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Propulsion Technology the bearing. Noise will radiate from the vessel into the water. COMPAC's inher- ent self-lubricating properties and hydrodynamic design are designed to keeps breakaway friction low which helps to eliminate stick slip effects.

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Wartsila to Power

Australian FPSO

Wartsila won a contract to supply a 31.5 MW diesel power plant for a float- ing production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel for the Mutineer-Exeter field of Santos Ltd. off the north west coast of Australia. The plant has been ordered by MODEC Inc. of Tokyo.

MODEC is converting an existing

Suezmax tanker, of about 150.000 dwt, into a turret-moored FPSO vessel for

Santos Ltd. of Australia. It will be oper- ated by MODEC on the Mutineer-

Exeter field (WA-191-P), and will have a storage capacity for 930,000 barrels of crude oil and will be moored in 156 m water depth. The turret mooring will allow the vessel to be disconnected eas- ily when a cyclone approaches so that it can temporarily leave the field. The ves- sel will be capable of processing 100,000 barrels of crude oil a day, and can treat 125.000 barrels a day of pro- duced water. The first oil from the field is planned for mid 2005.

Wartsila Engines for

Russian Icebreaker

Wartsilii won an order for four engines for installation on the first Sakhalin ice breaker to be built by the Kvaerner

Masa-Yards shipyard in Finland. The vessel will be equipped with three 8- cylinder Wartsila 38 main engines in diesel electric drive and an additional 6- cylinder Wartsila 20 engine to power a harbor/emergency generating set.

Kvaerner Masa-Yards has been commis- sioned to design and build the icebreak- er by the Russian Far-Eastern Shipping

Company PLC (FESCO).

Headquartered in Vladivostok. FESCO is the largest shipping company in

Eastern Russia. Its strategy is to be the leading operator of icebreakers and ice class vessels in East Asia.

Scheduled for delivery to FESCO in 2005. the 4.000 dwt vessel will be 100 m long and have a shaft output of 13 MW.

The Wartsila 38 engines will each have an output of 5.800 kW at 600 rpm and the Wartsila 20 engine will have an out- put of 1.080 kW at 1,000 rpm. The engines are scheduled for delivery to

Kvaerner Masa-Yards during autumn 2004.

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Parker 721 Hose for

Tight Spaces

The 721 hose from Parker Hannifin

Corporation's Hose Products Division is designed to provide superior flexibility for high-pressure applications. Parker's 721 hose meets SAE 100R12, ISO 3862-1 and EN 856 Type R12 specifica- tions. Because of its one-half SAE 100RI2 minimum bend radius, users can expect easy installation in tight spaces and less hose used. Parker 721 hose has a 4000 psi working pressure in sizes 3/8-in. ID through 1-in. ID; 3000 psi in the 1.25-in. ID; and 2500 psi in the 1,5-in. and 2-in. ID. This flexible per- former can handle a variety of petrole- um base hydraulic fluids and lubricating oils, water/oil emulsion and water/gly- col hydraulic fluids.

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New Reforms Set Standard

Will recent developments m ship- ping result in a fundamental change to the way in which the industry' con- ducts its business? Some believe that the unprecedented combination of structural safety concerns, a political backlash in the wake of several severe pollution incidents and dra- conian measures aimed at ensuring maritime security will change the face of shipping once 3nd for all.

In comparison with the one other truly global transportation business - aviation - shipping is remarkably old-fashioned. Admittedly, airlines have one major commodity - human beings - and one minor one, high- value packaged cargo that can bear high freight costs. And admittedly aeroplanes start and finish their jour- neys within a matter of hours.

Nevertheless, the aviation industry appears to have its house in pretty good order International and nation- al regulatory authorities are immedi- ately present after a casualty, as are the builders and operators. No hiding behind brass plates for them!

Few would worry about board- ing an aeroplane for an international flight, even in remote parts of the world. But can the same be said for shipping? Would you from choice take a ferry in the Philippines?

Would you want to take a "Slow

Boat to China", as Gavin Young did (conttmied cm page 5)

China's Cosco Shipyard Group comprises three ship- irds - Cosco Nantong Shipyard (near Shanghai), osco Dalian Shipyard and Cosco Guangzhou npyard The first quarter of 2003 has seen an "proximate 20% increase in sales turnover, many put- ig this dramatic increase down to a centralised mar- king and sales system located in Shanghai

Cosco Nantong has completed repairs to the ).224 dwt containeTship Sea-Land Endurance, the first Sea-Land vessel from United States Ship

Management to visi t the yard since a series of four were repaired during 2001. Work on the vessel includ- ed 38 pieces of hatch covers removal and repairs, 1,000 m of cargo hold heating line renewal and cell guide modifications.

Repeat work is becoming common at this shipyard as it continues to forge a fine reputation in the interna- tional repair market. Norway's BeTgesen has had two e»en for internal drstritxrtem is strictly prohibted

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