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fixed-pitch propeller can be oper- ated under constant hydrodynamic conditions, resulting in excellent efficiency and low dynamic impacts.

Maintenance and servicing of units larger than 4 to 5 MW can be performed without drydocking, since a worker has adequate space to en- ter the Azipod. Plans are underway to develop a smaller unit that can be removed from the bottom of the ves- sel for servicing without drydock- ing.

The prototype 1.5 MW Azipod electric propulsion drive on the supply vessel Seili. The Azipod will be offered in power ranges up to 20 MW.

KMY and ABB envision the

Azipod to be especially well suited for offshore, icebreaker, passenger, research, pipe- and cable-laying, and naval vessels.

A prototype 1.5 MW Azipod unit was installed aboard a 140-foot Finn- ish Board of Navigation icebreaking supply vessel, the Seili, in August 1990. The prototype has success- fully accumulated over 1,500 oper- ating hours.

In model demonstrations in the

MARC's test basin, the Azipod unit performed well during simulated icebreaking conditions. The MARC is well known for its research and experience in the product develop- ment of icebreakers, specialized ves- sels and other cold weather environ- ment structures.

With the introduction of the

Azipod, KMY and ABB continue a long-time working relationship.

Since the early 1950s, ABB has been supplying electric propulsion and power plants for half of the world's icebreakers and 30 special-purpose vessels built by KMY.

Over 60 passenger ferries and cruise vessels built since the 1960s by KMY have been equipped with

ABB electric power plants and auto- mation systems.

AC/AC power plants and the Cyclo propulsion system were introduced by KMY and ABB as a new technol- ogy as early as 1983, with installa- tions totaling about 348 MW. Re- cent installations include the five

Carnival Cruise Line 70,000-grt megaliners ordered from KMY.

For free literature detailing the new Azipod electric propulsion drive from Kvaerner Masa-Yards and

ABB Stromberg Drives,

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U.S.-Flag Cruise Ships

Can Now Offer Gambling 'Cruises To Nowhere'

Gambling and gaming devices are now allowed onboard U.S.-flag ships, thanks to the Flower Banks Na- tional Marine Sanctuary Act, signed into law recently by President Bush.

The provision was originally a separate bill introduced by Gene

Taylor (D-Miss.) and attached to

H.R. 3866 by the Senate last year.

U.S. ships on "cruises to nowhere" now have the same rights to offer gambling while at sea that foreign- flag cruise ships have always en- joyed. Under the bill, individual

U.S. states retain the power to pre- vent gambling onboard ships that operate within their waters.

Several companies have already begun to take advantage of the new legislation. Continental Coast Line,

Inc. (CCL), of California, is seeking financing to build two 2,500-pas- senger cruise ships featuring casino- style gambling between San Fran- cisco and Los Angeles.

Dining, dancing and gaming would also be offered on board four new U.S.-flag, 256-foot, SWATH passenger vessels that McDermott

Marine Construction, of Morgan

City, La., and Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.- based Swathtech are planning to construct.

New Hagglunds Business

Unit For Marine, Aerospace

And Defense Markets

The fluid power manufacturer

Hagglunds Denison, of Marysville,

Ohio, has created a new business unit called the Marine-Aerospace-

Defense Group to better focus on its marine and government markets.

John A. Moran, vice president of marketing, said that the reorga- nized function, which includes sales, service and support, will be headed by Marine-Aerospace-Defense &

Product Support Group director Ri- chard A. Norris.

Both gentlemen also announced that the company had doubled its product warranty to all its custom- ers, including those in marine and defense.

For additional information,

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BY

ASTILLEROS

ESPANOLES hulls and double bottoms, hydrodynamically optimised, equipped with few and easy-to-clean tanks, with high unloading speed and with low consumption engines.

For Suezmaxes, as for other series, your answer should be Astilleros Espanoles.

ASTILLEROS

ESPANOLES

For further information:

Padilla 17 28006 Madrid

Tel. (341) 435 78 40

Telex 27648 ASTIL-E

Fax. (341)576 29 56

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