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vibration levels, since BC Ferries ranks passenger comfort as a vital element in service quality. In addition, the contract carries the most stringent stipulations as to speed. Furthermore, it is understood that the stage payment arrangements during the build process are especially attractive from a shipowner's standpoint.

The 16,000-kW diesel-electric power and propulsion plant in each of the ves- sels will be based on four diesel prime movers in genset aggregates, two con- stant-speed propulsion motors and twin controllable pitch propellers. The sys- tem was selected after deliberations over a range of options, including podded electric drives, and also variable-speed propulsion motors and fixed-pitch pro- pellers. Each of the 525 ft. (160 m) ves- sels will carry 1,650 passengers and up to 370 automobiles, and is to be installed with four main gensets using MaK 8M32C diesel engines from Caterpillar

Marine in Germany. The bank of gensets will supply electrical energy for the two propulsion motors, all the auxiliary sys- tems and other onboard facilities, and will ensure that a total of 16,000-kW is available at the main switchboard at an engine speed of 600-rpm. Contractual service speed is 21-knots. With just two gensets running, it is anticipated that each vessel will still be able to maintain a cruising speed of 18-knots.

FSG Gets a New CEO

Effective October 1, 2005 Fred

Garbe will hand over the position as

CEO at Flensburger Schiffbau-

Gesellschaft (FSG) to Peter Sierk (39).

Garbe will continue his involvement with the FSG yard as Chairman of the

Board. Sierk joined the company in 1996 as Head of Finance. Garbe joined the yard in 1979 and acted as CEO since 1984. It was during the extremely diffi- cult phase when FSG filed for bankrupt- cy caused by the holding Harmstorf

Group, that Garbe was able to set the grounds for a new start and the future success of FSG. In March 1990 the yard was bought by the shipping company

Egon Oldendorff. He helped established the Flensburger yard as a market leader for RoRo ferries. The yard has filled its orderbook until end of 2008 and addi- tionally was able to give its employees a job guarantee until 2009. Before joining

FSG, Sierk worked in the field of con- trolling for various medium sized com- panies. As a Master of Business and

Engineering, he has the technical and economical competence for the new task.

Germany

Schottel Reports Strong Year

Schottel ended 2004 with a sales record, as the corporate goal of 100 million euro in group sales for the newbuilding and service sectors was achieved, versus 90 million Euro in 2003. Of particular significance are the latest worldwide sales in tug propulsion systems, offshore supply vessels and tankers, research vessels, fer- ries and military vessels.

In 2005 the number of tugs with Schottel onboard will exceed 600. It was in 1967 that the first vessel equipped with Rudderpropellers was put into operation in

Hamburg Harbor, and in 2004 the comapny landed orders for about 75 tugs, totalling about 150 Rudderpropellers in the power range from 500 to 3850 kW with fixed or controllable-pitch propellers. On top of this come propulsion sys- tems for about another 15 vessels being built for the offshore industry.

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Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft has emerged as one of the world's most prolific pro- ducers of large RoRo vessels.

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