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Swiftships, Inc., Morgan City,

La., has contracted to deliver two additional passenger ferries to

Turista Margarita of Porta La

Cruz, Venezuela. A similar vessel was previously purchased from

Swiftships and is now in opera- tion from the Venezuelan main- land to the coastal islands of

Santa Margarita.

The new 125-foot passenger ferries will be all-aluminum and seat 300 persons aircraft style.

Speeds to 28 knots are provided by three MTU 12V331TC71 en- gines with 1,360 horsepower each.

Fuel capacity is 5,500 gallons, and the craft carries approximately 475 gallons of fresh water.

The vessels are climate-con- trolled throughout, and feature galleys for fast-food service. Each is equipped with a video tape pro- jection system, and the latest in radar, navigation, and lifesaving equipment.

According to Swiftships' Jerry

HofTpauir, "The success of the first Swiftships-built passenger ferry, the Gran Cacique, led di- rectly to the new contract. The

Venezuelan people and the South

American public in general are extremely fond of weekend trav- el," he said."Specifically," he con- tinued, "a number of islands off the coast, including Curacao and

Margarita, are very popular tour- ist spots."

A spokesman for Turista Mar- garita explained that recent in- creases in business have come mainly from visitors traveling to the coastal islands, mostly popu- lar free ports. Even with local air service, full-capacity ferry trips four times daily, seven days a week, are expected. With this

The quarterly meeting of the

American Society of Naval Engi- neers, Southern New England Sec- tion, was held recently at the U.S.

Submarine Base in Groton, Conn.

Chairman Capt. Don Kern, USN (ret.), presided over the meeting.

Lt. Comdr. Michael Goodwin,

USCG, presented a discussion ac- companied by slides and a video tape of the Polar-class icebreak- business potential, he continued, we fully expect our fleet of pas- senger ferries to grow. The cur- rent Swiftships-built vessel has proven to be ideal in every way for us, including passenger com- fort, overall speed, and ease of maintenance. ers. These icebreakers are 399 feet long, 83-foot 6-inch beam, and 13,190 tons, and are equipped with three reversible-pitch pro- pellers. A video tape was shown of one of the icebreakers break- ing 7-foot-thick ice in the Ant- arctic area. Commander Goodwin is a graduate of Webb Institute of Naval Architecture, and he holds a master's degree from

M.I.T.

Kutzleb Forms New

Company—Steadfast

Marine Consulting, Inc.

A new marine services company,

Steadfast Marine Consulting, Inc., has recently been formed. Headed by R.E. (Bob) Kutzleb, formerly of Seaward, Inc., Steadfast pro- vides underwater search expertise to customers on a worldwide ba- sis. The Steadfast team has en- joyed an enviable success rate during the past five years, while conducting sonar operations in water depths ranging from 10 to 7,000 feet.

In addition to their innovations in the field of aircraft search and recovery, Steadfast personnel pos- sess expertise in the fields of sal- vage, towing, marine casualty in- vestigation and sea-floor survey- ing.

For further information on how

Steadfast Marine can assist you on your marine projects, contact

Bob Kutzleb at Steadfast Marine

Consulting, Inc., 6311 Beachway

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Cable "Carringtons"

M.T. "Broadsound" 35M Tug powered by two 2800 S.H.P. en- gines producing a bollard pull of 75 tonnes. "Broadsound" is fitted with a high pressure foam/water/jet spray fire monitor installed atop the wheelhouse.

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The Gran Cacique II shown above is the second of its kind ordered from Swiftships by Turista Margarita. Each of the three 28-knot ferries ordered by the Venezuelan firm will be powered by three 1,360-hp MTU 12V331TC71 diesel engines.

Swiftships, Inc. Receives Contract

For Two Additional MTU-Powered Ferries

ASNE So. New England Section Meeting

Features Discussion Of Polar-Class Icebreakers

Shown left to right at the recent ASNE Southern New England Section are: Capt.

Don Kern, USN (ret.), chairman; Capt. Dick Goode, USCG (ret.); Lt. Comdr. Mike

Goodwin, USCG speaker; Martin Wilson, Unidyne; Capt. Vernon Honsinger, USN;

Comdr. Oliver Porter, USN; and John Leonard, Shearwater. 18 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News