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The Tribe plans to buy the first

TriCat vessel to be built at the

Pequot facility to provide world- class transportation to Foxwoods, the resort casino it owns at

Mashantucket in southeastern

Connecticut. The boat, which will reportedly be the fastest commer- cial passenger vessel in North

America, will be 147.6 ft. (45 m) long, with a 38.6-ft. (11.8-m) beam and a 4.6-ft. (1.4-m) draft.

The Pequot River Shipworks is a newly created company organized specifically for shipbuilding pro- grams, and is separate from other tribal business enterprises.

Tribal Chairman Richard A.

Hayward said, "We expect to ini- tially hire 60 employees, many of whom acquired their shipbuilding skills at the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics in nearby

Groton. The firm expects to have an annual payroll in excess of $2 million."

The Pequots' shipbuilding effort is part of an agreement with the

FBM Marine Group. The ship's

U.K.-based designer, that gives the

Tribe rights to build and sell the high-speed TriCat vessels to cus- tomers in North and South

America, the Caribbean and

Hawaii.

Solar Turbines Inc., based in San

Diego, designs and manufactures its gas turbines and turbomachin- ery systems under quality manage- ment systems certified to ISO 9001 standards. Solar Turbines has pro- duced more than 9,500 marine and industrial gas turbines in the 1 to 11-MW (1,350 to 15,000-hp) class for customers in 80 countries, and the turbines have reportedly logged more than 530 million oper- ating hours.

For more information on Solar Turbines

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StorK Services b.v., a worldwide upplier of diesel engine spare arts specializing in Sulzer and &W engines, has completed con- olidation of operations at its ware- ouse facilities in Hoogvliet near he Port of Rotterdam. The compa- y had relocated sales and admin- stration from Hengelo earlier this ear. Reconditioning facilities emain at the Stork factory in engelo, but the exchange pool for epaired pistons, cylinder covers nd valve spindles will be relocat- d to the warehouse. Stock and orkshop facilities are maintained

Singapore. A. Benema, contin- es as general manager, and ichael Kurzer, formerly with "ilton-Fijenord Shipyard, joined tork on May 1 as sales manager r the U.S. and Canada, or more information on Stork Services

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Northrop Grumman

Marine Systems Supplies

Sulzer Engines For USCG

Northrop Grumman Marine

Systems has supplied four 10,000 bhp Sulzer ZA40S diesel engines for a new U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) icebreaker. In January 1996, the company submitted pro- posals to two U.S. shipyard teams competing for a 12-shipyard pro- gram for the new amphibious assault ship (LPD 17). The ship award is scheduled for this

September. Marine Systems has also proposed the main reduction gears that transmit the propulsion power at an efficient propeller speed.

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MARINE PROPULSION

ENGINES RANGING FROM 85 TO 8050 BHP.

MARINE GENERATOR

SETS RANGING FROM 6 5 TO 4840 EKW.

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