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Derecktor to Build

Second Ferry for Alaska

Derecktor Shipyards was awarded a contract to build another high-speed ferry for the Alaska Marine Highway

System (AMHS). This ferry, to be named the M/V Chenega, is the second of a two-vessel contract worth a total of $67.9M. In February of 2002 Derecktor

Shipyards was awarded the contract to design and build two high-speed passen- ger & automobile ferries as the first phase of Alaska's plans to re-tool its regional water transportation system.

M/V Chenega will sail in the Prince

William Sound area of south-central

Alaska, connecting the ports of

Cordova, Valdez, and Whittier. The first vessel, the M/V Fairweather, will con- nect the port of Sitka and Juneau in southeast Alaska. Designed by the naval architecture firm of Nigel Gee &

Associates, of Southampton, England, each of the vessels is 235 ft. (72 m) long, carries 250 passengers and 35 cars (or a combination of cars, trucks, and

RVs), and travels at speeds up to 36 knots (41 miles per hour) The vessels employ a catamaran (twin-hull) design of lightweight aluminum construction.

They are powered by four MTU medi- um-speed diesel engines, each driving a

Kamewa waterjet propulsor.

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Graykowski Joins

Kvaerner Philadelphia

John Graykowski has joined

Kvaerner Philadelphia Shipyard, Inc., as

Senior Vice President & General

Counsel, starting February 1, 2003.

Graykowski will be responsible for all aspects of Marketing, External

Relations and Legal Affairs. Since 2000,

John was a Partner with Blank Rome

LLP (formerly Dyer Ellis & Joseph).

Prior to joining the firm, Graykowski was Acting Administrator and Deputy

Administrator of the Maritime

Administration, U.S. Department of

Transportation from 1994 to 2000.

ABP Southampton Gets

New Marine Services

Associated British Ports' (ABP) Port of Southampton and VT Halmatic signed a marine services contract whereby VT Halmatic will provide a

Fleet Contract Hire Scheme to ABP

Southampton, one of the UK's largest and busiest ports. ABP Southampton's existing pilot, survey and patrol fleet comprising seven vessels will be pro- cured by VT Halmatic and leased back on a fully supported contract for 10 years, incorporating a six-vessel replacement program. The first replace- ment vessels will be delivered to ABP's

Gosport Pilotage Station before the end of 2003 with further vessels coming on line over the duration of the contract.

The new pilot cutters will be the

Halmatic Nelson 48/50 type, fitted with

Volvo Penta engines rated at 450 horse power to provide a service speed of 23 knots. VT Halmatic will be providing 24 hour/365 day per year maintenance and service cover.

Wartsila Tests First

Dual-Fuel Engine

Wartsila Corporation reported that it has successfully completed the factory acceptance test of the first Wartsila 50DF engine in a series of four dual-fuel engines for a 74,000 cu. m. LNG carri- er. The LNG carrier is under construc- tion at Chantiers de l'Atlantique for the

French gas holding company Gaz de

France. Due for delivery in 2004, it will be powered by four Wartsila 6L50DF dual-fuel engined generating sets which will meet all the ship's propulsion and shipboard electrical requirements. The

Wartsila 6L50DF engines each develop 5,700 kW at 514 rpm.This will be the first LNG (liquefied natural gas) carrier to be powered by electric propulsion, and one of few to have internal-combus- tion engines instead of the more usual steam turbine plant. The tests of the

Wartsila 50DF engine began in Finland early November 2002. In August 2003, all four engines will be delivered to the shipyard for installation in the LNG car- rier.

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Hellenic Navy Orders

Siemens Technology

Siemens Industrial Solutions and

Services (I&S) Group is now to equip a fourth Class 214 submarine with mod- ern propulsion, control and monitoring technology for Greece. The project includes delivery of the Permasyn elec- tric motor, the PEM fuel cell modules, and the "Nautos" automation system.

Delivery of the submarine to the

Hellenic Navy is scheduled for 2009. A

PEM fuel cell system (PEM - Polymer

Electrolyte Membrane) powers the sub- marines underwater, permitting propul- sion without outside air (air independent propulsion, AIP). The AIP system is a development by HDW. Siemens is pro- viding the fuel cell modules and the con- trol and monitoring equipment.

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