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Scotia Main Particulars

Length, o.a 225 ft. (68.6 m)

Length, b.p 200 ft. (61.2 m)

Breadth, molded 49.2 ft. (15 m)

Depth, molded 28.2 ft. (8.6 m)

Draft, loaded 18 ft. (5.5 m)

DWT 850 tons

Gross tonnage 2,619

Service speed 13 knots

Diesel engines Wartsila NSD

Stern thruster Brunvoll AS

Pipework installation BRM Engineering

Bow thrust unit Elliot Turbomachinery

Radars/Sonar furuno

Stablizing system Intering

Paint materials International Paint

Classification Lloyd's Register

Fixed pitch propeller Lips

Nautical instruments Lilley & Gillie

Windows/sideshoots Wingerden B.V.

Deck machinery Ulstein Brattvaag

Firefighting systems Wormald

Rescue boat/liferaft davits Welin Lambie

DnV Reports On Fistfhip

Technology

FastShip, Inc. took a big step toward the establishment of its high-speed transatlantic ocean shipping service. Det Norske

Veritas (DnV), the Oslo-based ship classification society, issued its ini- tial report on FastShip's plans to construct a fleet of ships based on the merging of a unique hull design with a gas turbine propul- sion system that will allow transatlantic crossings in less than four days at average speeds between 35 and 40 knots.

The DNV report — Structural

Design Review (SDR) — concluded that new high-speed ships, using the patented FastShip technology, are feasible.

The ships will be capable of operating at the high-speeds under severe ocean conditions.

The company plans to offer seven-day, door-to-door, ocean- based shipping services between

Philadelphia and Europe.

This approval of the FastShip design team's four-year effort is critical to the future of the emerg- ing Philadelphia-based company.

From a technical standpoint, it will allow FastShip, Inc. to proceed with negotiations with ship- builders, enter into negotiations for financing for ship construction and operations, and establish the

June, 1998 basis for ship warranties and insurance for the new ship design and construction.

DNV evaluated the FastShip design calculations under more than 6,000 different loading sce- narios. DNV examined the speed of the ship and the effect of a vari- ety of ocean conditions on the hull, bulkheads, cargo decks, pillars, doors, spray rails and transom areas.

Final approval will come after the construction of the ship and successful sea trials.

DNV concluded that a FastShip would be able to maintain speeds up to 40 knots even in extreme ocean conditions where it would often be required to confront waves up to an average of 7.5 meters.

David Giles, FastShip's technical director and chief designer, patent- ed the FastShip design in 1989.

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