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Blount Awarded $1-Million

Contract To Build Ferry

For Casco Bay Lines

Blount Marine Corporation of

Warren, R.I., recently received an order from Casco Bay Lines in

Maine for the construction of a 122- foot ferryboat at a price of $1,084,500. The new 10-car, 350- passenger vessel will replace the fer- ry Rebel, which CBL plans to sell.

Delivery of the new boat is sched- uled for early summer 1987.

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High-speed ferry Port Imperial will carry commuters between New Jersey and New York.

Blount Delivers Commuter Ferry

For High-Speed Hudson Crossings

Blount Marine Corporation of

Warren, R.I., recently completed the 149-passenger, 77-foot, high- speed commuter ferry Port Imperi- al, said to be the first high-speed commuter ferry built for a Manhat- tan area run. Designed and built from Blount's patented concept of hull construction, it was delivered to

Remus Realty of Port Imperial,

N.J., for use as a commuter ferry between West 38th Street in Man- hattan and Arcorp Properties, a 350-acre development site across the Hudson River in Weehawken,

N.J. On earlier trial runs, the Hud- son crossing was made in less than three minutes.

The Port Imperial is a Hitech type fast commuter ferry designed for quick, reliable transportation between terminals to provide a more convenient and comfortable passage for commuters. Certified by the U.S.

Coast Guard to carry 149 seated passengers, the aluminum/foam/fi- berglass composite construction of this high-speed craft renders it vir- tually unsinkable. In addition, as all components are extremely durable, the hull needs minimum mainte- nance. The minimum wake pro- duced by the vessel is of significant operational importance.

Combined with the floating

Blount Boat-Bus/Passenger Termi- nal, the Port Imperial will be capa- ble of moving 750-1,000 people per hour crossing the Hudson on its reg- ular route.

Blount's Hitech line includes three basic models: • The 50-foot Water Taxi capable of speeds of up to 30 mph, certified by the Coast Guard for 70 passengers; • the 77-foot Boat Bus, available with USCG certificate for Lakes,

Bays, and Sounds to carry 149 pas- sengers in a sound-proof cabin; • the People Mover for 300-400 pas- sengers, an all-aluminum commuter boat with various applications in- cluding high-speed commuter shut- tle, cruise ship support launch, beach landing excursion craft, and standard ferry use.

These boats are built entirely of durable and low-maintenance mate- rials. Their tough, easily maintained fiberglass hulls have been tested to withstand loads of more than 10 tons per square foot of surface. The hull has proven capable of breaking six inches of hard ice. According to the builder, the per-passenger seat cost is about the same as that of a standard charter bus, and the oper- ating costs are low.

For further information and full- color literature about the Hitech boat line and other Blount designs,

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Carey Appointed President

Of United States Lines

James J. Carey II has been elected president and chief operat- ing officer of United States Lines.

He succeeds Malcom P. McLean

Jr., son of USL's principal owner.

According to a company announce- ment, Mr. McLean will now devote most of his time to McLean Indus- tries, the line's parent organization, but will remain involved with the shipping company.

Prior to joining USL in 1971, Mr.

Carey was vice president-ports and terminals for Seatrain Lines. Before that he served some five years in various executive posts at Sea-Land

Service. His most recent position at

USL was executive vice president-

Atlantic service.

Mr. McLean joined USL in 1978, and was executive vice president be- fore being elected president and

COO in 1985.

Buky Appointed Vice

President-Sales At ACBL

James W. Buky has been pro- moted to vice president of sales for

American Commercial Barge Lines,

Inc. (ACBL) of Jeffersonville, Ind. A 19-year veteran of the barge and towing company, he joined ACBL as a dispatcher and became district director in the distribution services department in 1969. In his new posi- tion, he will be responsible for

ACBL's sales in dry bulk commodi- ties and also for equipment alloca- tion.

Pier 80 In San Francisco

Scheduled For $15-Million

Improvement Program

The Port of San Francisco Com- mission has announced plans to spend some $15 million for expan- sion and modernization of Pier 80.

The renovated terminal will have a storage capacity of about 5,270

TEUs. It will be available to one large tenant or several smaller ones.

Included in the expenditure will be $7 million to pave the container storage area, $3.5 million on utili- ties, and $2 million for tracks to handle the container cranes. Com- pletion of the project is scheduled for March 1988.

Aquamaster Propulsion Units Installed

In Self-Unloading Malaysian Bulker

The biggest application to date of the Aquamaster azimuth propulsion units manufactured by Hollming

Ltd. Engineering Works in Rauma,

Finland, is in a 5,000-dwt self- unloading cement carrier built by

Sahab Shipyard in Malaysia for

Perbadanan National Shipping

Line of Kuala Lumpur.

The bulk carrier, designed by

Shiptech Pte. Ltd. of Singapore, op- erates between Kuantam and Pulau

Langkawi. As the traffic is mainly an interisland operation, the owner specified the need for high perfor- mance of the main propulsion sys- tem in the ports.

The Aquamaster twin-screw, hull-mounted type US 1401 propul- sion units achieve full nominal thrust when the main engines are operating in reverse. In addition, a sideward thrust can be used when moving the vessel to quayside, elim- inating the need for a bow thruster.

This decreases hull resistance and provides savings in fuel costs.

The main engines are two Mirr- lees Blackstone ESL 6 MK 2 diesels, each developing 1,310 bhp at 1,000 rpm. The two Aquamaster US 1401/ 3000 propulsion units have open propellers with a diameter of 2,100 mm and speed of 306 rpm. The units are classed by Det norske Veritas 1A 1R 280.

The main engines and propulsion units are controlled by an Aquapilot steering system. A main control panel is installed in the wheelhouse and a portable control can be used on the bridge wings. The rpm con- trol of engines is electro-pneumatic through an E/P converter. The

Aquapilot system is connected to an

Anschuetz autopilot helm steering unit.

For further information and free literature on the Aquamaster pro- pulsion units,

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