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Seattle To Spend $75 Million On

Port Expansion

The commissioners of the Port of

Seattle recently approved the ex- pansion of the port's largest marine terminal at a cost of $75 million.

The multimillion-dollar project would increase the size of the 109- acre East Waterway terminal by 50 percent.

Keith Christian, the port devel- opment chief, was granted permis- sion by the commissioners to pur- chase 55 acres of land on Harbor

Island for use in expanding con- tainer storage areas, an intermodal railyard and street access.

According to a port spokesman, the extra space will be needed to handle the expected growth in de- mand for container storage as steam- ship lines begin to use larger ships at the Seattle port. The port is looking to acquire the extra acreage as fast as possible, and development it within three to four years. of the Institute of Marine Engineers and the Society of Marine Port Engi- neers of New York. Prior to the meeting, Goltens-NY and MAN

B&W Diesel, Inc., sponsored a social hour. "The MC Engine—Marine Pro- pulsion of the 90s" was presented by

Claus Windelev, president of MAN

B&W Diesel, Inc. The paper pre- sented aspects of the company's re- cent uprating of the low-speed, two- stroke MC engine series. The au- thor described how the company had adapted this engine program for changing market requirements through increased efficiency and reliability, decreased production cost, greater shipboard integration and improved environmental con- siderations. According to the paper, improved output per cylinder has led to increased power ranges from 5 to 11 percent. In-service experience over 9 years has led to component development and changes to the operating conditions for improved reliability. Physical shipboard inte- gration was discussed by Mr.

Windlev, particularly with respect to vibration considerations. Power

Take-Off Generation through RCF (Renk Constant Frequency) gearing and Turbo Compound System were outlined as possible integrated power systems. Environmental con- siderations center around the prob- lem of high nitrous oxide emissions from diesel engines. Of the primary methods aimed at reducing the amount of nitrous oxide formed dur- ing combustion only a combination of water emulsified fuel and reduced maximum pressure has been fea- sible. This method can produce a 30 percent reduction in emissions, al- though fuel consumption will in- crease by about 3 percent. The sec- ondary method, aimed at removing nitrous oxide from the exhaust gas, centers around the use of Selective

Catalytic Reduction (SCR) with the introduction of ammonia at tempera- tures of between 300 degrees C and 400 degrees C. Reportedly more than 90 percent nitrous oxide reduc- tion can be obtained by using the

SCR method. An additional benefit is that part of the soot and hydrocar- bons in the exhaust are removed by oxidation in the SCR reactor.

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Japan To Ban Driftnet

Fishing By End Of 1992

Japan, which has been under strong pressure from the U.S. and the United Nations, has agreed to reduce its driftnet capacity by half by June 30, and to ban driftnet fish- ing altogether by the end of 1992.

Japan's driftnet fleet of about 10,000 will face extinction.

Known as "walls of death," the 30-mile driftnets indiscriminately trap tens of thousands of fish, dol- phins, sharks and other marine life.

Japanese fishermen say the gov- ernment surrendered too easily to

U.S. pressure without winning a compromise allowing driftnet fish- ing but with better conservation methods.

Experimental driftnets that sink several yards below the sea surface rather than floating near the top are being worked on by the Japan

Driftnet Fishery Association.

Propulsion Update

Principals at the recent SNAME New York Metropolitan Section meeting included, left to right: Philip B.

Kimball, SNAME Section vice chairman; Claus Windelev, author; and Richard A. Gilmore, SNAME

Section chairman.

SNAME Paper Discusses

Uprating Of MAN B&W Diesel

MC Engine Program

At the December meeting of the New York, N.Y., a paper was pre-

New York Metropolitan Section of sented on MAN B&W Diesel's low- the Society of Naval Architects and speed, two-stroke marine diesel en-

Marine Engineers (SNAME), held gine program. The event was also at the Downtown Athletic Club in hosted by the Eastern U.S.A. Branch yoffl c

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