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Fast Landing Craft To Be

Built By Swedish

Defense

The Swedish National Defense has opted to increase the number of landing craft in its fleet to include an amphibious battalion designed for the rapid transport of troops. The boats will be driven by

Volvo Penta engines combined with waterjet propulsion units.

BP Shipping Installs

Advanced Gas Detection

Systems On Tankers

BP Shipping has installed state- of-the-art gas detection systems on product tankers British

Argosy and British Admiral and medium crude carriers British

Skill and British Spirit. The company has also taken delivery of bulkhead infrared detection systems supplied by TQ

Environmental Ltd., of

Wakefield, U.K.

The systems and vendor were reportedly subject to BP's quality assessment and were subse- quently accepted for the supply of pump room gas detection. BP opted to install the system while the vessels were out of operation, using traditional hot work meth- ods. Installation is also reported- ly possible during normal opera- tions using the cold-mount arrangement which reportedly avoids downtime and allows the system to be installed at the owner/operator's convenience.

Controlled by the TQ4000 con- trol panel up to a maximum of four GD100, detectors are situat- ed at low levels between the cargo pumps, and reportedly give prompt notice of dangerous hydrocarbon gas levels.

Reportedly, the detectors cannot be poisoned, are maintenance free and can operate in an inert gas atmosphere. The dual wave- length infrared detectors are con- tinuously self-testing, and the system is reportedly approved by

Lloyds, ABS, DNV and NKK.

For more information on TQ

Environmental Ltd.

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The order for these engines is in addition to an order already received from the Swedish Nation- al Defense for engines intended for landing craft.

The TAMD42WJ engines, sched- uled to be delivered sometime this fall, will develop 230 hp when com- bined with KaMeWa 240 waterjet units, giving the landing craft a reported top speed of more than 30 knots. The landing craft have a pulpit helm and are 26.2 ft. (eight-m) long with a beam of 7 ft. (2.1 m) and draft of 30 cm.

The unladen weight is 1.7 tons, with maximum load measuring one ton.

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Volvo Penta

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Volvo Penta has already delivered engines for a large number of landing craft to the Swedish National

Defense.

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