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The passenger/train/car ferry Tycho Brahe, built for the Danish Railways (DSB) is shown undergoing sea trials in the Tomrefjord in Norway. MACOR delivered hydraulic equipment for this ship.

MACOR Marine Systems,

Formerly Deutsche MacGregor,

Equips New Ferry In Norway

Langsten Slip & Batbyggeri A/S in Norway recently built the pas- senger/train/car ferry Tycho Brahe (yard No. 156) for the Danish Rail- ways DSB (Dansk Statsbaner).

The ferry is to travel once an hour between Helsingor in Denmark and

Helsingborg in Sweden.

This ferry has been equipped with different types of hydraulic equip- ment by MACOR Marine Systems

International GmbH in Bremen.

Notable features of the Tycho

Brahe include: (1) Platforms inserted in the train deck which can be hy- draulically raised so that the train passengers can get off the train and enjoy the facilities onboard. (2)

Movable bulwarks arranged on the south side serving as a support for the quayside ramps provided for the

Alfa-Laval Strengthens

Marine & Power Division

Alfa-Laval has further strength- ened its Marine & Power division through the incorporation of the marine and power section of the

After Sales marketing department.

Marine and power after sales activi- ties are the responsibility of the

Marine Marketing Manager, Goran

Bengtsson, and the Power Market- ing Manager, Michael McConvey, respectively.

The incorporation of the After

Sales marketing department aligns with the overall strategy of Alfa-

Laval's Separation business area.

The aim is greater commitment to- wards the end-user throughout the lifetime of the ship or power plant.

This commitment includes spares, service, upgrades, retrofits, second- hand equipment, fixed maintenance contracts, operational leasing, and training.

Alfa-Laval is currently intensify- ing its focus on complete systems and total economy for ship owners and power plant operators.

For free literature giving com- plete details on the equipment and services offered by Alfa-Laval,

Circle 38 on Reader Service Card cars boarding the ferry in the two ports. (3) Two additional car decks arranged side by side on the south side which can be lowered, if neces- sary from stowing position below the fourth deck to working position so that the cars can pass the quayside ramp and be parked on the deck. (4)

Two hydraulically operated two- panel passenger access doors on both sides of the ship. (5) Hydraulic drives for the two "bow" visors.

On both ends of the ship, trans- verse buffer booms are arranged in way of tracks 1 and 3 which can be lifted or lowered by means of hy- draulic jigger winches.

For free literature on the facili- ties and capabilities of MACOR

Marine Systems International,

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Martin Elected To Norshipco

Board Of Directors

Frederick V. Martin

Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock

Corp. has announced that

Frederick V. Martin has been elected to the company's board of directors.

Martin formed Virginia Invest- ment Counselors in 1972 and is now the current president. Before 1972,

Martin was vice president and man- ager of the trust investment depart- ment of United Virginia Bank/Sea- board National. He also served as trustee and chairman of the invest- ment committee of the Employees

Retirement System for the City of

Norfolk.

Norfolk Shipbuilding & Drydock

Corp. is Hampton Roads' largest privately-owned corporation, em- ploying more than three thousand workers.

FBM Marine Awarded

Contract For Submarine

Support Vessel

FBM Marine Holdings Limited of

Cowes, Isle of Wight was recently awarded a contract by the Ministry of Defense for the construction of a submarine support vessel.

FBM has experience in building high speed, multi hull vessels, as well as offering a wide range of spe- cialized hull forms. The 101 foot long, 25.58 foot wide twin hulled vessel will be powered by twin ma- rine diesel engines and has a design speed of 23 knots.

The submarine support vessel will be used to transport personnel from a support base to submarines off- shore. It is scheduled for delivery in

November 1992.

MARAD Awards $5 Million

In RRF Contracts

Sperry Ocean Dock, Ltd., Tacoma,

Washington, was recently awarded a $3 million contract to layberth the

Austral Lightning and Green Moun- tain State, both Ready Reserve Force ships. The one-year contract with four one-year options provides that the vessels be maintained in an idle status and that necessary regula- tory repairs be made.

A $2 million contract was awarded to Industrial Welding, Portland,

Maine for deactivation of Ready

Reserve Force vessel, SS Cape Clear.

The deactivation work is expected to be completed within 60 calendar days.

Two Ships Ordered From

Conoship International

The Netherlands Secretary of

Transport, Public Works, and Wa- ter Management recently ordered a research vessel for the North Sea

Directorate from Conoship in

Groningen, the Netherlands. The vessel will be built at shipyard

Bodewes Volharding in Foxhol,

Groningen, at a cost of over $15.8 million. Delivery of the vessel is scheduled for early 1993.

The main function of the vessel will be to take soundings of the two deepwater channels on the North

Sea approach to Amsterdam and

Rotterdam. Other functions that this vessel will be equipped for are the control of disasters on the North

Sea and removal of oil spills.

Conoship also negotiated another contract and signed with "Nieuwbouw en Reparatiebedrijf

Welgelegen" for a 7500 ton dead- weight chemical tanker with stain- less steel tanks. The 368 foot long tanker will have a diesel engine that will operate at a cruising speed of 14.4 knots. The tanker will carry clay slurry and various chemicals.

Scheduled delivery of the vessel is the end of 1992.

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API Issues Study

On Cost Of New Federal

Environment Requirements

The Oil Pollution Act of 1990 re- quires that all U.S. tankers be equipped with double hulls between 1995 and 2015. The annualized cost is estimated at $712 million.

A recent American Petroleum

Institute (API) study looked at the cost impact of some of the new fed- eral environmental requirements for the petroleum industry.

The study, "Costs to the Petro- leum Industry of Major New and

Future Federal Government Envi- ronmental Requirements"Jody

Perkins, Discussion Paper #070,

October 1991), found that recently enacted or potential federal envi- ronmental requirements could cost the petroleum industry between $ 15 billion and $23 billion per year by the end of the 1990s. (The study does not estimate the value of poten- tial benefits from the new requirements.)

The study presents the various cost estimates as annualized esti- mates so that they can be compared.

Limitations of certain cost estimates, estimate comparisons and estimate aggregations are clearly indicated in the study.

The paper is nontechnical and has an executive summary up front.

Single copies are available free of charge from API's Policy Analysis

Department (202) 682-8543.

Alaska Diesel Introduces

New Big Boat Engine For

Larger Commercial Vessels

Alaska Diesel Electric, Seattle,

Wash., manufacturer of Lugger marine diesels and Northern Lights generator sets, has introduced a new big boat engine for larger vessels.

The Lugger 6170A is an in-line six-cylinder, 23 liter, 170-mm bore, turbocharged-after-cooled diesel. It is rated 640 bhp at 1,800 rpm for continuous duty, 730-bhp at 2,000 rpm medium duty, and 825 bhp at 2,100 for pleasure craft applications.

Advanced design features of the engine include individual four-valve cylinder heads, a freshwater-cooled turbocharger and after-cooler, one- piece nodular iron pistons, and replaceable wet cylinder liners.

For information on L6170A and other Luggers from 61 to 1,300 hp,

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