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JJH Establishes Small Boat

Engineering Department—

J. Koelbel Named Director

Joe Koelbel

Richard R. Hopkins, president of JJH Inc., recently announced the establishment of the small boat en- gineering department at the Arling- ton, Va., office of JJH Inc. This group has the responsibility of pro- viding engineering services to the small craft industry using both the existing resources of JJH Inc., a well-established naval architecture/ marine engineering firm, and the new resources of the department.

Joe Koelbel, a naval architect with 40 years' experience in the field, has been appointed technical director. He has experience with a wide range of boat types, including yachts, fast patrol boats, hydrofoils, auto ferries, and oceanographic ves- sels. He has particular expertise in the design and analysis of high per- formance hulls and has authored several papers on the subject.

Using the latest computer tech- nology, the new department offers a complete range of design services to owners, operators, and builders of yachts, subchapter "T" boats, mili- tary craft, and workboats. The ser- vices of the small boat department complement those that JJH has of- fered in the past and extend the scope of the company's interest to vessels of practically all sizes and types.

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HHI Constructing

Specialized RO/RO

For United Baltic Corp.

Since her keel was laid on Decem- ber 15, 1988, construction of a 12,830-dwt roll-on/roll-off vessel or- dered by United Baltic Corp. has been in full swing to meet the delivery due for November this year at Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI)

Ulsan shipyard.

When delivered, the vessel will transport containers, roll trailers, paper reels and other Ro/Ro cargoes between U.K. east coast ports and various European countries on the

Baltic shores.

The vessel will have three cargo decks including tank top, and one shelter deck to be used for loading of empty containers by shore crane.

She is capable of carrying up to 781

TEUs.

For efficient cargo loading/un- loading, one set of stern door/ramp will be provided. The ramp has an anti-slip surface of fish-bone type

October, 1989 9 and is operated hydraulically and electrically from the vertical posi- tion up to approximately 8 degrees below the horizontal position.

The vessel is powered by two non- reversible, four-stroke turbocharged

Wartsila engines, developing a total

MCR output of 13,575 kw at 900 rpm. The 9R46 engine provides 8,145 kw of this total, and the remaining 5,430 kw is by the 6R346 engine.

Trial speed using both engines will be 19.1 knots at 80 percent

MCR (total 10,860 kw), with a ser- vice speed of 18.5 knots.

Classified by Lloyd's Register of

Shipping +100A1, roll-on/roll-off ship and +LMC, UMS, Ice Class

IAS, she will have an overall length of about 151 feet, breadth of 82 feet, depth to upper deck of 57 feet, and design draft of 23.6 feet.

Since its shipyard operation in 1973, HHI has so far delivered a total of 14 Ro/Ro ships to their respective owners including Barber

Blue Sea Lines (BBS), which took delivery of their identical 2,400-

TEU Super Carriers in early 1984.

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