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KOMMANDOREN

Equipment List

Main engines . . . . MTU

Waterjets . . KaMeWa

Marine gears ZF

Auxiliary engines . . . . MTU

Ventilation system . . Novenco

Gyrocompass . Robertson

Autopilot . Robertson

Radar Racal Decca

Navigator . .Shipmate

Navigation lights . . Tranberg

Radiotelephone . . . .Sailor

BOATS & BARGES

MTU-Powered High-Speed Catamaran,

Built To New Flying Cat Design,

Delivered By Kvaerner Fjellstrand

The new Flying Cat high-speed catamaran from Kvaerner Fjell- strand of Norway represents one of the most advanced vessels of its kind in the world. A first unit built to this design, the Kommandoren, was recently delivered to west Nor- wegian ferry operator Fylkesbaa- tane, and is now in operation.

Fjellstrand has drawn on experi- ence from building some 30 of its 127-foot catamarans for owners in 18 different countries worldwide in designing and constructing the Fly- ing Cat series.

The Kvaerner Flying Cat fea- tures, apart from modernized de- sign, important changes both exter- nally and internally. Seakeeping characteristics have been improved

The MTU-powered Kommandoren, built to Kaverner's Flying Cat design, features a very low noise level, limited motion in seaways, and high speed combined with a new and modern design to ensure maximum comfort for travelers. by incorporating flares in the tunnel between the twin hulls. This causes waves to break before they hit the tunnel roof, improving overall sea- keeping and ensuring a comfortable journey even in high seas.

The 131-foot-long by 33-foot- wide Kommandoren, which can ac- commodate 252 passengers, is pow- ered by two MTU 16V TB 84 en- gines with KaMeWa water jets, pro- viding a service speed of 37 knots. It is classified Det norske Veritas 1A1

Light Craft, and will operate in a regular service between Bergen and the county of Sogn further to the north, while switching to charter traffic during the summer months.

For free literature detailing the facilities and capabilities of Kvaern- er Fjellstrand,

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Saez Named

Chairman At AESA

Juan S£ez

Officials at Astilleros Espanoles have announced that general man- ager Juan Saez has been named as the new chairman and chief execu- tive officer of the company, which is

Spain's foremost shipbuilding group.

Miguel Aguilo has stepped down from the position to become the new chairman of Iberia, Spain's national air carrier.

Mr. Saez, in addition to his du- ties as chairman and CEO, will take on Mr. Aguilo's responsibilities for

Astilleros de Noroeste (Astano). He will also succeed Mr. Aguilo as chief executive of the Instituo Na- tional de Industrial shipbuilding division.

COMSAT Expands Its

Mobile Communications

To New Ocean Region

COMSAT Mobile Communica- tions is upgrading its Southbury,

Conn., coast earth station to provide communications access to a second

INMARSAT satellite over the At- lantic Ocean that will offer mari- time, aeronautical and international land-mobile customers coverage in a fourth ocean region planned for the

July, 1990 fourth quarter of 1990.

Ron Mario, vice president and general manager, COMSAT Mobile

Communications, explained that the new INMARSAT fourth ocean region will be created by dividing the existing single Atlantic Ocean

Region (AOR) into two regions, At- lantic Ocean Region-East and At- lantic Ocean Region-West, while the

Pacific and Indian Ocean Regions remain the same.

The short-term reason for the ex- panded coverage, according to Mr.

Mario, is to relieve congestion in the INMARSAT satellite system until its second-generation satellites are launched in late 1990 and 1991.

From a longer-term perspective, this will allow complete global cov- erage for COMSAT services by clos- ing a small coverage gap which ex- ists in the current INMARSAT three-ocean region satellite configu- ration. "The level of communications traffic in the Atlantic Ocean region is double that of the Pacific and

Indian Ocean regions. When COM-

SAT begins operating in both At- lantic Ocean regions, it will effec- tively add and estimated 50 percent to available capacity, relative to the capacity of the single Marecs satel- lite," he said. The cost of upgrading the Southbury facility is approxi- mately $2 million, according to Mr.

Mario.

COMSAT Mobile Communica- tions, based in Washington, D.C., provides maritime, aeronautical, and international land mobile satel- lite communications to customers around the world through its IN-

MARSAT coast earth stations, lo- cated in Southbury, Conn., and San- ta Paula, Calif. COMSAT repre- sents the U.S. in the 59-member

International Maritime Satellite Or- ganization (INTELSAT).

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