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While Installed in Engine vessel's electrical power is provided by two Cummins diesels driving two Cum- mins 99 kW generators.

Wes Bordelon, which is named for

Bordelon Marine's co-owner and vice president of Operations, is equipped with four liquid mud tanks with a total capacity of 49,332 gallons. It can hold 28,675 gallons of fuel, 400 gallons of oil, 250 gallons of hydraulic fluids and 13,776 gallons of potable water. The boat's 95 x 32 ft. (28.9 x 9.7 m) aft decks can carry up to 390 long tons of cargo.

Accommodations onboard can hold two officers, four crew and 10 guests, while the galley can serve 25 persons.

A partial list of navigation and com- munications equipment] includes: two Furuno radars; a

Furuno GPS unit with plotter; an autopilot; two Furuno VHF radios; Nautex antennas and

Motorola cell phones. arrival in Jakarta, Indonesia approxi- mately three weeks later. Subsequently, the vessel will establish the Indonesian seaport of Lembar as its homeport.

Two passengers accesses each are provided port and starboard on deck four, and 14 motor lifeboats and 50 lif- erafts with a capacity of 1,740 and 1,250 persons, respectively are provid- ed onboard - meeting the highest requirements of SOLAS 1992/94.

The vessel is divided into four zones; a smoke and fire detecting system is installed throughout. In addition, a fire alarm, which is connected to a central fire alarm system located on the bridge, can be manually released in all areas of the vessel.

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Germany delivered the 21st passenger ship to the Direc- torate General of Sea Commu- nication, Jakarta/Indonesia on

June 30. The 14,800-gt vessel named Doro Londa, was christened by Linda Amalia

Sari, wife of Indonesian Min- ister Gen. (ret.) Agum Gume- lar.

Similar to its predecessors,

Doro Londa is also different in a variety of aspects. The third member of a new, technically advanced series of passenger ships for Indonesia featuring improved container transport facilities, Doro Londa is 481 x 77 ft. (146.5 x 23.4 m) and can transport 2,170 passengers.

Built in compliance with

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Londa was scheduled to depart Papenburg on July 3 for

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