Page 103: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (October 1992)

Propulsion Update

MTU Reports On

Engine Performance

MTU Motoren-und Turbinen-

Union Friedrichshafen GmbH, a company of Deutsche Aerospace AG, gave performance updates recently on its its lower and medium power range engines.

The company, apart from its 735 kW (1,000 hp) 12-cylinder, Series 183 engine, presented a Series 396 16-cylinder version engine that has proven a hit, especially in the fast ferry market. Last April the 1,000th 16V 396 series engine was supplied to the Italian Rodriquez yard for installation in a hydrofoil.

The 16-cylinder version of the 396 series engine has been in pro- duction at MTU since 1982, and since the beginning, has been in- tended for use in the high-perfor- mance market. Strong power con- centration, favorable fuel consump- tion and emission values and opera- tional availability have all factored

The 16-cylinder Series 595 engine from MTU into the engines success in the mar- ket. MTU's 396 series, and the 16V 396 engine in particular, represents a technologically mature product which sports a global market.

With its later introduction, the 595 series, MTU presents original running-gear components of the field test engine that has seen service on the ferry "Deutschland" since the fall of 1990. The 12V 595 engine had achieved 7,500 operating hours by

July 1992.

Eighty-three percent of the engine's operational power was uti- lized while it was run during up to 95 percent of the ship's monthly operating time. The longterm trial confirmed the engine's technical quality for the manufacturer, as the running-gear components (cylinder head, piston, conrod and conrod bearing) showed only minimal wear.

As a result, the TBO of Series 595 engines for ferry application was raised to 24,000 hours.

For more information on MTU,

Circle 130 on Reader Service Card

An artisfs drawing of a Futura class tanker fitted with a bow cargo loading station.

Kvaerner Masa-Yards Delivers

Double-Hulled Tanker To Neste

The 95,000-dwt MAT Futura, a double-hulled special tanker, was recently delivered to its owner Neste

Oy, the Finnish state-owned oil com- pany, at Kaverner Masa-Yard's

Turku New Shipyard, Finland.

The 790.7-foot vessel has a breadth of 131.2 feet and a design draft of 45.9 feet. She was specially built to import crude and oil prod- ucts from the North Sea area to

Finland, but is also equipped for worldwide operation. The ship rep- resents the latest development in tanker technology and oil trans- port safety and is one of the few tankers with ice strengthening in this size class. The vessel has ac- commodations for 18 crew plus two spare cabins.

The M/T Futura is designed to allow for the future installation of a cargo loading station in the bow, which would make it possible to take crude oil directly from the

North Sea offshore loading stations.

It is already equipped with two ef- ficient bow thrusters, one stern thruster and a high lift rudder. A second vessel of the Futura class that was recently launched and due for delivery in January 1993, the

Natura, will also be of this type and have a Dynamic Positioning System fitted.

The ship's cargo area, divided into seven cargo and two slop tanks, is protected by the tanker's double bottom and double side construc- tion, which will help to prevent oil spillage in the event of an accident and reduce tank heating require- ments in very cold waters. The cargo system consists of seven

Kvaerner Eureka CL250N2 electri- cal deepwell pumps, rated at 41,318 cubic feet per hour at 130 MLC, and driven by frequency-controlled elec- tric motors. Although this pump system has already been fitted on product tankers, the M/T Futura will be the first crude oil tanker to receive the installation. The cargo pump control and monitoring sys- tem and the frequency converters were delivered by ABB Marine,

Helsinki.

Instead of the conventional in- stallation of one slow diesel the ves- sel has two 5,430-kW Wartsila Vasa 6R46 medium speed diesels con- nected by Schelde reduction gears to a single controllable pitch

KaMeWa propeller, driving the ship at a service speed of 14 knots. The

Natura will be equipped with the same propulsion plant arrange- ment.

For more information about the services available from Kvaerner

Masa-Yards,

Circle 13 on Reader Service Card

M/T FUTURA

Equipment List

Main & Auxiliary engines Wartsila

Reduction gear Royal Schelde

Propeller, Thrusters KaMeWa

Steering gear ...Porsgrunn

Rudder Becker

Alternators, Shaft generator Leroy Somer

Emergency alternator MAN/Stamford

Boilers, Exhaust gas boilers.... Sunrod

Cargo pumps &

Ballast pumps Kvaerner-Eureka

Frequency converters .A BB Marine

Ballast ejectors Golar

Fire fishtins eauiDment LJnitor/

Autronica/Kvaerner-Eureka

Life saving appliances Viking/

Watercraft/Waterman

Anchor & Mooring windlasses,

Mooring Winches Pusnes

Hose Crane Hagglunds

Compasses Anschutz

Integrated Nav System Selesmar

Autopilot Kockum

Echo Sounder Simrad

Doppler Speed Log Atlas

GPSAoran ....Northstar

Decca Philips

Radio direction finder, Omega,

All radio equipment JRC

Marine Accomodations

Distributes BU-IL

Joiner Systems

Marine Accommodations, Inc. of

Jacksonville, Fla., has completed its second year as the North American and European distributor/agent of the quality "BIP" joiner system manufactured by the BU-IL Indus- tries, Ltd., the largest manufacturer in the world of (rockwool core) joiner bulkheads and ceiling panels, doors, floating floor and pre-fab toilet/ shower units. The following compa- nies have been serviced by Marine

Accommodations: Morton Salt,

Inagua Transport, Windjammer

Cruises, International Maritime

Resources, Washburn & Doughty

Associates, State of Maine DOT,

Delta Marine, General Marine In- dustries, Atlantic Marine, CSE

Marine Services, Port Weller Dry

Dock, Premier Cruise Lines, Gregg's

Marine Interiors, Marinam, Fram

S.A., Koppass's A/S, Imcoser, Pictou

Ind (Canada) and Oliver Design (Spain).

For free information on Marine

Accommodations,

Circle 106 on Reader Service Card

Two New Ships Cause

Increase In Net Income

For Royal Caribbean

The recent additions of two new cruise ships to the Royal Caribbean

Cruise Line fleet, the Monarch of the Seas in November 1991 and the

Majesty of the Seas in April 1992, plus a third vessel returning to op- erations, resulted in a significant increase in the company's net in- come.

In the quarter ending July 3rd,

Royal Caribbean saw its passenger count increase to 209,397, or 30 per- cent, and the cruise line reported a net income of $17.7 million on rev- enue of $255.4 million, contrasting with a net loss of $5.3 million on revenue of $172.4 million last year.

Operating income increased more than five times to $35.3 million from $6.2 million. 104 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News