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IZAR Manises Tests,

Delivers Mitsubishi Engine

Manises Propulsion and Energy.

IZAR's two stroke diesel engines facto- ry has tested and delivered a Mitsubishi engine of 8,670 kW at 127 rpm, that will be assembled in the 25,000 tons chemi- cal ship, that is being built in the Turkish shipyard Celik Tekne for the Italian shipowner Mediterranea di

Navigazione.

This comissioning is an important milestone for Izar-Manises Propusion and Energy, because it is the only licens- ee of Mitsubishi in Europe and because this engine is the first Mitsubishi engine delivered in Europe. The Commercial

Manager of Mitsubishi in Europe,

Hideo Kihara, the President of

Mediterranea di Navigazione, Giorgio

Cagnoni, and the Executive Officer of

Celik Tekne, R.C. Behar, among others, have attended the event. Besides the normal tests, in which the correct gener- al functioning of the engine at different power and its consumption is verified, special tests for emissions of nitrogen oxide, hydrocarbon, and carbon monox- ide and dioxide are being done, in order to verify that this engine fulfills the present international regulations and is environmentaly friendly. Izar Manises

Propulsion and Energy and the Japanese engines manufacturer, Mitsubishi, signed on October 2000 an agreement of licence that has opened excellent expec- tations for Izar in Europe and North and

South America. After this agreement was signed, the factory of Izar Manises did a hard job to adapt their processes to

Mitsubishi's, that on July 11, 2003 ended with the contract of the engine delivered today. It is a Mitsubishi propulsion engine, type 6UEC50LSII, of 8.670 kW at 127 rpm and six cilinders of 50 cm diameter. Its dimensions are: 4,702 mm long, 3,100 mm wide and 8,900 mm tall.

Vadm. Hull Retires

After 39 Years

Vice Adm. Vivien S. Crea, assumed responsibilities from Vice Adm. James

I). Hull as the Coast Guard Atlantic

Area commander last month. Hull, the

Atlantic Area commander for the past two years, retired after 39 years of serv- ice. He was commissioned an Ensign at the Coast Guard Academy, New

London, Conn., in 1969. Between 1969 and 1971. Hull was aboard the Coast

Guard Cutter Rush in Vietnam. During combat, crewmembers from the Rush sank two enemy trawlers and prevented a U.S. Army unit from being over-run.

In 1999. Hull became Commander,

Ninth Coast Guard District and in 2002, was promoted to Commander, Atlantic

Area.

LR Gets USCG

Nod for OSVs

Lloyd's Register has been authorized by the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to extend its Alternate Compliance

Program (ACP) capabilities to offshore supply vessels (OSVs), in addition to cargo and tank vessels. The new autho- risation was issued on July 9. 2004.

News

Hempel to Raise Prices 5 to 15%

Citing sharp increases in raw material costs, Hempel announced that it is forced to raise prices on its marine coat- ings products from 5 to 15 percent. The majority of raw materials used in the paint industry are oil related. Paint raw materials such as epoxy resins have, over the past months, increased marked- ly, some even as much as 30 percent.

Due to the general positive trend in the world economy, the price of metal is also under pressure, in particular Zinc and Copper. These metals constitute a major part of the cost of many protective and marine coatings.

IPS Delivers for Reinauer

The Marine Division of Industrial

Power Systems has completed ABS inspections, functional testing, and delivery of the Main and Emergency

Switchboards for the Reinauer

Transportation ATB Tug, Meredith C.

Reinauer. The Meredith C is the latest of three new tug and barge combinations built by Alabama Shipyard and Atlantic

Marine. IPS Marine has provided the switchboards for all three projects.

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