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Moss Point Marine of the Trinity Marine Group delivered the passenger/vehicle ferry

Cedar Island to the North Carolina State Department of Transportation, Ferry Division.

The ferry can carry 300 passengers and 50 vehicles at a top speed of 14.5 knots and a cruising speed of 11.5 knots. The Cedar Island is 220.5 ft. (67 m) long with a 50-ft. (15-m) beam. It features bow and stern loading and unloading, fore ana aft pilothous- es, extended bridgeways, air-conditioned interior seating, covered outdoor seating, facilities for disabled passengers, a souvenir shop in the passenger lounge and special accent striping in the colors of East Carolina University.

Cedar Island is powered by a pair of Caterpillar 3508 diesel engines developing 805 hp each at 1,300 rpm, driving 60-in. diameter Michigan Wheel bronze propellers through Twin Disc MG540 reverse/reduction gears. Electrical power is provided by two

Caterpillar 3304 diesel generators developing 105 kW each. The ferry has a remote "walk-around" control box with controls for the engines and rudders on a 30-ft. (9-m) cord for use on either bridaeway. The portable system eliminates the need for duplicate fixed controls on both bridgeways. Cedar Island can carry 8,000 gallons of fuel, 75 gallons of oil and 4,000 gallons of potable water. The vessel is the fourth ferry built for the state of North Carolina by Trinity Marine shipyards.

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Kanesville Queen — built by Atlantic Marine of Jacksonville, Fla., and designed by

Guido Perla & Associates, Seattle — accomodates 300 crew and 1,700 gaming patrons as part of an enterntainment complex in Council Bluffs, Iowa, and is operated by

Harveys Iowa Management Company.

Kanesville Queen nas an overall length of 278 ft. (84.7 m), and beam of 78 ft. (23.4 m) with hull depth to the main deck at 14 ft. (4.3 m). The vessel offers 30,000 sq. ft. of casino area in two full decks and a third partial deck. A sophisticated central air con- ditioning system was installed on the vessel for excellent air quality.

Harveys' Kaneseville Queen is powered by four Caterpillar 3516DITA generator sets, driving three 600-hp Schottel stern Z-drives and a Schottel Jet Pump bowthruster. Design speed is 11 knots. The propulsion system was designed to handle strong currents which occur periodically in the Missouri River. This riverboat is the 10th casino vessel built by

Atlantic Marine.

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Trinity

Passenger/Vehicle Ferry

Cedar Island

Atlantic Marine

Casino Riverboat

Kanesville Queen

Astilleros Espanoles SA

Ferry

Volcan de Tauce

The 393.7-ft. (120-m) ferry, Volcan de Tauce, was delivered to its owner, Naviera

Armas, by the Barreras yard of Astilleros Espanoles in Vigo, Spain. The ship's two main diesels drive a variable-pitch propeller through two separate shaft lines. Safety equip- ment includes fire detection and suppression systems, along with sprinkler systems in the garage decks. The vessel is also equipped with a variety of deck and cargo-handling equipment.

Significant automation and remote control are built into the vessel's systems, including control panels in the wheelhouse for fire detection, accommodation firescreen doors, hydraulically-driven watertight doors in the engine room, sprinkler firefiahting systems in the accommodation sections, navigation signals and ventilation controls. The vessel's bridge electronics include depth sounder, autopilot, ARPA radars, GMDSS systems and two GPS satellite positioning receivers. Volcan de Tauce is classed by Bureau Veritas.

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Yard

Type

Name

Yard Austal Ships

Type High-Speed Ferries

Shun De and Hai Yang

Western Australia shipbuilder Austal Ships celebrated the delivery of its 24th and 25th high-speed ferries to China. Shun De and Hai Yang were ordered by Yuet Hing Marine

Supplies of Hong Kong, on behalf of the Shun Gang Passenger Transportation Corp. [Shun De) and the Ahunai Jiuzhou Port Shipping Co. (Hai Yang).

Shun De has a service speed of 40 knots, and a passenger capacity of 332. The ves- sel represents the owner's fourth Austal-built vessel and second gas turbine ferry, and will replace an original vessel of the same name which has been sold to another area operator. Hai Yang has a service speed of 33.5 knots, and a passenger capacity of 338.

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