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MARINE FINANCE

New Ferry Features Cat

Propulsion

The first fast ferry in the Irish

Ferries fleet will feature four

Caterpillar 3618 main propulsion engines each rated at 7,200 kW.

The new 284 ft. (86.6 m), being built by Australian Austal Ships

Pty Ltd. at its Henderson,

Freemantle yard, will be able to carry 800 passengers and 200 cars at a service speed of 39 knots. This speed will provide a crossing time from Dublin to Holyhead of under two hours. The Cat engines will drive Kamewa 112 Sll waterjets through Reintjes gearboxes.

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STN Atlas Wins Contracts

Hamburg-based STN Atlas

Marine Electronics has been awarded contracts for twelve pro- prietary shaft generators from

Hyundai Heavy Industries of

Ulsan, South Korea; Kvaerner

Warnow of Warnemtinde; and Aker

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Renold Hi-Tec Clinches

Spanish Navy Contracts

U.K. based Renold H

Couplings has been award( contract to build main propui transmission couplings for new Spanish Navy frigates, main order is for eight 848 I

Series Cardan shaft couplii each capable of transmitting 4, kW of power at 1,000 rpm. M propulsion for the frigates is j vided by Bazan-Bravo 12 engir a derivative of the CAT 3(

Series. Renold Hi-Tec was a awarded a contract to supply ci plings to drive the ship's genera sets. The coupling selected was t new MSC, designed to satisfy t latest generation of fail safe co pling suitable for marine propi sion, generator sets and compre sors. The couplings will provit protection on Bazan MTU 12 V 3i diesel engines, rated at 1,200 ID at 1,800 rpm.

DRS To Acquire NAI

Technologies

DRS Technologies, Inc. has signed a definitive agreement tc acquire NAI Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of rugged comput- ers, peripheral equipment and integrated systems for military, government and commercial appli- cations. The agreement follows the company's announcement in April of the signing of a letter of intent for NAI Technologies to merge with a subsidiary of DRS in a stock transaction. DRS expects the acquisition will be completed by the end of its fiscal third quarter, which ends December 31, 1998.

First Design Agreement For

Pier 400 Awarded

The first major design agree- ment for the development of the

Port of Los Angeles' Pier 400 was approved recently between the Los

Angeles Harbor Commission and

Brown & Root, Inc. of Alhambra,

Calif. The $1.4 million agreement calls for the design of the trans- portation corridor to Pier 400, pro- viding highway, rail and utility access to a new land mass current- ly being created by dredging and landfill. Under the agreement,

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