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New & Notable

Halmatic Pilot Boats for Spain's Atlantic Coast

Two of VT Halmatic's new Optimized 35 Pilot Boats entered service with the pilots of La Coruna and Algeciras.

Based at opposite ends of Spain's

Atlantic Coast these 35's join a list of

VT Halmatic pilot boats operating on the Iberian Peninsula and Canary

Islands. The Optimized 35 features a new resiliently mounted wheelhouse offering increased comfort and visibility for the two man crew and up to four pilots. The isolated wheelhouse helps to reduce levels of noise and vibration from the machinery space. Equipment levels have been significantly improved from that found on the previous model.

The boats are powered by twin Perkins

Sabre M215C or Caterpillar 3056TA diesel engines to give a 20-knot top speed on a 9.5 ton displacement.

Within the last few months a Halmatic 40 and Halmatic 35 have also entered service with the pilots of Las Palmas de

Gran Canaria and Pasajes. These boats were fitted out respectively by

Comercial Rofer in the Canary Islands and Chantiers Sibiril in France.

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Principal Particulars

Length, (o.a.) 35 ft. (10.6 m)

Length, (waterline) 31 ft. (9.4 m)

Beam II ft. (3.5 m)

Draft 4 ft. (1.1m)

Displacement 9.5 tons

Fuel Capacity 1.200 liters

Engines Twin Perkins Sabre M215C

Rated 215hp @ 2.500 rpm

OR

Engines Twin Caterpillar 3056TA

Rated 205hp @ 2500 rpm

Range 250 nm

Gearboxes Twin Disc MG 5050A

Speed 20 knots

Navigation Raymarine through Ambex Ltd

VHF 2 off Sailor RT 2048

Wipers Wynn Type C

OmniTHRUSTER • Murine Maneuvering and Propulsion Systems

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FULBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L.L.P.

IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT H. CLAYTON COOK, JR.

HAS JOINED THE FIRM AS SENIOR COUNSEL IN THE FIRM'S

WASHINGTON, D.C. OFFICE.

H. CLAYTON COOK, JR.

Senior Counsel, Washington, D.C. (202) 662-4583 [email protected]

H. Clayton Cook, Jr. has joined the Washington, D.C. office of Fulbright & Jaworski LLP. as senior counsel to develop the firm's Washington, D.C. maritime and maritime finance practices. Mr. Cook has more than 30 years of experience in advising domestic and foreign corporations and law firms on the construction, ownership and financing of U.S. flag vessels, and the intricacies of the Maritime Administration Capital Construction

Fund and Title XI Financing Guarantee programs. He has been a senior planning or supervising attorney in vessel financing transactions totaling more than $3 billion.

Mr. Cook served as General Counsel of the Maritime Administration during the Nixon and Ford Administrations and was responsible for the imple- mentation of the Capital Construction Fund provisions of the Merchant

Marine Act of 1970. He also oversaw the drafting of the Title XI Financing

Guarantee program modifications contained in the Federal Ship Financing

Act of 1972. His expertise will enhance the firm's established maritime and asset finance practices.

Mr. Cook received his LL.B. from the University of Virginia in 1960, where he was Executive Editor of the Virginia Law Review and a Member of

The Order of the Coif, and his B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Princeton

University in 1956. Mr. Cook is admitted to practice in the District of

Columbia, New York, Pennsylvania and Colorado. He is a Life Member of The American Law Institute, and a member of the Maritime Law

Association of the United States (Proctor in Admiralty) and of the District of Columbia and American Bar Associations.

Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. is well known domestically and internationally for its asset finance practice. This practice includes domestic and cross-border transactions involving aircraft, ocean-going vessels, rail and manufacturing equipment, industrial and municipal facilities, real estate, and various other infrastructure projects. Each year the asset finance group represents a wide variety of clients, including equity investors, lessees, lenders, vendors, providers of credit support and investment banks.

FULBRIGHT

ALBRIGHT & JAWORSKI L L

MARKET SQUARE, 801 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W.

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20004-2623 (202) 662-0200 (202) 662-4643 FAX www.fulbright.com

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