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Repower Helps

Graham Gulf

Graham Gulf of Bayou LaBatre, Ala., which operates five 140-ft. (42.7 m) alu- minum offshore crew/supply vessels in the Gulf of Mexico, in June of 2000 repowered Brother with a Cat 3508B and claims vessel performance has improved 20 percent, with significant decreases in downtime. Brother is unique because it was built only in 1998,

L21/31 Engine Debuts

An innovative "new generation" medium speed design from MAN

B&W Diesel will debut in its 21 cm bore configuration for a new series of large high-tech RoRo vessels. The ships, ordered by DFDS Tor Line and to be built at Germany's Flensburger

Schiffbau-Gesellschaft GmbH & Co. — are scheduled for delivery during

September 2003. The auxiliary power package for each vessel will consist of four Holeby GenSets type 7L21 /31 with a total output of 5,600 kW. The seven cylinder gensets for the vessels will deliver each 1,400 kW at 1,000 rpm, 50 Hz.

The exterior design of the new

L21/31 genset is a continuation of the streamlined and cleanlined pipeless new generation design.

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Step Up To The Safety Solution but the owner decided after two years that the originally installed engines were not performing to the level it required.

Enter Caterpillar and local dealer

Thompson Power Systems, which sup- plied four Cat 3508B engines rated 1,200 bhp (895 bkW) at 1,800 rpm. The power system was further enhanced with

ZF 2.33:1 marine gears and four new

Michigan propellers. At full load speed, the owner said vessel speed improved from 15 to 20 knots, while light boat speed increased from 19 to 22 knots.

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