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EUROPEAN UPDATE

Taiwanese Yard, Krupp

Fordertechhnik Team On

Dredger

In cooperation with the Taiwan- ese shipyard Lien Ho Shipbuilding,

Krupp Fordertechnik GmbH's

Lubeck-based marine technology unit is to build a plain suction dredger and convert a cutterhead dredger. Both projects were com- missioned by Taiwan Salvage Corp.,

Kaohsiung. The pain suction dredger, which can be converted to a cutterhead dredger if needed, has a total installed power rating of 18,000 kW, making it the most pow- erful unit built in cooperation with the Lubeck-based company to date.

The conversion of the cutterhead dredger is to take place within seven months. Once construction is com- plete, tests will be carried out off the

Taiwanese coast.

Scottish builders bounce back (Continued from preceding page) million in competition with 17 other yards worldwide. The 271-ft. (82.5- m) x 62-ft. (19-m), 4,500-dwt vessel will have a propulsion system com- prising two 3,300-hp diesel main engines driving CP propellers. An azimuthing thruster at the bow will augment the complement of three transverse tunnel thrusters.

Currently under construction at the yard are two 58-ton bollard pull

Voith tractor tugs for Shetland Tow- age Ltd. Fully equipped with a 2,400- cu.-m./hour firefighting system and oil dispersant tanks, the vessels will be powered by a pair of Caterpillar 3606 diesels developing 2,030 kW at 1,000 rpm. Valued at $7.5 million each, the tugs will operate at the

Sullom Voe terminal for BP Explo- ration. Another vessel currently under construction at the yard is a 271-ft. (82.4-m) ferry for the

Southampton-based Red Funnel

Group. The third in a series of simi- lar craft for the same customer, it will have capacity for 900 passen- gers, 140 cars and 16 coaches.

The recovery of Ferguson has been nothing short of dramatic since the yard was privatized under the leadership of Bill Scott in 1990.

Major impetus was created when the yard obtained the contract to build the Isle of Lewis, a 331-ft. (101-m) car ferry, from Caledonian

MacBrayne. This order immedi- ately gave the newly reorganized

Ferguson a high profile in the ferry market. Expansion has also taken place with the formation of new companies within the Ferguson

Marine Group, which include New- ark Joiners Ltd. and Alder Marine

Consultants Ltd. Further proof of newfound stability is the decision to purchase and completely rebuild a 426.5-ft. (130-m) fitting out quay which will effectively double capac- ity.

Hydraudyne Wins Order For

Largest Shiplift

The Hydraudyne Group won an order to build a high-capacity shiplift for Volkswerft GmbH Stralsund (Bremer Vulkan). Hydraudyne Sys- tems & Engineering is a subsidiary of the Hydraudyne Group (Mannesmann Rexroth).

The shiplift order is 754.6 ft. (230 m) long and 113.2 ft. (34.5 m) wide, with a lifting capacity of more than 21,000 tons. It is the largest, mod- ern generation, shiplift in the world, according to the manufacturer. The technical concept of the shiplift is characterized by advanced AC servo technology with planetary drives.

The shiplift, which must be oper- ated with great precision, causes a minimum loading of the mains sup- ply. Hydraudyne has delivered shiplifts for decades, to countries such as Sweden, Portugal, Italy,

Turkey, and the Netherlands.

GENERATING SETS

The first of a new generation

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State-of-the-art computer-aided engineering has been used to create a compact, easily maintained engine which uses the same inexpensive heavy

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