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The Oileain Arann's electronic equipment was supplied and installed by Racal Marine Ireland.

New 350-Ton Passenger Ferry

Features Racal Electronics,

Caterpillar Propulsion

OILEAIN ARANN

Equipment List

Main engines Caterpillar

Radar Racal-Decca

Secondary radar Icom

Color video plotter Ico

GPS Trimble

Echosounder JMC

Gyro compass Robertson

Autopilot Robertso

Watch receiver Simrad

EPIRB Lokata

Public address system ABBNera

Cellphone system Motorola

BOATS AND BARGES

The new passenger and cargo ferry, Oileain Arann, built by

McTay's of Merseyside and deliv- ered to O'Brien Shipping in Decem- ber 1992, features a complete elec- tronics fit from Racal Marine Ire- land, Ltd.

The vessel, which will replace the

Naomh Eanna on the 30-mile route between Galway and the Aran Is- lands, is powered by two Caterpil- lar, 1,445 hp engines, and is fitted with a bowthruster and high-lift rudders.

A Racal-Decca Bridge Master pri- mary radar heads a comprehensive electronics package of 17 different products from a variety of manufac- turers. The equipment has been supplied and installed by Racal Ma- rine Ireland and covers all aspects of the vessel's operations, from navi- gation and communication to pas- senger entertainment.

A sampling of the other electron- ics onboard includes: Icom MR40 secondary radar and VP21 color video plotter; Trimble GPS Naviga- tor; Sailor RT2048 VHF radiotele- phones; Marcom 6000 handheld

VHF's; Skanti TRP 7000 HF radio- telephone; JMC echosounder;

Robertson RGC50 gyro compass and

AP45 autopilot; Simrad 2182 watch receiver; ABB Nera public address system and 120-watt, four-track passenger entertainment stereo sys- tem; and Motorola cellphone sys- tem for passenger use.

The 130-foot ferry can carry 200 passengers in two main areas, as well as 140 tons of cargo in its single hold, while offering additional fa- cilities for vehicle transport and re- frigerated goods. The Oileain Arann has an 11-ton hydraulic fixed-jib deck crane. The boat also has cattle pens on deck which are capable of accommodating up to 60 animals.

Norway's Kvaerner

Receives $29.9 Million

Cypriot Ship Order

Norway's Kvaerner A/S reported that its Warnemunde, Germany- based shipyard of Kvaerner Warnow

Werft GmbH, received an order val- ued at 200 million Norwegian Kro- ner ($29,880,000) to build a containership for an unnamed Cyp- riot shipping company.

Construction of the 19,000-dwt vessel will begin in August 1993 and is scheduled for completion in June 1994.

Kvaerner's Warnemunde yard specializes in building container ves- sels of this type. The former state- owned shipyard has a capacity fo six containerships a year and currently has orders for 11, according to the

Norwegian group.

You name it: we're building it, now.

Double hull

Shuttle Tankers for heavy duty in the North Sea

The Shipbuilders of Sp lin 42

Our current orderbook includes seven 125.000 DWT shuttle tankers, and the conversion of a conventional crude carrier into a shuttle tanker. All of them with the hull strength needed for continuous round-the-year operations in the extremely harsh conditions of the

North Sea. Vessels have dynamic positioning, certified heliports, conventional or diesel electric propulsion, conventional bow loading or direct bottom loading.

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