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New CaterpijlcHkEngine Tops 7,000 kW

Caterpillar's Engine Division has developed the CAT 3618, a his power-to-weight ratio, 18-cyluiaer design with a fast commerc^l ves- sel application rating of/200 kW at 1,050 rpm. The ne^ engine is the product of a cooperative effort between Caterpillar Inc. and

Danish diesel engine builder

Bazan Motores. The CAT 3618 is designed specifically fo\ the fast marine transport indusuv^ Its 7,200-kW fast commercial vesS rating is application specific, based on a realistic fast ferry load profile of 85 percent of operating hours at rate power, with 15 pp*£tmt of hours maneuvering^Hess than 50 percent ratednp^er. The 3618 will use the^&BrPL65 E, a new, high lency, single-stage turbocharg- er design. The new crankshaft is counterweighted for optimum bal- ance of rotary mass, and new

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GERMANY, KIEL CANAL, 1996. Salvage of 2900 ton container vessel "SABINE D" in winter ice conditions . 'ertise.

NAMIBIA, 1996. Wreck removal of the flooded

Diamond Dredge "BIG RED" (Top Left)

MIAMI, FLORIDA, 1996. Salvage of the 13000 DWT LPG/C "IGLOO MOON" (Top Right)

BRAZIL, 1996. (not shown) Refloated the 15,000 ton freighter "AL JOHFFA"

GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, 1996. (Right)

Refloated wreck of 2200 ton passenger vessel, (both vessels scuttled at sea) designfe/materials will be incorpo- rated An the gear train, bearings, connoting rods, pistons, rings and linen. The new engine will also fea/ure a Caterpillar electronic m/nitoring and control system wtich collects information from [hout the engine, dis- playing relevanT^Srta to the opera- tor, automatically adjusting engine operating and recording operating conditions and trending informa- tion.

Dockwise Add£ Swan Class

Vessels To Fl^et

Dockwise NIV. has announced the addition of folir Swan class vessels — Swan, Swift, Teal and Tern — to its fleet. Th\ addition to the

Dockwise fleet^Jias reportedly resulted in greater scheduling flex- ibility and reduced xiobilization time and cost.

The Swan class of vesselY similar in concept to the Super anl Mighty

Servant class, have duAl cargo capacity and can carry Ireavy lifts up to 25,000 tons on dock or up to 32,000 cu.-m. of cl^in product cargo in their carguf tanks. The vessels also have/t sophisticated ballasting systey with more than 50 tanks — 12y6f which are cargo tanks — and^wo additional slop tanks.

Norex Industries Listed On

Oslo Stock Nrchange

An offshore and smf^ing invest- ment company — Norex n^dustries

Inc. — was approved for secondary listing of its common sharespn the

Oslo Stock Exchange's maiiylist.

Norex Industries (formy Norex

America) is an investment compa- ny with holdings in oif and gas industries, and the yffshore and shipping sectors, /investments include holdings/the Oslo listed companies D^ Sondenfjelds-

Norske l^ampskibsselskab,

Transocean ^S^hore and

Norwegian Cruise Line*1

The move by Norex Industries represents the first OSE hating of an investment company specializ- ing in the offshore and pipping sector.

Norex Industries is incorporated in the Cayman Islands, arid is list- ed on the Americafi Stock

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