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Detroit Diesel Offers New

Maintenance Brochure

Detroit Diesel recently published a

Performance Products Maintenance

Solutions brochure for its complete line of Detroit Diesel, MBE and MTU engines. There are no specs to check or manuals to reference, as these are the chemicals and parts that are designed for your engine.

The 12-page, four-color brochure fea- tures: Oil, oil filters and oil analysis kits;

Fuel filters; Coolants, coolant analysis kits and SCA's; Filters and elements;

Starters and alternators; Engine brakes;

Cold weather starting aids; Appearance packages; Air compressors; Charge air coolers; Adhesives, sealants and more

Detroit Diesel maintenance products are engineered specifically for Detroit

Diesel, MBE and MTU engines to max- imize performance.

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GE Delivers for DD(X)

Test Site

GE Transportation's marine gas tur- bine business delivered its LM500 aeroderivative Auxiliary Turbine-

Generator Set (ATGS) for installation at the U.S. Navy's DD(X) next-generation destroyer land-based test facility in

Philadelphia. This marks the first use of

GE's LM500 genset for an electric drive application.

The ATGS was selected to be a part of the DD(X)'s Integrated Power System

Engineering Development Model land based test program being conducted by

Northrop Grumman and the U.S. Navy.

Northrop Grumman Ship Systems in

Pascagoula, Miss., is the DD(X) prime contractor and design agent.

The LM500 generator set produces about 3.8 MW of electrical power at 100 degrees f ambient temperature. "Development of the LM500 auxiliary turbine generator set for the DD(X) pro- gram was truly a collaboration between several GE Centers of Excellence - GE

Transportation in Evendale, Ohio and

Lynn, Mass. and GE Energy in Houston,

Texas," said Jeff Martin, director of

U.S. government programs for GE

Transportation's marine gas turbine business. "We tapped into GE's out- standing resources to ensure the latest systems engineering and manufacturing technologies were applied for this proj- ect."

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AMOT signs agreement with MAN B&W

The AMOT XTS-W Bearing

Condition Monitoring System has been added to the Extent of Delivery list for all MAN B&W two-stroke engines under a new cooperative agreement between the two companies.

Now an approved option for all new two-stroke engines built by MAN B&W and its licensees around the world, the

XTS-W system is the only product to be so listed for detecting bearing wear. The agreement also contracts MAN B&W to provide technical support to AMOT who is allowed to market the product for installation in new engines.

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Directory: Marine Propulsion Spares & Repairs

GE Gets GL Certification

GE Transportation's marine business received certification from Germanischer

Lloyd (GL) for its 8, 12 and 16 cylinder, medium-speed diesel engines. "By obtaining the prestigious Germanischer

Lloyd certification, we continue to rein- force GE's commitment to offering cus- tomers low life cycle cost diesel engines that can operate on inland waterways vir- tually anywhere in the world," said John

Manison, manager of GE

Transportation's marine and stationary power business. "GE diesel engines also hold other certifications including the

Central Commission for Navigation of the

Rhine, MAPROL and EPA Tier 1. In addition, our engines are currently EPA

Tier 2-capable," Manison added.

The GE 7FDM engine models are avail- able in 8, 12 and 16 cylinder configurations, for power ranges from 1,403 bhp/1,004 kW to 4,500 bhp/3,355 kW. These four- stroke, turbo-charged and after-cooled medium-speed diesels are designed for the most demanding applications.

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Vietnam to China Fast Ferry Link

North Vietnam's Halong Bay, about 170 km north of Hanoi, is famously beautiful as rep- resented in art forms from ancient poetry to modern movies. The most common popular image is of a small boat drifting lazily through an azure sea amidst towering jade-forested limestone islets. With the launching of a high speed ferry service between Halong Bay and

Feng Cheng (Fangchenggang) in China a very new maritime dimension will be introduced to the waters of the area. The new catamaran vessel is under construction at the Tambac

Shipyard in Haiphong, Vietnam to a design by

SeaSpeed of Australia and Paul Birgan with joint marketing by John Lim of Naval-Consult of Singapore. Designated the SeaCat29, the boat is 98.4 x 27.8 ft. (30 x 8.5-m), overall, with a 9.2 ft. (2.8-m) molded depth. The owner is the Vietnam Shipbuilding

Corporation. Propulsion will be provided by a pair of Cummins KTA50M2 main engines each generating 1875 hp (1399 kW) at 1950 rpm. The engines will turn in ZF gears with 1.833:1 reductions and coupled to model HM651 Hamilton jets. Electrical power will be provided by two 68.5 generator sets. Deck equipment is supplied by Hypac of Australia. Operating with a crew of eight the boat will carry up to 211 passengers. Circle 20 on Reader Service Card

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