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Westport Delivers Two Ferries For

Catalina Service

Westport Shipyard, Inc.,

Westport, Wash, delivered two 100- ft. (30-m) by 23-ft. (7-m) "Super Ex- press II" passenger vessels to

Catalina Express Lines. The boats were dedicated in ceremonies in

Southern California on June 6.

The boats, Catalina Express and

Islander Express, will carry 149 pas- sengers at 32-knot speeds. Speed and increased ride comfort resulted from development of a new, semi- tunnel hull form and a newly de- signed integrated steering and sta- bilizer system from Maritime Dy- namics of Lexington Park, Md. a ULSTEIN uv. TEJkv

THE TEAM IS THE SAME - WE HAVE ONLY CHANGED THE NAME

ULSTEIN BERGEN has developed and manuiactured main engines and generating engines for ships, as well as diesel- and lean-burn gas engines for land installations since 1943. Quality in all details has always characterized

ULSTEIN BERGEN products, and our workforce continues to take pride in the high level of its craftsman- ship. The team is the same, we have only changed the name.

ULSTEIN BERGEN is still recognized worldwide as a manufacturer of economical, reliable medium-speed diesel engines for propulsion and generating power plants.

ULSTEIN BERGEN AS has been found to conform to Quality

System standard: BS5750: PART 1,

ISO 9001, EN29001: 1987.

ULSTEIN BERGEN AS

P.O. Box 924, N-5002 Bergen, Norway.

Tel.: +47-55 19 90 00. Telefax: +47-55 19 04 05.

Ulstein USA Inc., New Orleans 2701 Delaware Avenue, Kenner, LA 70062

Tel: 1-504-464-4561 • Fax: 1-504-464-4565

Lang marine convection ovens are built to last with stainless steel interiors and exteriors, hatchable to 26" x 66" and UL 197 tested and listed to include the marine supplement per U.S. Coast Guard regulation CFR 46 111.77-3. Available in standard and extra deep sizes.

For more information please call

Mark Jones at (206) 885-4045. fang

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WIND MONITORING SYSTEM

FOR SHIPS

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The Catalina Express, one of two Super Express I passenger vessels built by Westport Shipyard, Inc. for Catalina Express Lines.

The vessels are driven by two 2,000-hp 16V149TIB DDEC Detroit

Diesel engines with MGN4336V Ma- rine gears (3:1 reduction). Propel- lers are Lips four-blade 50 x 66/ABS type #4 alloy. The vessels are also equipped with prototype infrared night vision systems produced in a joint venture between Hughes Air- craft and Texas Instruments.

Catalina Express Lines, equipped with an all-Westport fleet, operates between ports in San Pedro and Long

Beach, to Avalon and Two Harbors on Catalina Island.

For more information from

Westport Shipyard,

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Cmtmttmm Exprtti and Itlmmdtr Exprttt

Equipment Lift

Main engines Detroit Diesel

Engine controls Detroit Diesel

Generator sets Northern Lights

Propellers Lip

Radar Furuno

GPS Furun

Shafts Aquamet

Bow thruster Wesmar

Air compressor Grainge

Coatings and antifoulings International Paint

Keppel Completes

Refurbishment And

Upgrade Of Barge

Keppel Shipyard, the main shiprepair arm of the Keppel Group, has completed a $3.1 million refur- bishment and upgrading contract on the oil production and storage barge San Jacinto.

Awarded by the oil company

Conoco Indonesia, Inc., the contract included extensive refurbishment work and modifications carried out at the Telok Blangah yard.

Work on two other major conver- sion contracts is progressing at

Keppel Tuas.

In a contract worth $25 million,

Nanhai Kai Tuo, a 152,404-dwt steam tanker, is being transformed to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Facility (FPSO).

The other contract is for the tanker

Bavi to be converted to a Floating

Storage Offloading (FSO) facility.

For more information on Keppel

Shipyard,

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