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Fares Al Salam Parts The Red Sea

Austal Ships has delivered the 184-ft. (56-m) vehi- cle/passenger ferry. Fares Al Salam, to its Saudi owner

The Maritime Co. for Navigation and Egyptian ferry operator, El Salam Maritime Co. of Egypt.

The vessel, which represents Austal's premiere vessel within the Red Sea region and the first newbuild for the

Australian high-speed ferry industry, will operate between the Egyptian ports of Safaga, Hurghada and

Sharm El Sheik and the Saudi Arabian port of Duba.

Designated as a high speed vehicle/passenger cata- maran, the vessel also has the ability to operate on a number of routes across the Red Sea. Its design, con- struction and delivery signify the beginnings of a fleet upgrade for El Salam Maritime Co., which currently has an existing fleet of 14 vessels. With a maximum speed of 38 knots, the aluminum catamaran will be the operator's first high speed ferry.

Main Particulars Fares Al Salam

Class Germanischer Lloyd

Length, (o.a.) 184 ft. (56 m)

Length, (waterline) 163 ft. (49.8 m)

Beam, (molded) 46 ft. (14 m)

Hull depth, (molded) 16 ft. (5 m)

Maximum draft 9 ft. (2.7 m)

Engine 4x MTU 16V 4000 M70

Gearbox 4x Reintjes VLJ930

Waterjets 4x Kamewa 71 S1I

Speed 34.5-knots

Passengers 430

Crew 12 -WW

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The vessel arrived in Jeddah in April with a com- bined crew of Austal and El Salam Maritime Company employees following a successful 17-day delivery voy- age, via the Cocos Islands and the Maldives.

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CS50 Platform

Vyborg Shipyard delivered a multi-purpose semi- submersible platform project CS50, which has been constructed in full conformity with the production schedule and the terms and provisions of the contract.

Fares Al Salam's vehicle deck has the capacity to hold 43 cars in lanes with bay sizes of 15 x 7 ft. (4.5 x 2.2 m) and a clearance height of 8 ft. (2.6 m). The ves- sel's wheelhouse holds an array of equipment that is the latest in terms of maritime technology, mainly two

Furuno/Kelvin Hughes radars, Leica DGPS, Skipper echo sounder, speed log and gyrocompass suitable for high speed vessels.

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The multi-purpose bare-deck platform CS50 repre- sents the fifth generation of semi-submersible plat- forms designed by Moss Maritime AS (Norway). The platform, which measures 389 x 231 x 133 ft. (118.6 x 70.4 x 40.6 m) with a hull weight of approximately 15,000 tons, is of a catamaran type with two pontoons and six stabilizing columns supporting the upper struc- ture.

The platform has an upper deck capable to carry the top structure of the hull 20,000 tons, and is adapted for installation of the both systems of dynamic positioning and passive positioning by means of anchors, and com- bined system of stabilization of the platform.

Blount Barker Delivers Sea

Wolf Marine Tug

Bristol Harbor Marine Design (BHMD) was recently awarded the contract from Blount/Barker Shipbuilding, of Warren R.I., to modify the design of an 85-ft. (25.9- m) tug.

The new tug is based on a tug of the same size that is currently under construction at the yard, the design of which was developed by BHMD and based on a clas- sic Blount design. BHMD will take advantage of

Computerized Numeric Controlled (CNC) cutting for the hull and deckhouse modification. Two CAT 3512 engines and 4:1 Twin Disc gears will power the tug- boat. Two 65kW generators will supply the ship's ser- vice power.

In August, Blount/Barker Shipbuilding signed a con- tract with Sea Wolf Marine of Bayonne, N.J. to build the 2,200 - bhp, 85 x 26 ft. (25.9 x 7.9-m) double chine, all welded twin-screw tug.

The tug, which was delivered on April 25, 2002, will be used for marine towing along inland and intra- coastal waterways on the East Coast.

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