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rj^i Marine (tohndeereJ Engines

IN CRANE BARGES. "Very little maintenance."

Joel Smith, of R&D Maintenance Service operates a new 54' x 160' crane barge with two Deere gen-set engines. He also uses two Deere powered compressors elsewhere in the project. To my knowledge v haven't had to do anything but rr service on any of them." "Seven years old and the engines n with no problems."

Smith likes the way even older Deere engines keep delivering the performance he needs. "The compressor engines have been in service for 7 years now, and they still work like the new ones. They just keep running. They give us the dependability we need on projects like ours."

John Deere engines from 70-300 hp (52-224 kW) are being used on more workboats of all kinds every day. Talk to the people who use them and find out why.

NNS Chairman

Announces Retirement

On September 1,

Pat Phillips, chairman and CEO of Tenneco's

Newport News Ship- building division (NNS), announced that he would retire on

November 1 after more than 46 years with the company. He began his career atthe yard in 1949 as a apprentice machinist, during which time he contributed to the pro- duction of Newport News' most famous ship, the passenger liner S.S. United States, which set a world speed record in its crossing of the

Atlantic. While Mr. Phillips rose from his apprenticeship in 1949 to president in 1992, and chairman in 1994, the yard produced more than TOO ships, including: aircraft carriers John F. Kennedy, Nimitz, and Dwight

D. Eisenhower; cruisers Virginia, Texas, and

South Carolina; submarines Los Angeles,

Hampton, and Newport News; and crude oil tankers Pacific and Atlantic. "Many challenges remain for Newport

News Shipbuilding," Mr. Phillips said. "But

I leave the company in November encour- aged by the fact that we continue to win new business, and encouraged by a current back- log of orders, roughly $5 billion, that is the envy of every shipbuilder in the world."

Assuming the additional responsibilities of CEO isWilliam P. Fricks, president of NNS, who has spent his entire 29-year career at

NNS. As president, and previously as execu- tive vice president, he has been responsible for all business operations at the shipyard since 1992.

For more information on Newport News

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Fincantieri And Kvaerner Fjellstrand

Install Renk Gears In Ferry Newbuilds

Renk AG's PLS/PWS gear series has recently been chosen by

Fincantieri and Kvaerner

Fjellstrand for installation on the yards' ferry newbuildings. PLS/

PWS (Planetary Reduction Gear

Units, Planetary Reversing Gear

Units) are low-noise, compact gear units that reportedly have proved efficient in the many vessels on which they are installed. The

Fincantieri newbuild is for Ocean

Bridge Investment: a 311.6-ft. (95- m) ferry that will achieve speeds of 36 knots, with the capacity to accom- modate 600 passengers, 170 cars, and seven double-decked buses. It will be driven by four MTU diesel engines, together developing 24,000 kW at speeds of 1,230 rpm. This power will be transmitted by four

Renk PLS 50 gear units to the

KaMeWa waterjets with 570 rpm.

The Kvaerner newbuildingis a 196.8- ft. (60-m) jumbo catamaran ferry for

Emeraude Lines of France. It will transport 430 passengers and 52 ve- hicles, and will be driven by two

MTU engines with 5,400 kW each, at speeds of 1,200 rpm, through Renk

PLS 25 planetary gear units, and transmitted to KaMeWa waterjets at 661 rpm. Top speed will be 33 knots.

For more information on Renk AG

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STN Atlas Calls

For Improved

Testing Of IBS

Installations

Renewed demands for im- proved procedures for installa- tion and testing of integrated bridge systems to internation- ally-approved standards by ship- yards and owners have been made by STN Atlas Elektronik.

Common practices of fitting sub- systems and components from different suppliers without con- tracting established systems' companies to oversee overall system integration and verifica- tion of operation can affect safety and efficiency of use, the com- pany warns. This follows a call by the U.S. National Transpor- tation Safety Board (NTSB) for a review of integrated bridge sys- tems as a result of the ground- ingof Majesty Cruise Line'siJoyai

Majesty off the Massachusetts coast in June.

The vessel was equipped with an Atlas NACOS 25 navigation command system with propri- etary radars, a doppler log, au- topilot, and control and moni- toring equipment. Other non-

Atlas systems included gyro, steering and wind sensor instru- ments, as well as GPS and Lo- ran-C positioning receivers, and a nautical alarm panel. Accord- ing to STN Atlas, a total system integration in the case of the

Majesty would have ensured au- thoritative checking and test- ing of all interface compatibility and fail-safe functions, prevent- ing the grounding, which was later discovered to have been precipitated by a loose wire in the GPS antenna which resulted in the transmission of false posi- tion data.

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STN Atlas Elektronik

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Mitsubishi To Develop Two

New UE Marine Diesels

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries,

Ltd. (MHI) has begun development of two new UE series engines — large-sized, slow-speed engines — called UEC37LSII and UEC43LSII.

These two engines will be devel- oped for use as main engines on a variety of ships, including medium and small-sized tankers and bulk carriers. With the addition of these new models, MHI will strengthen its UE series line, offering both small-bore and large-bore engines.

Both new engines will be avail- able with cylinder numbers between four and eight. The power output range of the UCE37LSII is from 4,200 ps to 8,400 ps; and the output of the UCE43LSII ranges from 5,720 ps to 11,400 ps.

For more information on MHI

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Major Spe

UEC37LSII And UEC43LSII

UCE37LSII UEC43LSII

Cylinder bore: 370mm 430mm

Piston stroke: 1,150mm 1,500m

Maximum output: 1,050PS/cylinder l,430PS/cylinder

Engine speed: 210 rpm 160 rpm

Fuel oil consumption: 129 g/PS hour 127 g/PS hour

Overall length: 4,512mm 5,131mm

Weight: 76 tons 124 tons 'Figures for overall length and weight are for the six-cylinder model.

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