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Kvaerner Fjellstrand To Build

JumboCat And FlyingCat

Kvaerner Fjellstrand has received contracts to build a 197-ft. (60-m) JumboCat speed passenger and car ferry and a 151-ft. (46-m)

FlyingCat passenger catamaran ferry. The JumboCat, which will be built for ferry operator Express

Ferries Ltd. for approximately $22.4 million, is the second high-

Hovermarine

Plans To

Manufacture

Under License

International Hovercraft Ltd. (IHL) has announced a funda- mental change in marketing strategy in addition to provid- ing its worldwide spares and technical services.

The company has acquired the assets of Hovermarine

International Ltd. from the administrative receiver.

Tangible assets include the detailed designs of all the com- pany's hovercraft including the highly successful HM2 family. "We believe that we should capitalize on our intellectual strengths and align ourselves with overseas manufacturers capable of producing

Hovermarine products to suit today's market requirements," said IHL Director Peter Hill.

In excess of 110 craft — pri- marily workhorse HM2 class — have been built over a peri- od of 25 years. This rugged design, which utilizes a hull manufactured in composites with diesel power for both lift and propulsion, proved to be extremely adaptable.

Special purpose derivatives of the HM2 design were produced for Tacoma USA and the Port of Rotterdam for firefighting, port surveillance, harbor patrol and hydrographic survey work.

Craft have operated in more than forty countries and have proved reliable in service under extreme weather condi- tions.

Circle 249 on Reader Service Card 47 speed car ferry that will be built by the shipyard in Omastrand. Two diesel engines connected to water jets will give the vessel a service speed of approximately 36 knots.

The vessel will be delivered in

April 1998, and the contract includes an option for a second.

The FlyingCat will be built for

Egyptian ship owner Abd. El Naser

Eid Youssef and is worth approxi- mately $11.2 million. The vessel is a new design which can carry 307 passengers and 12 cars and is capable of performing at speeds in excess of 40 knots. Propulsion is provided by four independent engines and waterjets.

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