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Detailed results of the crash, held in late April, were still not available at press time. The con- clusions will be covered in the ear- liest possible edition of MR/EN.

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HDW Buys MaK Engines For

Novel Ships

Germany's HDW placed an order with MaK for genset engines to be installed on a pair of reefer- container ships. The ship class is a new development for the Dole Food

Company, and will have a capacity of approximately 1,000 40-ft. refrigerated containers, making them the largest reefers in the world in terms of refrigerated hold.

To cover the electric power require- ment for the refrigerated contain- ers, each ship will have five M32 diesel generator sets, which will offer a total power output of 17.3

MW.

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Guido Perla Provides Design

For Crowley Tugs

Guido Perla and Assoc. (GPA) has completed the design and com- plete detail modular construction engineering for Crowley Maritime

Corp.'s series of Voith Schneider

Harbor Class tractor tugs. The vessels will measure 105 ft. (32 m) and are powered by a pair of

Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines, each rated at 2,400 bhp at 1,785 rpm. The powerplants drive Voith

Schneider 28GII/210 propulsion units coupled with Falk 1.828:1 reduction gearboxes. GPA's overall responsibilities included initial vessel design in conjunction with

Crowley subsidiary Vessel

Management Services and Voith

Schneider engineers. Included in the complete engineering package were the structural, mechanical and electrical systems, together with modular construction engi- neering and detail design draw- ings.

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Litton Offers Wireless

Remote Display For VTS

Litton Marine Systems intro- duced Tele-Master, a new wireless remote display system for the transmission of real-time radar images from vessel traffic monitor- ing stations to ships underway.

The Tele-Master portable VTS dis- play was developed by Litton

Marine's INA division in

Rotterdam as an option available with the VTS-Master vessel traffic system.

The Tele-Master system trans- mits the radar images and other navigation information from the shoreside VTS-Master station to the remote PC using an open data protocol. The data transmission can be via GSM phone, VHF radio or other wireless media.

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