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MARINE PROFESSIONALS ASSOCIATED

French spare parts & material service centre

Supply of new and second hand equipment

Reconditioned spare parts service class certificate on request • Main/auxilliary engines and parts * Turbo chargers • Generating sets * Purifiers * Pumps * Anchors and chains engines and deck * Life-boats/life-rafts/gangways equipment * Safety equipment • Navigation and deck equipment

ZODIAC LIFERAFTS

HIGHEST QUALITY

AT THE BEST PRICE (25 person davit launched model)

ZODIAC... THE U.S. COAST GUARD

APPROVED LIFERAFT TO CHOOSE

Available in size configurations to suit your needs

ZODIAC liferafts bring you technology for a safer future.

For the name of your nearest dealer, please contact

ZODIAC OF NORTH AMERICA, INC.

P.O. Box 400 Stevensville, MD 21666 410-643-4141 Ext. 3009 & 3010

FAX: 410-643-7269 20 bis Bd. de LAUNAY, 44100 NANTES France Phone: (33) 40.73.61.76 Fax: (33) 40.69.68.73 Tlx: 710307

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Yard.... Hitachi Zosen

Type.... Fast ferry

Name .. Shoko

Hitachi Zosen delivered the

Shoko, a 103-ft. (31.5-m) foil-as- sisted catamaran, to Ishizaki

Steamship Co. Ltd. The vessel is the fifth of seven of the SuperJet-30 type ordered from Hitachi Zosen by various owners, and the second spe- cifically for Ishizaki Steamship Co.

The Shoko is equipped with a computerized rolling control device in its hydrofoils.

The Shoko is a hybrid-type vessel, with twin hulls equipped with sub- merged hydrofoils fore and aft. The vessel's weight is supported both by the buoyancy of the two hulls and the lift of the two hydrofoils. The vessel is driven by two diesel en- gines and two waterjet drives from

Niigata Engineering, which drive the vessel to a maximum speed of about 38 knots.

MARINE

SYSTEMS

AND INDOOR AIR

QUALITY SPECIALIST

CUSTOM PRODUCT LINE

LOUVERS AND DAMPERS

METAL BUILDINGS

GENERATOR ENCLOSURES

SPECIALTY TANKS

CHEMICAL FILTRATION UNITS

EXPLOSION PROOF HVAC SYSTEMS

PRESSURIZATION UNITS

CONTROL PANELS AND ENCLOSURES

SHEETMETAL FABRICATION

METAL SHIP LETTERS (PLASMA CUT)

ENGRAVING (PLASTIC A LIGHT CAGE METAL)

MODIFICATION OF HVAC EQUIPMENT (FOR NEMA CLASSIFIED HAZARDOUS LOCATIONS)

Technical

Assistance

Yard.... Austal

Type.... Fast ferry

Austal Ships delivered three of the fastest ferries ever built in Aus- tralia for owners in the People's

Republic of China.

Each of the vessels was built at a capital value of approximately $7.15 million.

The West Australian aluminum shipbuilder incorporated gas tur- bines into all three, and the catama- rans represent the fastest the yard has delivered, each with a speed of 39.5 knots when fully loaded and carrying 355 passengers.

The identical 131.2-ft. (40-m) fer- ries Shun Jing, Lian Gang Hu and

Yi Xian Hu were built respectively for the Shun Gang Passenger Trans- portation Corp., the Panyu (Hong

Kong) Passenger Cargo Transpor- tation Jointly Owned Co. Ltd., and the Zhong Shan-Hong Kong Pas- senger Shipping Co-op Co. Ltd. They operate on regular services from

Hong Kong to the mainland China ports of Rong Qi, Guang Zhou and

Zhong Shan.

The vessels are all powered by

Textron Lycoming TF40 gas tur- bines.

JOHNSTON

BROTHERS

ENTERPRISES, INC. Yard .... A. Fai Engineers

Type.... Ferry

Name .. Wuzhou

Designed by Advanced Multi-

Hull Designs, the Wuzhou was built by Hong Kong yard A. Fai

Engineers and Shiprepairers.

The 79-ft. (24-m) vessel was delivered to the Wuzhou Guangxi

Navigation Co. for service in

China. It is the second high- speed vessel to be ordered by the company, is buil t of marine grade aluminum and designed to DNV

High Speed and Light Craft rules.

The vessel is driven by a pair of Isotta Fraschini ID 36SS 12V high-speed diesel engines driv- ing five-blade, fixed-pitch pro- pellers through ZF BW 460 re- duction gearboxes.

Wuzhou Equipment

Designer Advanced Multi-Hull Designs

Engines Isotta Fraschini

Gears ZF 40

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