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TANKER TECHNOLOGY (Continued from page 42) as an electrical drive motor for propulsion or a generator. In case the main engine fails, or the mas- ter decides to run the ship at a lower speed, the main engine can be de-coupled and the ship can be propelled with the electric motor only. Aside from the main propul- sion system, the ship will have a bow and stern thruster, as well as a HSVA high-efficiency rudder.

The complete steel construction of the ship is carried out as a dou- ble hull for the cargo tanks as well as the fuel tanks.

There are a relatively high num- ber of cargo tanks (14) for a ship this size, which allows the vessel to be very flexible in respect to the number of cargoes it can transport.

For the loading and unloading of all cargo tanks, electrical deep well pumps are installed.

For more information from Lindenau

Circle 75 on Reader Service Card "Made in America" might be the best reason for choosing an MMC

Closed Trimode™ gauging tape shown here, but there are others:

Ease of operation - With a single penetration you'll measure ullage, interface and temperature.

A steady tone sounds when the probe reaches oil, an intermittent tone when it senses water; the temperature appears on an LED display in the hub.

Accuracy - The electronic sensor is accurate to +/-1/8 inch (3mm); for dryness, 3/8 inch (10mm) of bottom. The tape is available with either metric or feet/inches markings.

Compliance - The Closed

Trimode™ keeps you in confor- mance with all U.S. Coast Guard regulations. It is gas-tight, and when installed in an _ a

MMC vapor-control I approved as in- trinsically safe m vaP°r-mntnl valve by FM, BASEEFA, CSA, and SAA.

MMC gauging tapes are simply the best you can buy. That they're made in America is just one of the many reasons why.

Consilium AB Acquires

Metritape

The acquisition of Metritape Inc. by Consilium AB of Sweden is final. Metritape develops, manu- factures and markets patented sys- tems for gauging liquid levels in both marine and land-based appli- cations. On ships, its products are used for measuring the level and temperature in cargo, fuel, ballast and service tanks aboard all types of ships. The Metritape level gaug- ing system will be added to

Consilium's growing family of marine products, which include equipment for tank cleaning, fire and gas detection, navigation, speed measurement, low-level lighting and security.

For more information on the Consilium product line-up

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Daewoo Captures Key

Tanker Contracts

Daewoo's Shipbuilding Division won several important tanker con- tracts at the end of 1996, and put the yard within reach of its new order target of $2 billion per year.

OMI Corp. ordered two 156,000- dwt crude oil tankers, with options for two identical ships. Maersk

Tanker ordered a 125,000-dwt shuttle tanker for the Schiehallion

Field, a vessel that will feature bow and stern thrusters for dynamic positioning. The year-end was rounded out with orders for two 135,000-cu-m, membrane-type

LNG tankers for two Korean firms — Yukong Corp. and Korea Line

Corp.

For more information on Daewoo

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Chevron Taps Marinor For IT

Solution

Chevron Shipping Co. has entered into a service contract with

Marinor, a leading supplier of inte- grated IT solutions to the shipping and offshore industry, to develop a pilot project implementing

Marinor's RASTwin Operation &

Maintenance System and EDI-

MAR Data Exchange System on three Chevron oil tankers. If the project is a success, the Marinor system will be implemented on

Chevron's fleet of 35 ships.

For more information on the

Marinor system

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