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'Ro-Ro Genova' Launched

By Chantiers De France

At Dunkerque

With an overall length of 170.5 meters (about 559 feet), beam of 25 meters (82 feet), and a service draft of 7 meters (23 feet), the 10,200-dwt, 17,400-hp

Ro-Ro Genova will carry 691 containers at a speed of 18.8 knots.

Chantiers de France-Dunkerque, Ship- building Division of S.M.N.-D.N. (Empain-

Schneider Group), recently launched the Ro-

Ro Genova for Societe Dunkerquois d'Arme- ment.

Two similar vessels were ordered by this subsidiary shipping company from its Dun- kirk Yard. These vessels will be chartered to Saudi National Line, in which the Italian

Group COSTA is a shareholder. The ships, however, will fly the French flag, and will be operated by French crews.

The Ro-Ro Genova and her sistership are almost the same as the Ville De Dunkerque and Ville Du Havre, which were delivered to

Societe Dunkerquoise d'Armement in 1978. SS&i

Mitsubishi Appoints Oosterhuis

Industries Gulf Coast Distributor

For Diesel Engines

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI),

Tokyo, Japan, and Mitsubishi Heavy Indus- tries America, Inc., Chicago, 111., have signed an agreement with Oosterhuis Industries,

Inc. of Belle Chasse, La., in which Oosterhuis will become the master distributor for Mitsu- bishi marine diesel engines in the Gulf Coast states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mis- sissippi, Alabama, and Florida.

According to Herman H. Oosterhuis, pres- ident of Oosterhuis Industries, the Mitsu- bishi marine engines handled by his firm are all of original Mitsubishi design and include the Daiya diesel, a 900-rpm heavy-duty, in- line engine available up to maximum 1,100 shaft horsepower.

Other Mitsubishi engines available through

Oosterhuis include the Mitsubishi "SB", "SA," and "SN" Series, a high-speed, 4-stroke die- sel, economical on fuel, with ratings of 250 horsepower continuously up to maximum 1,600 horsepower at 1,800 rpm for marine application. The "S" Series is available in 6- and 8-cylinder in-line and 12- and 16- cylinder vee-type versions.

Mr. Oosterhuis stated there are Mitsu- bishi engines already sold and being deliv- ered by his firm, and that an extensive spare parts inventory has been established. Dealers handling parts and service are being appoint- ed by Oosterhuis as far away as Brownsville,

Texas.

Marine Engineering, Incorporated, an af- filiated company of Oosterhuis, has been appointed dealer for the New Orleans, La.,

Oosterhuis Industries, Inc., recently appointed master distributor for Mitsubishi marine diesel engines for the Gulf Coast, displayed the engines at the recent

Work Boat Show in New Orleans, La. Standing in front of a Mitsubishi S8N Series engine are, left to right:

Earl Primo, vice president and general manager, Ma- rine Engineering, Inc.; Shinji Okamoto, manager, En- gine Export Section, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,

Tokyo; Herman H. Oosterhuis, president, Oosterhuis

Industries, Inc.; Yoshio Aso, manager, Mitsubishi

Heavy Industries, Chicago, and Mrs. Mona Oosterhuis, manager, Public Relations, Oosterhuis Industries. area. Arrangements have also been made with established firms for prompt service and parts supplies in East Coast, West Coast and Mexican areas.

Hongkong United Dock

Ships 210-Ton Buoy

For PEMEX

The 210-ton buoy, constructed by Hongkong United

Dockyards Ltd. (HUD) for PEMEX, being lifted onto heavy lift vessel John Henry prior to shipment.

A 210-ton buoy was recently raised on- board the heavy-lift vessel John Henry in

Hong Kong for shipment to Mexico. The buoy was ordered by IMODCO for PEMEX, the Mexican national oil company, and con- structed by Hongkong United Dockyards

Ltd. of Hong Kong.

The buoy had been previously lifted by the giant floating crane Proteus I from the

Kowloon yard into the water, and was moored alongside the dockyard until it was loaded onto the John Henry.

The buoy consists of a circular hull bound by one rotating assembly. The hull measures 12.5 meters in diameter, 4.27 meters in height (41 feet by 14 feet), and is divided into six compartments, half of which are filled with polyurethane foam materials.

The vessel loading operation involved twin derricks, each capable of lifting 216 tons.

Once onboard, the buoy was lashed in posi- tion before the John Henry began its trans-

Pacific voyage to Cortzacoalcos, near Vera- cruz in the Gulf of Mexico.

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