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Four of the 18VP185 diesels have been specified for an equivalent number of 85,000-gt Millennium-class vessels ordered from Chantiers de l'Atlantique for operation with Celebrity Cruises.

The Paxman-driven auxiliary generators will in each case be located inside the funnel casing and will run on the same fuel as the turbines, a coges (combined gas turbine and steam turbine electric drive system) plant having been selected for the program. As an important refer- ence in the German shipbuilding mar- ket, 18VP185 engines will perform a similar back-up role in the two Vantage- class cruise ships entrusted by Royal

Caribbean to Meyer Werft.

A major export deal involving the 12- cylinder model has underscored Pax- man's strengths in the naval and defense agency sectors. Each of four LCF anti- aircraft frigates to be built for the Dutch navy by Royal Schelde at Vlissingen will be supplied with four 12VP185- engined genset modules, delivering 1,650-kW at 1,800-rpm for all onboard electrical and weapon system require- ments. The same type of machinery is to be fitted in the Royal Navy's trimaran frigate demonstrator, ordered from

Vosper Thornycroft.

In the non-military propulsion stakes, the VP 185 has a number of references now in eastern Asian high-speed ferry applications, and has also found favor at the top end of the leisure marine market as propulsion for luxury yachts. A newly-secured contract for a very high power density, twin 18-cylinder installa- tion in a U.S. newbuild yacht empha- sizes the design's potential.

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Request New High Speed Pilot

Humber Marine Services, the marine operating division of Associated British

Ports, North East Region at Hull, have placed an order for a new high-speed pilot boat in conjunction with Souter

Marine Limited in Isle of Wight.

Designed by Camarc Ltd the new- build is a smaller version of the Camarc designed pilot boats currently operating in Holland.

A DSI manufactured triple engine configuration and Hamilton waterjet propulsion will provide the vessel with a speed of 32 knots. With construction expected to commence during the first quarter of this year, the vessel is slated for a December 1999 completion.

June, 1999

Alstom Engines' position in the fast commercial vessel stakes owes much to the success of the RK270 medium- speed diesel, manufactured on Mersey- side at Newton-le-Willows. Ruston- powered fast ferries in service and under construction at the time of writing num- bered 26, and the design's attraction to

RoRo equipped lightweight vessels of the largest types has been increased through progressive uprating of the

RK270 range to 9,490-bhp (7,080-kW).

In a prestigious new reference for the 270 mm-bore class in the most environ- mentally-sensitive Scandinavian regime, a multi-engine plant based on four 20-cylinder engines developing a combined 37,960-bhp (28,320-kW) has been adopted in the recently-commis- sioned fast monohull RoRo ferry Desti- nation Gotland.

Plying between the island of Gotland and the Swedish mainland at around 35 knots, the 367 ft. (112 m), stern-ramped

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