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EUROPEAN UPDATE ment plant; flowmeter systems from Mar-In Controls B.V.; and a

Sunflame incinerator model OSV- 30SA unit rated at 300,000 kCal/h.

The hydraulic steering gear fitted is from Porsgrunn Steering Gear

AS, produced in Norway. The spe- cific model fitted is designated 425- 80/2 and has an effective torque of 760 kNm at 60 bars working pres- sure.

Clipper Fantasy is outfitted with all requisite safety, navigation and communications equipment including INMARSAT B and C, and a full GMDSS outfit. The bridge is configured for One-Man

Bridge Operation (OMBO) with a large console across the front con- taining the main navigation and machinery control instrumenta- tion.

The radar outfit has been sup- plied by Kelvin Hughes, and com- prises a pair of Nucleus 2 series 6000 units — one an ARPA display and the other a true motion dis- ir inversion

The industry will meet again in London at Olympia 2 on November 5-6, 1996 — Make sure you will be there! —

Repair yards

Conversion specialists

Repair agencies

Paints and coatings

Tank cleaning

Boiler repairs

Propeller reconditioning

Asbestos removal

Underwater maintenance

Re-engining

Castings repair

Turnkey software

Hull monitoring

Classification societies

Management/consulting

Architects

Abrasive blasting systems

Gas freeing services

Shaft seals

Dry/floating dock design

Interior outfitting & refurbishment

Damage surveys & repairs

Life extension

Crankshaft reconditioning

Spare parts supply

Equipment repair & retrofit

For details of the Exhibition & Conference please contact:

Shiprepair & Conversion Secretariat 2 Station Road, Rickmansworth, Herts WD3 1QP, England

Telephone: +44 1923 776363 Fax: +44 1923 777206 play. Both have full color displays and, for ease of use, are operated by a single trackball and three but- tons. Additional navigation and communications systems include: a JRC model JLR-6000MKz GPS navigation receiver; Sperry mag- netic compass, gyrocompass and adaptive digital gyropilot; JRC

MF/HF radio; an INMARSAT C station; and two VHF radio tele- phones.

ABB supplied the INMARSAT B station, fax and telex terminals, and OKI supplied the vessel's the internal telephone system.

The fourth Fantasy class vessel is scheduled to be delivered to

German owners this October. The remainder of the delivery program currently runs through to April 1998, when the tenth vessel should be ready. Negotiations are report- ed to be underway.

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Supply ship sisters evoke memories

Recent activities on Scotland's

River Clyde, once the heart of a prosperous U.K. shipbuilding industry, brought back memories of former glory when two new plat- form supply vessels were launched within a few days of each other.

Stirling Forth was first to enter the water, launched from the famous Govan yard, which is now part of the Kvaerner Group. This was followed by the launch of its sistership Stirling Clyde,' at the

Port Glasgow yard of Ferguson

Shipbuilders, just a few miles downriver. The vessels were designed by Norwegian naval architects Vik and Sandvik in con- sultation with owner Stirling

Shipping, and are identical 272 x 62.3-ft. (82.9 x 19-m) vessels val- ued at $38 million. Following a scheduled July delivery, both ships will begin a five-year charter with

Shell U.K. Exploration and

Production, the operator for both

Shell and Esso in the U.K. sector of the North Sea.

Although the ships are fairly con- ventional for supply vessels in terms of layout and configuration, the twin vessels will, according to the owner, be among the largest and most sophisticated to operate in the region. The dynamic posi- tioning system and a comprehen- sive array of thrusters from

Brunvoll are designed to make the vessels easy to maneuver and han- dle. Three 746-kW tunnel stern thrusters, one at the bow and two at the stern, and an 895-kW azimuthing thruster are provided, as well as a Simrad Albatross

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