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Shipyard Delivers

First Fortune Vessel

The 21,500-dwt Attica, the first

Fortune ship built by IHI (Ishika- wajima-Harima Heavy Industries

Co., Ltd) for Faros Shipping Co.,

Greece, was recently shown to over- seas and domestic shipowners and shippers at an open house at Harumi

Wharf in Tokyo.

The Fortune ship is a multipurpose single-deck dry cargo vessel develop- ed jointly by IHI and G.T.R. Camp- bell (International) Ltd., Canada, to be mass-produced to the standardized design. IHI placed this vessel type on the market in April 1970 as a sec- ond series of mass-produced ships, following the 14,800-dwt Freedom ship and has since received orders for a total of 24 Fortune ships.

Construction of the first Fortune ship began in July 1970 at IHI Tok- yo Shipyard and was completed about

The Attica, developed jointly by IHI and

G.T.R. Campbell (International) Ltd., is the first of a series that will be produced at the rate of 1 2 ships a year.

It is the optimum size for trans- port through the St. Lawrence Sea- way with a very shallow draft of ap- proximately 32 feet, assuring the ship's versatility as a multipurpose vessel. Each hatch is provided with a set of 10-ton Universal cargo gear specially designed for the Fortune.

The extra wide and long hatch open- ings permit the loading of many kinds of cargoes.

The main propulsion machinery is an IHI-SEMT Pielstick 16PC2V type medium-speed heavy oil burn- ing geared diesel of 8,000-hp maxi- mum continuous rating which drives the propeller via single reduction gear. This engine is especially de- signed to produce 500-hp per cylin- der—nearly 17 percent more than the original output of this type en- gine.

Principal particulars and approxi- mate measurements of the Attica are: length, bp, 510 feet; breadth, 75 feet; depth, 45 feet; draft, 32 feet; 21,500 deadweight tons, and a gross tonnage of 14,200. The vessel will have a complement of 27 and a service speed of 15 knots.

Arnessen To Represent

Blohm & Voss, A.G.

In U.S. And Canada

Blohm & Voss, A.G., Hamburg, one of West Germany's leading shipbuilders, recently announced the appointment of Arnessen Ma- rine Systems, Inc., New York, as their representatives for the Unit- ed States and Canada for their new buildings and turbines. Focal point of their new construction program is the remodeling of West

Germany's largest drydock, the

Elbe 17, which to date has mainly been used for ship repairing. Ac- cording to present plans, the dock will be ready for building giant vessels up to 230,000 deadweight tons in 1973 and 400,000 dead- weight tons at a later date. De- livery of the first vessel could be made in June 1974.

According to Egil Arnessen, president of Arnessen Marine Sys- tems, Inc., the Blohm & Voss

North American program will be under the leadership of Joachim R.

Werner, vice president. a year later. Various performance trials were conducted and the test re- sults of the first ship will be reflect- ed in the design of subsequent ones.

From the second ship on, full-scale construction en masse will begin at the No. 5 berth in the Tokyo Ship- yard at the rate of 12 ships a year.

The Fortune can carry all normal dry bulk cargoes, including ore with alternate hold loading arrangement, automobiles, semi-finished steel prod- ucts including long articles, contain- ers, and lightweight cargoes requir- ing large hold cubic capacity. In view of increasing car export trade, the ship is also designed for convenient car transportation with added car decks.

BUILDING A NEW BOAT ?

Matton Shipyard Company, Inc. offers complete facilities for all new construction of vessels up to 200 feet in length. • Repairs • Conversions • Overhaul

For your next new vessel or repair job . . . call

Matton first.

MATTON SHIPYARD COMPANY INC.

P. O. Box 428, Cohoes, New York 12047

Tel: 518 CE 7-3911 J

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Norriseal Butterfly Valves; dis- tributors for Universal Electric

Motors, ILG Fans and Blow- ers, Hunter Fans and Heaters, and many other products.

For prompt and efficient service, call

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