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"We will put the Chenega into service as soon as we can, however, given an unfavorable confluence of circumstances, it looks like that date will now be after

July 1," said Robin Taylor, Deputy Com- missioner for Marine Transportation.

Composite Shafts

The latest addition to the Alaska Marine

Highway System, the M/V Chenega, is taking several new technologies for a spin. One of these new technologies spins more than the others.

Like several of her sister vessels in the world of fast ferries, the Chenega's propulsion system has incorporated Car- bon Fiber Shafting from CENTA Corpora- tion to achieve advantages not available with standard steel shafting systems from 22 • MarineNews • July, 2005

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M/V Chenega Specifications

Operator Alaska Marine Highway

System, State of Alaska

Builder Derecktor Shipyards, Bridgeport, CT, USA

Designer Nigel Gee and Associates,

Southampton, UK

Construction Aluminum structure,

USCG/IMO/HSCC/DNV rules

Cost Approx. $34 million

Contract, Signed 9/25/2002

Start of construction 1/30/2003

Vessel Type Catamaran, High Speed Craft

Length 235 ft.

Beam 60 ft.

Draft 8 ft.

Passengers 250

Crew 10

Vehicle Capacity 35 large cars, more than 700 feet of 10 foot wide lanes

Vehicle Weights 270,000 pounds total

Vehicle Size Limit 14 ft. high. 8.5 ft. wide.

Lengths up to 40 ft.

Vehicle Weight Limit 21,000 lb. axle total 70,000 lb.limit

Service Speed 32 knots (36 mph) full load at 78% power

Maximum speed 42 knots (48 mph) light load at 100% power

Range Approx. 500 nautical miles @ 32 knots

Home Port Cordova, Alaska

Routes Cordova-Whittier-Valdez

Power (4) MTU 16V595TE70 diesels 19,200 installed hp

Propulsion (4) Kamewa 90S11 series waterjets

Electric Power (4) Northern Lights, 185 kW each

Switchboards Thompson Technologies

Electronics PMC, Raytheon, Ansul, Current Corp.

Matrix, Hose McCann, Weir Jones

Displacement Approx. 750 long tons 800 long tons max.

Registered Tonnage, International 3424

Registered Tonnage, Domestic 1280

Fuel Capacity 13,400 gallons

Classification: 1A1 HSLC, R3, Passenger Car Ferry

A, Category B, EO

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