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Derecktor Shipyard To Build

Two High Speed Ferries

Derecktor Shipyard was awarded the contract for the construction of the first two passenger /vehicle high-speed fer- ries for the State of Alaska's Marine

Highway System. This project, funded by the Federal Government, allows the

State of Alaska to link Sitka to Juneau with fast modern boats, capable of a one-day round trip. The Alaska Marine

Highway System has been operating year-round since 1963, with regularly scheduled passenger and vehicle service to 32 communities in Alaska. It carries more than 300,000 passengers every year.

Foam Filled

Marine

Fenders Marine Guard"

The Ultimate

Protector for Ships,

Harbor Crafty

Wharves & Piers- • Construction complies with United States

Navy and Coast Guard Specifications. • Core consist of closed-cell, resilient, energy absorbing foam, covered with a protective, seamless polyurethane elastomer skin. Filament nylon tire cord reinforcement is continuously wound in the skin for added strength and durability. Will not mark or scratch vessel hulls. • Constructed with integral swivels end fittings internally connected with a heavy duty chain. • Easy to install with very little maintenance. • Light weight and extremely buoyant with a lower reaction force than either hard rubber or pneumatic fenders. (Almost 40% higher energy absorption than pneumatic fenders.)

URETHANE PRODUCTS CORPORATION (800) 913-0062 9076 Rosecrans Avenue

Bellflower, CA 90706

Phone (562) 630-4982 Fax (562) 630 -6974

Stocking Distributors:

Waterman Supply Company 910 Mahar, Wilmington, CA 90744, U.S.A. 1-800-322-3131

Tel (310) 522-9698 Fax (310) 522-1043

Anchor Marine &

Industrial Supply , Inc. 6545 Lindbergh, Houston, TX 77087, U.S.A. 1-800-233-8014

Tel (713) 644-1183 Fax (713) 644-1185

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The new boats are designed by Nigel

Gee and Associates (NGA) Ltd. of

Southampton, U.K. to be safe, high- speed RoRo passenger ferries that mini- mize costs and can interface with exist- ing AMHS docks and pier side facilities.

The vessels are designed to carry 250 passengers on the main deck and 35 large vehicles, of the type mostly used in

Alaska, on the cargo deck at a continu- ous-rating service speed of 35 knots and with great comfort up to sea state 6.

Powered by four diesel engines and four water jets, these 239.5-ft. (73-m) catamarans use a geosym of the Nigel

Gee hull form employed in the 134.5-ft. (40.9-m) M/V Flying Cloud. A com- plete set of tank tests has been carried out, showing very low wake wash char- acteristics.

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Rozema Delivers Pair to CGA

Rozema Boat Works has delivered a pair of 46-ft. (14-m) boats to Clean Gulf

Associates of New Orleans, La. identi- cal to another built for CGA in 1998.

The boats, Bastian Bay and Grand Bay, are based in Houma and Venice, La.

Each with a beam of 16 ft. (4.8 m) and a draft of 4 ft. (1.2 m), the boats are pow- ered by twin CAT 3196 diesels rated at 660 hp, driving 34 x 42 in. props through Twin Disc 5114-IV reduction/reversing gears for a response speed of 28 knots and a loaded speed of 19 knots.

The Clean Gulf boats feature LOR1 brush skimming systems on both the port and starboard sides, a Desmi DOP 160 offload pump, a built-in dispersant system, a 2,000-lb. capacity mast and boom, and a 65-barrel recovered-oil tank. Each carries 950 gallons of fuel and 100 gallons of water.

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