mil- lion gross tons in the same period. "Orders have been rising, but we are more concerned about low prices," said the official without elaborating.

CLARIFICATION

Contact information on GEC

Althsom diesel engine manufac- turing units was omitted from

MR IEN's July 1997 Diesel

Engine Directory. The following is the latest information for con- tacting all of the company's man- ufacturing units.

GEC Alsthom Diesels Inc. 10801 Kempwood Drive, Suite 1

Houston, TX 77043-4

Tel: (713) 939-0073

Fax: (713) 939-0105

Products: DE (hs) (ms); GEN

GEC Alsthom Mirrlees

Blackstone

Bramhall Moor Lane, Hazel

Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK7 5AH, England

Tel: +44 161 483 1000

Fax: +44 161 487 1465

Products: DE (ms); GEN

GEC Alsthom Paxman Diesels

Paxman Works, Hythe Hill

Colchester, Essex COl 2HW

England

Tel: +44 1206 795151

Fax: +44 1206 797869

Products: DE (hs); GEN

GEC Alsthom Ruston Diesels

Vulcan Works, Newton-LE-

Willows

Merseyside, England WA3 2EP

Tel: +44 1925 225151

Fax: +44 1925 222055

Malcolm Siberry

Product(s): DE(ms); GEN

September, 1997 kW 60000 50 000 40000 35 000

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