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Voilh Water Tractor

Technical Revolution in

Ship Handling

Voith Water Tractor means:

Voith-Schneider Propellers at the fore and towing gear aft. * ; - j

KELANG and TANGAT Voith water tractors of

Kelang Port Authority are propelled by 2 Voith-

Schneider propellers each with 850 kW (1,150 h p ).

Economical utilisation as high-quality fire- fighting vessels without the installation of additional horse-power, as each main engine on the oppsite side to the flywheel drives a fire- fighting pump. Precise manoeuvrability is fully maintained even during fire-fighting duty.

In the Asian area there are also 11 Voith tractors for Singapore, 2 for Bombay and 1 for Cochin/

India amongst the 400 Voith water tractors for worldwide operation.

Please - convince yourself!

This conception has proved a worldwide success in many years of operation. Today, hundreds of Voith Water

Tractors are a synonym safety reliability swiftness precision in harbour and offshore service. !s 8103e/2 ^^ ^^ ^^^^^

USA I ^^ J.M. Voith GmbH

Voith Schneider ,n America Diamond Canapower Ltd. ^^ M. M M • M Postfach 1 940, D-7920 Heidenheim 347 Evevn Street 1122 Pioneer Road ^^^m , __ „ ' „ _

Paramus. NJ. 07652 Burlington. On.ano W ^^U U M M Tel. (0 73 21) 37-0, Tx. 714 799-0 VH D 6 Write 259 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News