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PROPULSION UPDATE

Put To The Tesf: North American

Marine Jet's Nomera 14 Water Jet

Calm water performance tests have been performed on a Patrol

Boat, Riverine, with North America

Marine Jet's Nomera 14 water jet and a competing product, according to the manufacturer. The Nomera 14 jet was formerly the Jacuzzi jet.

The Jacuzzi/Nomera 14 jets are the original design water jets for the

Mark II PBR.

The test craft was modified by installing new Detroit Diesel 6V53T series 7301 engines rated a 275-shp at 2,800 rpm. The standard engine for the PBR is the 6V53N series 7300 with a rating of 210-shp at 2,800 rpm. The purpose of the new engine is to improve the performance of the PBR by extending the combat load and at the same time extending the rpm operating range that the craft can sustain a planing condi- tion. The first jet tested was the

Nomera 14, and the craft was able to achieve 31.3 knots at 2,892 rpm and 30.2 knots at 2,779 rpm in the light load condition. For the full load displacement, the Nomera jet pro- duced a maximum speed of 30.2 knots. In the full load condition, the rpm-range of operation capable of sustaining a planing condition of the craft with the Nomera jet was 2,660 to 2,889 rpm, 2,500 rpm in the light condition. Also, in full load conditions, the time to reach plan- ing speed for the Nomera jets was 60 seconds. According to North America

Marine Jets, all performance results for the Nomera 14 water jet were better than the competing model's results.

Denmark's East Asiatic Sells

Two Containerships

Denmark's East Asiatic Company sold two containerships to Newport

News Shipbuilding, the last step in a plan designed to restructure the group. Reportedly the two containerships, the M/S Jutlandia and M/S Selandia, will be rebuilt foi the U.S. Navy and used to transpor military equipment to crisis areas.

The group's last containership

M/S Toyama, has reportedly beer sold to A.P. Moller, a Danish ship ping line, with delivery schedulec for August.

The sale of these ships represents the last phase in a large restructur ing plan, in which most of the Eas

Asiatic's shipping interests hav( been sold to A.P. Moller.

In the last 18 months, East Asi atic has also sold large portions of its graphics division and its Plumrose food brand to companies in Germany

U.K., Australia and the U.S.

GLO Buys Bulk Carrier For $7.2 Million

Global Ocean Carriers Ltd. (GLO announced today that the board o: directors approved the purchase of £

Panamax vessel for $7,225,000. The 72,400 dwt vessel is to be namec

Global Adelaide and delivered ir

September or October 1993.

GLO also announced that at £ special ceremony organized by the

U.S. Embassy in Athens, three o: the company's current fleet of si? vessels were granted the U.S. Coasl

Guard Automatic Mutual Assistance

Vessel Rescue System (AMVER

Award. The vessels honored were the GL Panorama, the Global Stai and the Global Ling. North American Marine Jet's Nomera 14 water jet was recently put to the test on a patrol boat.

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