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New & Notable

Euroferrys' Fast Ferry Features Cat 3618 Power

The world's largest diesel powered fast catamaran ferry has entered service for

Spanish operator Euroferrys and is now working on a route between Algeciras in southern Spain and Ceuta the Spanish principality on the north African coast, across the strait of Gibraltar.

Euroferrys Pacifica is a 331 ft. (101 m) car ferry, which is the largest of Austal's flagship Auto Express type vessel and the largest high-speed catamaran in the world with diesel propulsion.

With an immersed hull length of 291 ft. (88.7 m), molded beam of 87 ft. (26.6 m) and hull draft of 14 ft. (4.2 m), Euro- ferrys Pacifica has a passenger capacity of 951 passengers and 251 cars. The propulsion package comprises 4 x

Caterpillar 3618 engines, 4 x Reintjes

VLJ6831 gearboxes and 4 x Kamewa 125 SII wateijets. The vessel's cruising speed, with a full complement of pas- sengers and vehicles, is 37 knots.

The four Caterpillar 3618 engines are each rated for fast commercial vessel service at 7,200 bkW (9,770 mhp) at 1,050 rpm. The 333 liter, VI8 cylinder, 4-stroke Cat 3618 diesel engine weighs

Euroferrys Pacifica has a passenger capacity of 951 passengers and 251 cars. Its propulsion package comprises 4x Caterpillar 3618 engines, 4x Reintjes geaboxes and 4x Kamewa 125 SII waterjets. 36,000 kg and delivers one of the lowest levels of fuel consumption — 1,707 liters per hour at rated speed — of any high performance engine in the world.

A new Austal design innovation is a hoistable vehicle deck, which runs the entire length of the vessel, maximizing the capacity to carry private vehicles and commercial/freight vehicles. This hoistable deck has four hydraulically operated sections, which can be operat- ed together or independently and can be raised or lowered in less than one minute.

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Circle 346 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com ton axle load of previous vessels — and 3.5 meter lane widths as well as bow doors which allow full utilization of the 341 freight lane meters on board.

The vessel's total vehicle deck offers approximately 1,190 lane meters (including the 341 freight lane meters) and typical vehicle mix aboard the Euro- ferrys Pacifica would comprise 251 cars or 96 cars and 16 semi-trailers or 20 trucks.

The vessel will be operating for 14 hours a day during peak season, with two interchangeable crews working for seven hours each.

All servicing and maintenance work on the Caterpillar engines will be car- ried out by engineers from Spanish

Caterpillar dealer Finanzauto who have established a special workshop within the port of Algeciras in order to provide scheduled maintenance work and 24- hour emergency cover to support the

Euroferrys operation.

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USNS Pomeroy Joins Military

Sealift Fleet

USNS Pomeroy was delivered as the seventh of eight Watson-class ships to the U.S. Navy's Military Sealift Com- mand on August 14. Measuring 950 x 105 ft. (289.5 x 32 m), Pomeroy is a large, medium-speed RoRo (LMSR) ship that was built at NASSCO in San

Diego, Calif.

The LMSR has 380,000 sq. ft. of cargo capacity, which will be loaded (in

Mid-December) with tanks, vehicles and other U.S. Army equipment.

Pomeroy will the depart the U.S. for

Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean where it will spend approximately 30 months on station prepositioning its Army cargo.

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