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NKK Delivers Bulk Carrier

NKK Corp. delivered the 172,559 dwt bulk carrier,

Cape Salvia, to its owner Pinos Maritime S.A. of Pana- ma. The bulk carrier features the Ax-bow design, which was developed by NKK and has proven effec- tive to reduce the sea margin. The Ax-Bow allows 20- 30 percent reduction in ship's sea margin compared with the conventional bow, and is a sharp-edged bow shape above the waterline. This has tested as effective in cutting through the waves.

Blount-Barker Signs Contract for 120-Ft. Whale-Watch Catamaran

Blount-Barker Shipbuilding signed a contract with a

B.B.O., LLC of Portsmouth, N.H., for the construction of a 120-ft. (36.5-m) Whale Watch Catamaran for oper- ation in Bar Harbor, Maine. The vessel designed by

Crowther Multihulls of Sydney, Australia will operate both seasonal whale watch tours and high-speed com- muter service. The 124 x 36-ft. (37.7 x 10.9-m) cata- maran designed with a main, mid and upper deck will accommodate 444 passengers at a loaded operating speed of 40 knots. The vessel's structure will be designed to DNV Rules and Regulations for the classi- fication of high-speed light craft and built to U.S.

Coast Guard Subchapter K Rules and Regulations.

With delivery scheduled for May 2003, the all-welded aluminum catamaran will be powered by four Cum- mins KTA50-M2 engines, generating 1.800 hp at 1.900 rpm with ZF 4600D reverse gears driving four Hamil- ton HM651 Jets.

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Ships Ltd. Receives Lykes Ranger

Ships Limited has taken delivery of the 3.200 teu

Lykes Ranger. It is the first in a series of new geared containerships being built under the company's $800 million ship replacement program and was delivered on schedule by China Shipbuilding Corporation in

Kaohsiung, Taiwan. Lykes Ranger entered service on

June 20 in Hong Kong to begin deployment in the

Asia-Americas trade lane, where CP Ships has two twice- weekly services under the Lykes Lines and

TMM Lines brands. It replaces the 3.000-teu Hyundai

Pioneer, which had been deployed on a short-term charter basis. With four sister ships also built by China

Shipbuilding scheduled for deployment in the Asia-

Americas trade lane by early 2003. CP Ships' ship replacement program remains on schedule. By the middle of 2003 an additional nine new ships, one sec- ond-hand ship, and six long-term charters are sched- uled for delivery.

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Main Particulars

Class Society ABS

Length 768 ft. (234 m)

Breadth 106 ft. (32.2m)

Deadweight 40,146 tons

Capacity 3200 teu (nominal)

Cranes 4 x 45 tons swl

Keel laid September 25, 2001

Launch February 1, 2002

Delivery June 18, 2002

Main Engine B & W 39,200 hp

Speed 21.8 knots

Last Stabilizers For QM2

Depart From Rolls-Royce

The last 40-ft. (12.1-m) stabilizer bound for French shipyards to complete the construction of Queen Mary 2 left Rolls-Royce's Dunfermline site in late June.

Each stabilizer was loaded on to a flatbed trailer and will require a police escort to Rosyth where it was then shipped to Chantiers de l'Atlantique in France where the Queen Mary 2 is under construction. The tins, when fitted, will extend from the hull below the ship's water line to provide enhanced stability at sea.

Rolls-Royce, which manufactures the Brown Broth- ers range of ship stabilizers, has taken a year to com- plete the four 100 ton, folding fin stabilizers- each the size of a two-story house for the luxury liner. The

Queen Mary 2 will be the world's largest passenger ship when commissioned in 2003 and will be capable of carrying more than 2,600 passengers.

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Salacia Returns to Boston

Boston Harbor Cruises recently completed the first successful ferry service between St. Thomas and St.

Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands. Salacia, the largest of the company's high-speed catamarans, built by

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, returned to Boston, having carried from 200 to 700 passengers daily between the islands from November til early May.

Until now, islanders normally traveled between the islands by plane. At 33 knots across swells that average five feet, the vessel's active motion-control system also added to a minimal loss of speed, as well as passenger comfort. Ride control systems perform best at high speeds. A computer measures the vessel's motion and then calculates the angle of the vessel's trim tabs to counter its pitch, roll and yaw.

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September 25-28, 2002 at The Westin Copley

Place in Boston, Mass.

For further information on the conference and/or reserving a booth, please contact Susan Giver, exposi- tion manager, SNAME at (201) 798-4800 or (412) 741-0995, e-mail: [email protected]

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