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Svenska Skum Equipment On

New Fireboats

Svenska Skum, a subsidiary of Unitor

ASA, won contracts for the design and supply of external fire-fighting systems to a series of newbuilding fireboats under construction in Hong Kong and

Greece.

The Hong Kong contract involves the general design and system responsibility for the external fire-fighting system for the world's largest fireboat currently under construction at the yard of Wang

Tak (Yard No. Y2001) for the Hong

Kong Fire Department. The order includes the design, engineering, deliv- ery and commissioning of a complete external fire-fighting system for a 136 ft. (41.5 m) steel fireboat with a pumping capacity equaling Fi-Fi 2 class

The complex system for the Wang Tak newbuilding comprises three main fire- fighting pumps with step-up gearboxes, clutches and flexible couplings. The specification also includes two large foam pumps with soft starters, eight fire monitors of various sizes up to 2,400 cu. m./hr. capacity, 10 swivel deck heads, six foam proportioners, 30 remote oper- ated valves and 10 monitored valves.

In Greece, two 126 ft. (38.5m) steel high-speed fireboats under construction at the Greek shipyard Nayse SA (Yard

Nos 108-109) for the Piraeus Fire

Department will also feature complete external Svenska Skum fire-fighting systems. The order from specialist engi- neering and project management com- pany Tsokres & Tsokres Enterprises

Ltd., of Piraeus will see Svenska Skum provide detailed system design, com- plete system engineering, equipment procurement, commissioning and docu- mentation for both 20 knot vessels. Each

Greek fireboat will be equipped with two skid-mounted, diesel-driven fire pumps, foam and water monitors mount- ed on a telescopic mast and Snorkel boom, remote control system for valves and pumps, foam pumps and proportion- ers, as well as a self-protection water spray nozzle system.

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Rjeka Shipbuilders Readies To

Construct Chem Carrier

The shipbuilding contract initially signed by 3.Maj Brodogradiliste and

Calisa this past August in Italy has come to fruition as the Croatian-based ship- yard has accepted payment of the first contract price installment.

Throughout the next two years, (the vessel is scheduled for a 2002 delivery), construction financing will be covered by the buyer with financing for the remainder to be controlled by arrangers on the international capital markets. The

Buyer's prepayments have been secured by a Croatian Bank for Reconstruction and Development (HBOR), Zagreb.

The scheduled contract increases 3

Maj's orderbook to a total of seven ves- sels — offering myriad of employment at the yard through 2003.

Main Particulars

Classification RINA

Length, (o.a.) 577 ft. (176 m)

Length, (b.p.) 554 ft. (169 m)

Breadth 98 ft. (29.8 m)

Depth to main deck 55 ft. (16.8 m)

Scantling draft 36 ft. (11 m)

DWT 35,000 15.2 knots

Main propulsion engine .. ....3 Maj Wartsila NSD

MCR .. .9,000 kW@ 130 rpm

Cargo tank capacity 43,150 cu. m

NKK Delivers Fourth

Membrane Tank Carrier

NKK Corp. has delivered a 22,500 cu. m LNG carrier to Mitsui OSK Lines and

Nusantara Shipping. Named Surya Sat- suma, the vessel is the fourth LNG car- rier with a GTT Mark III type membrane cargo containment system. It was built at

NKK's Tsu Works and will be chartered by Pertamina — Indonesia's state-run petroleum company — to carry Indone- sian LNG to Japan for Hiroshima Gas

Co. The GTT Mark III membrane tank system is advantageous because of its compact hull form, higher safety and strength warranted by a complete dou- ble-hull structure, flat deck configura- tion for good bridge visibility and exceptional maneuverability due to a small windage area.

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Boskalis Expands Fleet With

Suction Hopper Dredger

On October 14, Waterway, a new 4,900 cu. m trailing suction hopper dredger for Westminster Dredging Co. of U.K. was inaugurated and launched at the Merwede Shipyard in Hardinxveld-

Giessedam. The barge differs from oth- ers in its class because its shallow draft and large loading capacity has been especially designed to carry out on- and foreshore beach replenishment, dredg- ing and maintenance work in shallow water. This customarily involves silt, sand, gravel and soft clay. The Waterway is unique not only because of it low draft, but its dredge pump speed as well.

It is adjustable through a special two- stage gearbox, which provides for pre- cise control of the mixture of speed and power. The company will deploy the barge mainly for dredging operations on short and medium-range distances by the end of this year.

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Main Particulars

Length 320 ft. (97.7 m)

Breadth 75 ft. (23 m)

Draft 23 ft. (7 m)

Dredging draft . (6.5 m)

Load capacity .. 6,700 tons

Hopper capacity 4,900 cu. m

Speed 13 knots

USNS Impeccable Christened

At Halter Marine

The newest Military Sealift Command (MSC) ship to grace the waters was christened on November 1 at Halter

Marine in Pascagoula, Miss. The cere- mony included the official naming of the vessel — the only one in its class. Mea- suring 281 ft. (85.6 m), Impeccable can run at a speed of 12 knots, and is designed specifically for deploying two towed-array sonar systems — passive and active. The former listens for acoustic information, while the latter works in sync with the passive system to gather acoustic data. The vessel was co- sponsored by Leah Gansler, wife of the

Honorable Jacques S. Gansler, Secre- tary of Defense for Acquisition and

Technology; and Margareta Augus- tine, wife of Norman Augustine, for- mer chair and CEO of Lockheed Martin.

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Main Particulars

Length, (o.a.) 495 ft. (151 m)

Length, (b.p.) 471 ft. (143.5 m)

Breadth, (molded) 92 ft. (28 m)

Draft 23 ft. (7 m)

DWT 12,498

GT 20,017 tons

Main engines Mitsubishi

Output 7,796 kWx 133 rpm

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