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NASSCO Delivers First of ORCA Class

National Steel and Shipbuilding

Company, (NASSCO) has delivered the

M.V. Midnight Sun to Totem Ocean

Trailer Express, Inc. (TOTE). The

Midnight Sun is the first commercial dry cargo vessel to be built in the U.S. in 10 years and the first of two new ORCA- class trailerships being built by NASS-

CO for TOTE's service from Tacoma.

Wash., to Anchorage. Alaska. The new vessel, which departed Tacoma, Wash, at 3:00 a.m., April 23. was scheduled to arrive at the Port of Anchorage at approximately 2:00 a.m.. April 26. The

M.V. Midnight Sun and her sister ship, the M. V. North Star, are 840 x 118-ft. (256 x 35.9-m) RoRo cargo ships capa- ble of carrying highway trailers as large as 53 ft. (16.1 m)

Cargo decks are 360,000 sq. ft. and able to carry up to 600 cargo trailers and

Above: NASSCO has delivered M.V. Midnight

Sun to Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE). The

Midnight Sun is the first commercial dry cargo vessel to be built in the United States in 10 years. 220 autos as well as oversized freight.

The ships employ the latest in marine technologies, including twin-screw, diesel-electric propulsion that can achieve a speed of more than 24 knots.

The ships' cargo can be loaded and dis- charged in nine hours, with the speed and efficiency of cargo handling being an important competitive advantage for

TOTE.

The North Star will be christened on

June 14, 2003, and will be delivered later this year. Both vessels have received several prestigious awards for their environmentally sensitive features.

These awards include the States/British

Columbia Oil Spill

Task Force Legacy Award for 2000, the Alaska Department of

Environmental Conservation

Commissioner's 2000 Pollution

Prevention Award, and the U.S. Coast

Guard's William M. Benkert Foundation 2002 Environmental Excellence Bronze

Award.

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First EC Diesel

The first electronically controlled low-speed marine diesel engine built in Japan is currently completing its test program. The engine, which is a

Sulzer 6RT-flex58T-B model built under license from Wartsila

Corporation by Diesel United Ltd at the Aioi works, will be installed as the main engine in a 105,000 tdw

Aframax crude oil tanker. The vessel, which was contracted at Sumitomo

Heavy Industries Ltd by Scinicariello

Augustea Ship Management SpA, is due for delivery at the end of August 2003.

The Sulzer 6RT-flex58T-B has a maximum continuous power output of 12.750 kW (17,340 bhp) at 105 rpm. Developed by Wartsila

Corporation, Sulzer RT-flex engines are the first low-speed engines to have electronically controlled com- mon-rail systems for fuel injection and valve actuation.

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JRC's AIS includes many special features. i

This unit employs the latest technology in digital signal processing and circuit integration H technology, insuring high performance and reliability. Combined antenna and transponder design allows easy installation.

This AIS system has interface capabilities for

Radar, ECDIS and VDR (Voyage Data Recorder).

JRC's JHS-180 is equipped with a built-in automatic self-diagnosis function and various interfaces, allowing system reliability, easy maintenance and system integration as well as future expansions.

JHS-180

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