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Hong Kong Operator

Buys 250-Passenger

Jetfoil From Boeing

The keel-laying of Boeing's first

Jetfoil scheduled for customer de- livery was held January 19, at the company's Renton, Wash., facility.

The 50-mile-an-hour Jetfoil has been sold to Far East Hydrofoil,

Hong Kong, one of the free world's largest hydrofoil operators.

Far East Hydrofoil will operate the 250-passenger 106-ton Jetfoil on its Hong Kong to Portuguese-

Macao route, beginning in the sum- mer of 1974. "This unique ship is the first of a fleet of high-speed advance-de- sign hydrofoils destined for service in the world's markets," said Wil- liam M. Shultz, Boeing commercial hydrofoil manager. "With the Jet- foil, it is finally possible to offer passengers a comfortable, safe, rap- id ride on a dependable schedule, even in high winds and heavy seas.

Furthermore, we can do this at a cost that is not only competitive, but downright attractive to the op- erator.

The Jetfoil is based on more than 14 years of Boeing hydrofoil ex- perience, including three hydrofoils built for the U.S. Navy. The most modern hydrofoil ever designed, * * • .. •« j

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Savannah Machine

Elects WJ. Foran VP

William J. Foran

William J. Foran, general super- intendent of Savannah Machine and Shipyard, has been elected an officer of the company, according to an -announcement by Robert F.

Sherman, president of Savannah

Machine.

In his new role as vice president- general superintendent, Mr. Foran will have expanded responsibility for yard operations.

He joined the company as an ap- prentice in 1935, after graduation from Benedictine Military School.

He has been general superintendent for the past 12 years. 2,000-Ton Craneship

Will Be Constructed

By Boele's Shipyard

Boele's Scheepswerven en Machine- fabriek B.V. at Bolnes, Holland re- cently received a contract from In- trepid Shipping Company for the conversion of the supertanker Veedol into what will be the world's largest craneship. This is the third craneship to be constructed by this shipyard.

This conversion will provide a craneship with a lifting capacity of 2,000 tons. Only the forepart and the cargo section of the tanker Veedol will be used for the new vessel. Thus, the conversion requires widening the ship's hull by 28 feet 6 inches, build- ing the crane foundation, erecting the crane, providing accommodations for a crew of 180 people, building a helicopter deck, installing the propul- sion machinery and providing a new ballast system. This extensive conver- sion will require about 3,500 tons of new steel.

The shipyard is having model tests made at the Dutch Shipbuilding Re- search Laboratory at Wageningen to aid in the selection of the propulsion machinery.

When completed, the vessel will have a length of 557 feet 7 inches, a breadth of 128 feet 5 inches and a depth of 49 feet 10 inches.

The previous craneships built by

Boele's Shipyard are the Challenger, with a lifting capacity of 800 tons, for Heerema's Engineering Service; and the Orca, with a lifting capacity of 900 tons, for the Panama Europe

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