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New & Notable

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali

Launches Largest Fast Ferry

Italian specialist shipyard Rodriquez

Cantieri Navali launched the Federico

Garcia Lorca on April 28 — its largest vessel ever built.

Subsequent to its inaugural festivities, the ship was towed to Savona, Italy for final outfitting, commissioning and then sea trials. The vessel will then be deliv- ered to its owner, Balearia Eurolineas

Maritimes in early June for service between Valencia, Spain and the

Balearic Islands, i.e. Majorca, Ibiza, etc.

Designed for 880 passengers and 200 cars, TMV 115 is a 377 ft. (115-m) monohull ferry powered by four 7,200 kW Caterpillar 3618 diesels. The car deck uses an innovative combination of hoistable decks and ramps for extremely flexible vehicle loading alternatives — allowing 200 cars to be loaded on one of the two decks.

Ride comfort will be ensured via the

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Rodriquez Marine Systems' stabiliza- tion system, which includes forward and aft T-foils with four lateral fins and tran- som mounted "Interceptor" tabs.

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Freeport Shipbuilding Delivers

Aluminum Research Vessel

Freeport Shipbuilding, Freeport, Fla., delivered a 163-ft. (49.6-m), 32-knot aluminum monohull research vessel, which was designed by DeJong & Lebet — marking DeJong's entrance into the high-performance workboat field.

This new design is a milestone in establishing DeJong & Lebet as a designer of high-performance work- boats. The vessel was designed with three soft mounted MTU/DDC 16V 4000 propulsion engines each rated at 2,380 hp at 2,100 rpm, each driving a

Hamilton model 811 waterjet. The drive train between the engines and jets con- sists of remote, hard mounted ZF model

BW755 reverse/reduction gear coupled to the engines through a flexible Centa coupling. Cardan shaft assemblies man- ufactured by Driveline complete the link between the gears and waterjets, thus resulting in a high speed, low vibration vessel.

Constructed from aluminum, the less than 300 gt vessel has an ABS unlimited loadline, and is fitted with a Hydra-Pro model 40/18K hydraulic pedestal crane with a capacity of 18 LT, at 10 ft. and 4

LT at 40 ft. The helo deck, designed to handle a 6,000-lb. helicopter also pro- vides shelter for two 20 x 8 ft. scientific modules.The monohull is also equipped with two tender vessels, a 28-ft. (8.5-m) aluminum Packman jet drive landing craft — built by Munson Manufactur- ing. The second tender is a smaller RIB type vessel.

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