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Fast Ferry Order for

Damen

Damen Shipyards Gorinchem won a contract to build a 41-m aluminum monohull fast ferry for the Danish oper- ator, Christiansøfarten A/S, based on the island of Bornholm. The new ferry will service routes between the Danish islands of Bornholm and Christiansø, as well as on the town of Simrishamn in

Sweden. The owner, Christiansøfarten, currently services these three routes with conventional coastal ferries. The new vessel will be delivered in March 2006, in time for the beginning of the

European summer tourist season, and will be built at Damen Shipyards

Singapore. Seating for 245 is arranged inside on the main deck in air-condi- tioned comfort with heating and cooling.

Another 66 seats are fitted externally on the upper deck. Kiosk, toilets and lug- gage facilities are fitted on the main deck.

The vessel will be powered by three

Caterpillar C32 diesel engines driving three fixed pitch propellers via ZF3050 gearboxes. Speed will be 25 knots at 1,000 kW per engine. To be built under the IMO HSC 2000 Category A rules, the vessel will be classed by Bureau

Veritas and certified by the Danish

Maritime Authority.

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Main Particulars

Length, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134.5 ft. (41 m)

Beam, o.a. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27.2 ft. (8.3 m)

DWT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 tons

Fuel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5547 gal.

Fresh water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .264 gal.

Waste water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .198 gal.

Passengers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Main engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .(3) Caterpillar C32

Auxiliary engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Caterpillar

Classfication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bureau Veritas

Flag state . . . . . . . . . . . . .Danish Maritime Authority

Lockheed Martin's unique adaptation of a SWATH design —dubbed SLICE — has been sold for commercial appli- cation. The SLICE design is, as described in company documentation: "Patented by Lockheed, the fast variant was dubbed Slice, because it slices through the water without making waves. The innovation lies in the arrangement of the Slice's buoyancy — while a standard SWATH has two Coke- bottle-shaped hulls running the full length of the ship, Slice has four shorter, teardrop-shaped pods, which are designed to produce less drag. This structure allows the Slice hull to reduce wave-making resistance at high speeds by up to 35 percent, according to its designers, compared to a SWATH of the same displacement. Slice's short hulls are able to push through the wave "hump" much more quickly. Slice has the same stable ride as a SWATH, but can go faster with the same horsepow- er." FBMA Marine Inc., the Aboitiz

Corporation-owned shipyard based in

Cebu Philippines, has signed a contract to complete the detailed design, con- struction and supply of two of the Slice technology crew vessels for Mexico's

Hoteleria y Servicios Petroleros in the

Gulf of Mexico. The 92 x 52.5 ft. (28 x 16 m) vessels will use the Sea Slice hull form to operate at 20 knots in Sea state 3. This vessel required a flexible approach from FBMA Marine Inc and draws upon its experience building high speed aluminum ferries. Delivery sched- ule for the two vessels is mid 2006.

Power for the vessels will be provided by a pair of Cummins KTA50-M2 engines. Each engine will generate 1,800 hp (1,343 kW) at 1,900 rpm. The engines will turn controllable pitch pro- pellers through reduction gears. The vessels will have tankage for 21.8 tons of fuel and 1,500 liters of potable water.

With a crew of six the boat will accom- modate 150 passengers and will be con- tracted to Pemex for duty in the Gulf of

Mexico.

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Philippines Building SWATH Slice Technology for GOM

U.S. Design, Philippines Built and Mexican Owned

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