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The ABB package for the vessel pair will include generators for the main power plant and two PWM DTC-con- trolled Compact Azipod units rated at 1,700 kW each. The new system, which has never before been featured on a

Royal Navy vessel, boasts a power range from 400 kW up to 3 MW, is designed to meet the growing demand for enhanced maneuverability and operational econo- my that exists for smaller vessels.

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Bollinger To Construct Supply

Boat Trio

Bollinger Shipyards has commenced construction of three 145 ft. (44.1 m)

IP _ 1 i f^TST . • 4 supply/utility boats for Bordelon

Marine — doubling the number of

OSV's for the Lockport-based operator.

The new vessels, all of which will hold the namesake of a Bordelon family member, will be known as Wes Borde- lon, Terry Bordelon and Bunny Borde- lon.

Scott Theriot, executive vice presi- dent New Construction of Bollinger said, "These new 145's are truly all-pur- pose and continue to meet and exceed industry requirements. We have already delivered 19, eight are under construc- tion and we have options for more."

The 145 footers will each have a beam of 36 ft. (10.9 m) and a maximum draft of 12 ft. (3.6 m) — normal operating draft will be eight ft. (2.4 m) They will be powered by a pair of Cummins KTA- 38MO diesel engines rated at 750-bhp at 1,600 rpm, driving Bollinger four- blade propellers through Twin Disc reverse/reduction gears with a ratio of 4.96:1. Hydraulic steering will be installed at two pilothouse stations and a 272-hp Schottel STT-110 bowthruster will assist steering.

Boasting a package that complies with

IMO emission standards, the Cummins engine package features direct drive liq- uid mud pumps off of the main engines thereby eliminating belt systems. Cum- mins was also selected to provide elec- trical power; oil free bilge systems and dirty collection tanks will be present on each vessel.

The OSV's will come equipped with four liquid mud tanks with a total capac- ity of 49,332 gallons. They will be built to hold 28,675 gallons of fuel, 400 gal- lons of oil, 250 gallons of hydraulic flu- ids and 23,776 gallons of potable water.

The vessels' 95 x 32 ft. aft decks will be able to transport up to 390 long tons of cargo.

Navigation equipment onboard includes Furuno radars; a Furuno GPS unit with plotter; an autopilot; two

Furuno VHF radios; Nautex antennas and Motorola cell phones.

Aker Constructs Vessel Trio For

Scottish Northlink

Aker Finnyards and Northlink, a joint venture of Caledonian MacBrayne and

Royal Bank of Scotland, have agreed to build two passenger RoRo vessels for the ferry service from the Scottish main- land to Orkney and Shetland for $87 million.

A letter of intent was also signed on a third, slightly smaller vessel worth $39.5 million.

Measuring 410 ft. (125 m) with a beam of 64 ft. (19.5 m) and 12,000 gt, each vessel will have the capacity for 600 passengers in time for summer 2002. - 3SsM*5 T;

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