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Bulk Carrier Minerva Island Completed At Hitachi Zosen

The 72,073-dwt bulk carrier Minerva Island, ordered by

Moebius Shipping SA, Panama, has been completed at the

Maizuru Works of Hitachi Zosen. The vessel, under

Panamanian register, was delivered to its owner on

September 18.

This is the 82nd Hitachi Panamax and the fourth Hitachi

Panamax Optima vessel which embodies several improve- ments over the original version. These include a larger pro- peller and increased DWT and cargo capacity. Minerva

Island is equipped with an energy-efficient Hitachi Zosen

MAN-B&W 6S60MC-type main engine and the Hitachi

Zosen Super Stream Duct (SSD) at its stern.

For more information on Hitachi Zosen

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Minerva Island particulars

Length o.a: 705 ft. (215 m) Gross tonnage: 37,623 tons

Breadth: 1065.6 ft. (32.2 m) Main engine: Hitachi Zosen MAN B&W

Depth: 61 ft. (18.6 m) 6S60MC diesel engine

Full draft: 44.3 ft. (13.5 m) Speed: 16.6 knots

DWF: 72,073 metric tons Classification: ABS

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Circle 331 on Reader Service Card 12 20 MTU Engines Ordered For

Indonesian Ferries

The Indonesian Ministry of

Transport has awarded a contract for five high speed ferries to the

Liirssen shipyard in Bremen-

Vegesack. Each ship will be powered by four 16V 595 MTU engines (15,200-kW total output) to drive waterjets via gearboxes. This config- uration will provide a top speed of about 38 knots. The new 230-ft. (70- m) ferries feature a lightweight alu- minum design. Hull construction features extruded, dimensionally stable aluminum shapes rather than conventional shipbuilding plates.

The single-hulled vessels will carry 900 passengers.

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LNG Project Gains

Momentum

The Port of Prince Rupert and the

City of Kitimat were to meet in

October with Calgary-based Pac-

Rim LNG to discuss citing options for a $1.4-billion LNG plant. Pac-

Rim and Korea Gas Corp. recently signed letters of intent that could lead to sales of up to 3.5 million tons of British Columbian LNG per year.

Group Chosen To Study Ferry

Project

A consortium has been selected to study the feasibility of car/passenger ferry service between Westport and

Ocean Shores on the southwest

Washington coast. The team will conduct a turnkey operations study, which will identify vessel and shore- side facilities needs, providing a complete package review to the plan- ning board in Grays Harbor. Initial plans project that a vessel could enter service in the spring of 1998.

Leading the team is Cresmont

Capital Projects, which organizes and manages capital-intensive pro- jects. The consortium also includes

Elliott Bay Design Group; Cresmont,

Inc., who will handle vessel con- struction and operations issues;

Preston, Gates & Ellis, a public finance law firm; Peratrovich,

Nottingham and Drage, a civil and hydrographic engineering firm; U.S.

Bank's Public Finance Group; and

The TYanspo Group. The group is working under a contract awarded by Grays Harbor County on behalf of itself, the cities of Westport and

Ocean Shores, the Port of Grays

Harbor and the Quinault Indian

Nation.

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