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Deutz MWM Wins French

Navy Ships Engine Order

Deutz MWM France, a subsid- iary of Moteren-Werke Mannheim

AG (Deutz MWM), recently won an order for main and auxiliary en- gines for three high-speed French

Navy vessels from the yards Leroux et Lotz Naval (LLN) and Construc- tion Mecaniques de Normandie (CMN). The order handling period will be nearly three years. Commis- sioning of the first vessel is sched- uled for mid-1995 and the last ves- sel will presumably be commissioned in mid-1996. Two vessels will be built at CMN in Cherbourg, one at

LLN in Lorient, but the design for the vessels was conceived by LLN.

The propulsion systems for the vessels will be CODAD installation, consisting of two type TBD 620 V16 and two type TBD 234 V12 engines.

The 234 engines will power the aux- iliary sets; both 234 engines deliver a combined power of 196 kVA. They will be equipped with turbocharged, charge air-cooled six-cylinder en- gines.

Stolt-Nielsen Predicts Tanker

Newbuilds, Market Upswing

Jacob Stolt-Nielsen, chairman of Stolt Partner SA, predicted im- proved profitability for the company due to fast growth of the demand for chemicals in the developing Asian countries as well as the economic

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Circle 202 on Reader Service Card recoveries beginning in Japan and

Europe. He cited a substantial in- crease in cargo, utilization and freight rates. Freight rates were reportedly up 20 percent in the first quarter of 1994 over the first quar- ter of 1993, and have continued to rise.

Samuel Cooperman, president of Stolt Partner SA, said that the present market has seen volume in- creases of up to 15 percent on major trade lanes, contributing to a short- age of parcel tankers. Scrapping and downgrading have also had an effect. "We now have to build to meet growth in demand as well as replacement," he said. "Demand continues to grow at a high rate in developing countries" he said, also indicating economic recovery in

Europe and Japan. "We therefore expect to see a strong market for the balance of the nineties."

Crowley Completes 15

Barges For MSRC

Crowley Marine Services, Inc. has completed preparation of 15 out of a total 16 barges for the Marine Spill

Response Corporation (MSRC) for standby service accompanying spill cleanup vessels at 16 U.S. ports.

The barges range from 32,000 barrels to 68,000 barrels in standby reservoir capacity, with the major- ity between 40,000 and 45,000 bar- rels. The multi-faceted contract required over a year to complete.

The shipyards involved in the modifications were: Colonna's Ship- yard, Norfolk, Va.; Lyons Shipyard,

Norfolk, Va.; Detyens Shipyard,

Charleston, S.C.; International Ship

Repair, Tampa, Fla.; Bludworth

Bond Shipyard, Houston & Texas

City, Texas; Diversified Marine, Inc.,

Portland, Ore.; and AK-WA, Inc.,

Tacoma, Wash.

Swedish Coast Guard

Orders Moland Equipment

The Swedish Coast Guard, Svensk

Kustbevakning, has chosen Moland's alarm and monitoring equipment

Macon 100 for its newbuilding se- ries of 10 Coast Guard vessels to be built at Karlskronavarvet AB.

The alarm and monitoring equip- ment Macon 100 has been custom- ized to meet the special needs of the

Coast Guard vessels. Some of the qualities the vessels require are light weight and user-friendliness.

Hynes Elected President

Of IRPT

Jack Hynes, administrator of waterways, Missouri Highway and

Transportation Department, was elected president of the Inland Riv- ers, Ports and Terminals, Inc. (IRPT) at its annual meeting held in Port- land, Ore. IRPT is a national trade association of port authorities, ter- minal operators and other allied marine companies located in 19 states along the inland waterways of the U.S. It is headquartered in

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