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Annual ter To Build Second )-Ft. Supply Boat

Aries alter Marine has signed a con- ct for its first commercial vessel ce becoming a new public com- ny. The contract is with Aries irine Corp., which exercised an tion for a new 220-ft. (67-m) sup- y vessel from a contract with alter Marine Group's predeces- ir, the Trinity Marine Group, to jild a vessel nearly identical to ae currently under construction t Halter-Lockport.

Construction on the second vessel vill begin soon at Halter's .lockport facility, and delivery is scheduled for next fall. This first i^ries supply boat is due to be delivered in July 1997.

The new boats will be powered by

GM EMD 16-645C diesel engines rated at 1,660 hp at 80 rpm. These engines will power Aquamaster Z- drives which can rotate 360 degrees. A KaMeWa bowthruster will provide additional maneuver- ability.

The vessel is to be equipped with four liquid mud tanks with a total capacity of 2,224 barrels and six dry mud tanks totalling 8,000-cu.- ft. The vessel's 5,040-sq.-ft. aft deck will be able to accommodate up to 1,000 long tons of cargo. said John Gelpi, president of

Industrial Metals. The product reportedly produces a 100 percent watertight bond with no electroly- sis, and helps decrease production time and labor costs.

Triclad strips are manufactured by Nobel Explosifs in France and have been distributed worldwide by Merrem Andre de la Porte B.V. in Holland.

Triclad strips consist of three lay- ers: steel; pure aluminum; and aluminum alloy 5086. "The three

Triclad layers are explosively bonded and make a solid bond, stronger than pure aluminum itself," said Mr. Gelpi. It has reportedly been accepted for naval engineering by classification soci- eties such as BV, LR and DNV.

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Supply Boats

Main Particulars

Builder Halter Marine

Owner Aries Marine

Length

Beam 220 ft. (67 m) 44 ft. (13.5)

Draft 16 ft. (4.8 m)

Main engines GM EMD 16-645C

Z-drive ... Aquamaster

Bowthruster KaMeWa

Classification ABS

Company Offers New Way

To Join Aluminum, Steel

Industrial Metals, a distributor of non-ferrous metals, has been appointed the exclusive U.S. dis- tributor of Triclad transition joints, which connect aluminum and its alloys to steel by welding. The joints or strips are used primarily in boat and shipbuilding to join aluminum superstructures to steel hulls. "Until now, U.S. boat and ship- builders could bond dissimilar metals using ... bolting or riveting,"

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