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Chugach, First Passenger

Vessel To Receive

Lugger L6170A Diesels

The 82-foot sightseeing boat Chugach.

A new 82-foot Prince William

Sound ferry, the Chugach, recently became the first passenger vessel to be equipped with the Lugger L6170A marine diesel engine from Alaska

Diesel Electric, Inc., of Seattle, Wash.

Built by Westport Shipyard, of

Westport, Wash., and designed by

Jack W. Sarin N.A., of Bainbridge

Island, Wash., the 160-passenger sightseeing vessel will operate out of Valdez, Alaska, for Stan Stevens

Charters.

While fully loaded with fuel, wa- ter and 54 passengers, the Chugach reached a top speed of 22.6 knots.

The fiberglass vessel has a beam of 22 feet and a draft of 5 feet. Both 4- blade, 40-inch by 39-inch propellers are supplied by Michigan and the boat's marine gears are the ZF

BW195A model.

Her 2 turbo-charged-aftercooled inline 6-cylinder Lugger diesels have a medium duty rating of 750 hp at 2000 rpm. In addition, two North- ern Light model generator sets are carried onboard, an M964 30 kW and M843 12 kW.

For additional information about the Lugger L6170A marine diesels manufactured by Alaska Diesel Elec- tric, Inc., or other items in the company's product line,

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For free literature about the fa- cilities and services available from

Westport Shipyard, of Westport,

Wash.,

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Marine Insurance Rates

Soar In Tightening Market

Marine insurance rates are ris- ing due to the many disasters and accidents that occurred during the past year and higher rates charged by those secondary insurers who assume part or all of a primary insurer's risk, said Steve Ward, vice president of Cranbury, N.J.- based Marine Office of America Corp.

For the first time in over a decade insurers are being allowed to charge poorly maintained vessels higher

June, 1992 rates, bringing hull underwriting rates to what the insurance indus- try believes are more realistic lev- els.

However, owners of good-quality ships can negotiate for cheaper pre- miums, as insurers compete for their business. Hull insurance costs have risen 25 to 50 percent this year for owners of good ships, while opera- tors of ships in poor condition have been hit by increases of up to 200 percent. One result of the increase is that some ships are sailing with- out insurance altogether.

According to Roger Nixon, a ma- rine underwriter at Cornhill Insur- ance, London, rates may vary from as low as 0.5 percent of hull value to as much as 10 percent for tankers and bulk carriers.

AOTOS Award Goes

To Amoss And Bowers

The chairman and chief execu- tive officer of Lykes Brothers Steam- ship Company, W. James Amoss, and the president of the Interna- tional Longshoremen's Association,

John Bowers, were recently named to receive the 1992 Admiral of the

Ocean Sea (AOTOS) award at an

October 30 banquet in New York.

The AOTOS award, which recog- nizes longstanding service to inter- national transpiration and to Ameri- can seafarers, is presented each year to a maritime industry leader or leaders by the United Seamen's Ser- vice, a non-profit agency that pro- vides special service facilities to sea- man in foreign ports around the world.

Mr. Amoss and Mr. Bowers were chosen by the USS AOTOS award committee following a nationwide poll of leaders on the international transportation industry.

Chosen by the majority-

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