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Great Ships of 2004

New Towing Module

Eastproject s.r.l. is an Italian company specialized in marine engineering, off- shore consulting, development of inno- vative project applications and broker- age. The company's Managing Director,

Sandro Foce, was scheduled to attend the International Workboat Show in

New Orleans to present an innovative towing module (patent pending) for installation on escort/salvage tugs, and a new concept of high pull capacity trac- tion winch - 200 tons and over - to be installed under the deck.

This new concept implies that the con- ventional winches, hawsers and towing on a tug are both combined and mount- ed in a self-contained steel framework.

The unit module can be easily posi- tioned inside the hull on a seating on top of double bottom . this choice offer- ing several advantages:

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Improving of vessel stability (increase of GM): • Higher safety level; • Recovering of the area made free on the main deck to accommodate safe- ty and salvage equipment: • Recovering of space on fo'c's'le and

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Techcrane Provides Hose

Handling Cranes

Currently Techcrane is a supplier of hose handling cranes for most major fuel transport companies with their proj- ects being completed at various ship- yards along the Gulf and around the

U.S. The cranes are being tailor made to accommodate various requirements such as multi product handling, multi point lifting and a special emergency payout system to help prevent inadver- tent damage to the boom. The cranes range in capacity from 2.5 tons to 50 tons and are installed one on each side of the vessel or one in the center line of the ship servicing port and starboard.

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Enzian Ships Get

Complete Cargo Solution

Four 12.500 dwt/766 TEU multipur- pose/container ships commissioned from Kyokuyo Shipyard in Japan by

Switzerland-based Enzian Shipping are scheduled for delivery in 2005.

MacGregor was tapped to supply com- plete hatch cover sets for both weather and tweendecks, deck cranes, and secur- ing systems.

Designed for carrying container and bulk cargoes, the versatile vessels will be equipped with MacGregor liftaway hatch covers on the weather deck, each outfit comprising four panels for No. 1 hatch, eight panels for No. 2 hatch and two panels for No. 3 hatch. The tween- deck cover (No. 2 hatch) will consist of eight liftaway panels, some of which can be arranged to create portable bulk- heads. The paired panels at both deck levels are designed to accept loading with 20 ft. or 40 ft. containers.

Sealing on the periphery and at the joints of the panel-pairs is affected by

Cat packing and the weather deck cov- ers benefit from MacGregor Lubripad supports. As the vessels' holds will not be fitted with cellguides, MacGregor met OSHA requirements by using termi- nal pressure stacker lashing equipment.

The TPS-1 facilitates the safe handling of containers in accordance with OSHA requirements, which effectively bans stevedores from climbing on top of con- tainers to release securing devices.

Moreover, the TPS-1 allows unrestrict- ed independent and flexible loading and discharging of both 20 ft. and 40 ft. con- tainers without the need to reduce weight in accordance with GL require- ments. A special feature will be portable stoppers of different heights arranged around the weather deck panels to ease handling of the covers by the ship's cranes. Cargo and liftaway cover han- dling will be executed by MacGregor deck cranes, each shipset comprising two GL8019/4530/4033-3 models.

MacGregor will also supply a 17 m team beam per vessel capable of a 144- ton SWL, as well as one 40 ft. frame spreader with a 36-ton SWL and a 20 ft. frame spreader with a 50-ton SWL.

These will be used for loading and dis- charging containers and handling hatch cover panels.

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JDN Air Winches Have Multiple Use

J.D. Neuhaus offers a new air powered winch series for a variety of applications. In the new line are six winch models: • JDN Lifting Winches Profi Eco with capacities of 1,100 lbs and 1,760 lbs. • JDN Pulling Winches Profi Puller with capaci- ties of 3,520 lbs. and 6,600 lbs. • JDN Lifting Winches Profi Lifter with capaci- ties of 2,200 lbs. and 3,960 lbs.

The winches of the Eco series are predestined for universal and mobile appli- cations. Profi Lifter and Puller in a compact durable steel structure are for all applications with higher demands.

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