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Vaerft in Denmark recently launched the 35,000-gt passenger ship Tropicale. Under construction for Festivale Maritime Inc., the 656-foot liner will accommodate 1,420 pas- sengers in 511 cabins. Propulsion machinery will consist of two Sulzer two-stroke, 7RND- 68 diesel engines, each with an output of 13,300 bhp, direct-coupled to controllable- pitch propellers. Built to Lloyd's Register of

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Rados International To Design

Purse Seiners For Mexico

Rados International Corporation, naval architects, marine engineers, consultants, marine surveyors, and ship's brokers of San

Pedro, Calif., recently announced the sign- ing of a design and engineering contract for the construction of six tuna purse seiners for the Government of Mexico. The official signing of the contract was represented by

Robert G. Rados, president of Rados Inter- national, and Adm. Humberto Martinez

Najera, director general of repair and Na- val construction, Department of the Mexican

Navy.

Principals at recent signing of contract between Rados and Mexican Government were (L to R): Robert G.

Rados, president of Rados International; and Adm.

Humberto Martinez Najera, director general of repair and Naval construction, Mexican Department of the

Navy.

The contract marks the beginning of a new construction program in the Naval shipyards of Mexico. The advanced-design vessels will be financed by Mexico Banco

Nacional Pesquero, and will be operated by

Productos Pesqueros Mexicanos.

As part of the program, Rados Interna- tional has agreed to act on behalf of the

Secretaria de Marina as procurement agent in the purchase of the machinery and equip- ment for the vessels and, in addition, to

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