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RUBBER FENDERS FOR

DOCKS, TUGS & WORKBOATS

Manufactured By

SOVEREIGN RUBBER AMERICA

Hillgate Industrial Estate, Carrington Field Street,

HigherlHillgate, Stockport, Cheshire SK 1 3JW, England

Telephone: 011 44 181 960 4224 Fax: 011 44 181 960 4334

Contact: Alan Scott-Neve

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Certificate No. 946/95

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Southport

Builder Steiner Shipyard, Inc.

Vessel name Southport

Vessel type Passenger/vehicle ferry

Owner/operator North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

Colt Industrier AS has gained extensive expertise and experience during 30 years in manufacturing of windows to the maritime marked. Colt Industrier AS is a world lead manufacturer to the fast ferry marked. The speciality of Colt Industrier AS is to supply windowsystem to meet the new market demands whenever aluminium framed windows are required.

Colt Industrier AS i

Member of the Rettig-Group

N - 4 9 0 0 TVEDESTRAND, NORWAY, TEL. + 4 7 3 7 1 6 II 00, FAX + 4 7 3 7 1 6 1 2 0 2

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We'd like to make one thing perfectly clear, you're fresh water supply.

Wherever and whenever clean pure water is a necessity, Matrix

Desalination, Inc. provides it. Over and over again, our reverse osmosis watermakers have proven themselves to not only give you the freshest water available, but in the quantities you demand.

So whatever your freshwater requirements may be, consult the authorities at Matrix.

R/O Systems- packaged R/O units in light, medium and heavy duty designs from 100 to 20,000 gallons per day. Custom designed R/O plants are available up to 3,000,000 gallons per day.

Parts... for all types of water systems and pumps including hard to find items.

Service... engineers available 24 hours a day for servicing of all brands of

R/O units, pumps, etc.

Silver Series Group - 350 - 20,000 Gallons per day. Component or Cabinet.

JUK.JITOIV IVIMI KlA 3295 S.W. 11th Avenue - Fort Lauderdale - d e s a l i n a t i o n, i n c. Ph: (305) 524-5120 - Fax: (305) 524-

Florida 33315 - U.S.A. •5216

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Southport Main Particulars

North Carolina Dept. of Transportation

Flag U.S.

Classification USCG Subchapter H

Contract date October 12,1995

Float out date October 19,1996

Delivery date November 1,1996

Length, o.a 180 ft. (55 m)

Length, b.p 172.9 ft. (53 m)

Breadth, molded 44 ft. (13.4 m)

Gross tonnage 460 LT

Draft, design 5.6 ft. (1.7 m)

Draft, scantling 11 ft. (3.3 m)

Service speed 3 knots

Capacity 40 vehicles/350 pssengers

Main engine Caterpillar

Main engine type 3412 DITA

Total hp 950

Propellers Voith Schneider 16G11/100

Generator engines CAT 3304B

Generators 105 kW 120/208 V 60 Hz

Emergency generator CAT 3304B 65 kW 12/208 V 60 Hz

Motor starter Square D

Couplings Voith

Engine controls Marine Engine Controls, Inc. electro/pneumatic

Steering controls Matthews Marine System, Inc.

Shafting CI 045 cold rolled

Bearings Cooper

Coatings Oevoe Ameron

VHF/SSB Radios Furuno

Radar Furun

Pumps MP Pumps

A/C Cruisair

Waste Management System Redd Foxx

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