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First of Four Delivered From

Atlantic Marine

Atlantic Marine, Inc. of

Jacksonville, Fla. recently deliv- ered the OSV HOS Crossfire, the first of four offshore vessels con- tracted for HV Marine Service's subsidiary Hornbeck Offshore

Services (HOS). The 200 x 54 ft. (61 x 16 m) vessel will service the

U.S. Gulf's deep water and shelf markets. HOS Crossfire is pow- ered by two Caterpillar 3516B diesel engines each rated 2,000 bhp, with two Reintjes WAF 861 reduction gears at 5.872:1 ratio.

Electrical power is provided by two

Caterpillar 3406 DITAB series 250 kW generator sets. A 600 hp, 1,800 rpm Caterpillar 3412 DITA drives the Brunvoll FU-63-LTC-1550 CP controllable pitch tunnel bow thruster.

HOS Crossfire's three sister- ships, HOS Super H, HOS

Brigadoon, and HOS Dakota are scheduled for delivery in January,

February and April 1999.

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Strategic Sealift Ship

Delivered To Navy

The first of six Strategic Sealift ships being built by Avondale

Industries shipyards division for the U.S. Navy was delivered in mid-November. The newest Navy ship was christened in 1997 by

Mrs. Dolores Hope in honor of her husband — entertainer, comedian and patriot Bob Hope.

The 950 ft. (290 m), medium- speed, RoRo Sealift ships are among the largest in the Navy fleet. The ships are built utilizing

Avondale's modular construction technology, with each ship made up of more than 450 modules.

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Bob Hope

Main Particulars

Length, o.a 950 ft. (290 m)

Draft 34.5 ft. (10.5 m)

Displacement 62,069 tons

Speed, cruising 24 knots

Crew 29

Accommodations 95

Cargo capacity 380,000 sq. ft.

Woodchip Carrier Forest

Princess Completed

Forest Princess, a 51,152-dwt woodchip carrier ordered by

Rioship Co. Ltd. was recently com- pleted at the Maizuru Works of

Hitachi Zosen. The vessel, under

Panamanian registry, was deliv- ered to the owner in late

November. With an overall length of less than 656 ft. (200 m), Forest

Princess can pass through the

Inland Sea of Japan even at night.

The vessel is equipped with a chip unloader composed of a hopper, deck cranes and conveyors for dis- charging woodchips to shore.

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Forest Princess

Main Particulars

Keel laying May 1998

Launch date July 1998

Delivery date November 1998

Flag Panama

Classification NK

Length, o.a 655.8 ft. (199.9 m)

Breadth 105.6 ft. (32.2 m)

Depth 75 ft. (22.9 m)

Full draft 37.7 ft. (11.5m)

GT 41,484

DWT 51,152 m.t.

Main engine . .Hitachi Zosen MAN B&W 7S50MC

Speed, trial 16.5 knots

Complement 25

Aggersborg Delivered To

Danish Owners

The second of two chemical tankers built by Alabama

Shipyard, Inc. for Dannebrog

Rederi AS of Rungsted Kyst,

Denmark has been delivered. In

March 1998, its sistership

Amalienborg was delivered repre- senting the completion of the first self-propelled ocean-going vessel built for export by an American shipyard in more than 40 years, according to the U.S. Maritime

Administration (MarAd).

Built under a Title XI loan guar- antee from MarAd, Aggersborg is a 16,000-dwt IMO chemical carrier built in accordance with OPA 90.

The vessel is a single decked, sin- gle screw chemical tanker with a double hull. It contains 12 epoxy- coated cargo tanks, and employs a cargo system with stainless steel piping and deep well pumps.

The main and auxiliary power plants were supplied by Wartsila.

The propulsion system consists of a 4,800 kW diesel engine driving a four-blade Kamewa controllable pitch propeller through a Valmet reduction gear. The vessel is classed to Lloyd's highest class — +100A1 chemical tanker.

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Aggersborg

Main Particulars

Length, o.a 472.4 ft. (144 m)

Length, b.p 438.8 ft. (133.8 m)

Breadth, molded 75.4 ft. (23 m)

Depth, molded 40.6 ft. (12.4 m)

Draft, design 27.5 ft. (8.4 m)

Draft, scantling 28.5 ft. (8.7 m)

DWT 16,000

Cargo capacity 19,000 cu. m.

Main engine Wartsila

Propeller Kamew

Bow thruster Kamewa

Reduction gear Valmet

Complement 18

Caterpillar Powering Two

New Tugs For Crowley

Caterpillar was chosen to power two new construction 10,192 bhp (7,600 bkW) tractor tugs for Vessel

Management Services (VMS), a subsidiary of Crowley Maritime

Corp., San Francisco. The 153 ft. (46.7 m) vessels are touted as being the most powerful cycloidal propulsion tractor tugs in the world. The vessels are being built at Dakota Creek Industries, in

Anacortes, Wash., to provide tanker escort and assist services in

Prince William Sound, Alaska, under contract to Alyeska Pipeline

Service Co. The first vessel is scheduled for delivery in January 1999, and the second will enter service in April 1999. Two Cat 3612 engines, each producting 5,096 bhp (3,800 bkW) at 900 rpm, will power the vessels, driving two Voith

Schneider cycloidal propulsion sys- tems.

Niestern Sander Launches

Navigia Newbuild

In mid October, Niestern Sander

B.V. launched the containership

M/S Keteldijk from its newbuilding yard in Delfzijl, the Netherlands.

The owner of the ship, Navigia

Shipping B.V., ordered two seago- ing containerships in July 1997.

The 304 ft. (92 m) long Keteldijk was delivered in December and its sister ship is scheduled for delivery in the first quarter of 1999. Both ships are of the Conofeeder 300 type.

M/S Keteldijk

Main Particulars

Shipbuilder Niestern Sander B.V

Vessel name M/S Keteldijk

Vessel type Container feeder

Owner/ operator Navigia Shipping

Designer Conoship International

Flag Dutch

Classification Bureau Veritas

Delivery date December 1998

Length, o.a 304 ft. (92.7 m)

Length, b.p 278.7 ft. (84.9 m)

Breadth, molded 52 ft. (15.8 m)

DWT 3,480

Draft 15.7 ft. (4.8 m)

Speed, service 15 knots

Cargo capacity 301 TEU

Main engine Wartsila NSD, 8L32E

Auxiliary engines Scania

Thrasters Jastram

Generators, Emergency generator Stamford

Couplings Vulcan

Reduction gears Lohman

Steering controls Barkemeijer

Deck machinery SEC-Groningen

Shafting, Propellers Lips

Bearings John Crane Marine, Lips

Coatings Hempel

VHF radio, SSB radio, Radar, GPS Furuno

Compass Observator

Autopilot Anschiitz

Heat exchangers GEA

Air conditioning Novenco

Liferafts Marine Assist

Computers on the ship Loco Pias 18

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