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A proactive approach to the business is expressed in its development of a new-generation vessel, the Fobox, com- bining drilling, production, storage and offloading capabilities. With the current paucity of new projects arising from the offshore sector, a situation which will surely not persist, the Northern Ireland company can be expected to pursue opportunities in other high-value areas where it has proven expertise, not least the naval field.

In addition to the drillship contracts with Global Marine, the 1998 business inflow included an order for over 5,600- tons of weldments for two auxiliary oil- ers under construction at VSEL's Bar- row premises for the U.K. Ministry of

Defence, and a project to convert the derrick lay barge Polaris to a full dynamically-positioning vessel on behalf of the French offshore company

ETPM.

The diversity of the current orderbook for the Paxman VP 185 at Alstom

Engines' Colchester works underlines its broad market reach, vindicating the designers' endeavors in developing a unit equally suited to all the established, core sectors for the Paxman range, and with an eye also to the fast ferry busi- ness. The addition of an 18-cylinder version, complementing the original 12-

Power: Alstom Engines Leads

With Its Multidivisional Units

Comprised of the Paxman and Rus- ton Divisions, Mirrlees Blackstone and

Regulateurs Europa, Alstom Engines is known for its manufacturing of high- and medium-speed engines. In addition to the production of heavy fuel, dual fuel and gas engines, the U.K.-based company constructs an assortment of engine control and monitoring equip- ment.

Alstom's Paxman Division is respon- sible for high speed diesel engines for marine propulsion and auxiliary appli- cations with a power range of 610- 4,000 kWb. The division also focuses on provisions for the commercial fast ferry and super yacht markets.

Medium speed diesel, heavy fuel and dual engines for marine propulsion and auxiliary duties in the power range of 780-7,550 kWb are furnished by the

Ruston Division — one of the foremost leaders in fast ferry propulsive power.

Single or multi-unit installations in specific vessels such as conventional ferries, tankers and bulk carriers are provided by the Mirrlees Blackstone sector, with Regulateurs Europa per- forming the design and production of electronic and mechanical governors and actuators.

Circle 17 on Reader Service Card cylinder model, has strengthened the company's commercial hand, boosting its offering of truly compact, high-speed diesels in spheres of the business where the MTU and Caterpillar reputations are firmly entrenched. The potency of the type is such that the 18VP185 offers an unrestricted output of 4,021-bhp (3,000- kW) at 1,770-rpm for marine propulsion duties, with a limited-period rating as great as 5,362-bhp (4,000-kW) at 1,950- rpm.

Deliveries of the first examples of the beefy, 18-cylinder unit from the exten- sively modernized Colchester factory are imminent, a total of six such engines at around 4,000-bhp having been speci- fied as emergency genset prime movers for the Royal Caribbean group's cruise- ship newbuild program in France and

Germany.

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