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78 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ing out the side suction pipes, moving the valves into the required working mode etc. are of great help to the dredge-master to achieve quicker and safer operation. Besides the process visualizing system, a graphic side suc- tion pipe position indicator shows the exact position of the side suction pipe. It is integrated into the entire system in the same way as the loading computer for exact monitoring of the loading condi- tion of the TSHD.

China to Build Bulk

Carrier for Japan

The evolution of shipbuilding in the

Far East may be picking up steam, as the

China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) signed a contract with the

Japan's Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha to build a 177,000-dwt, $60-million Capesize bulk carrier. The ship will be built by the

Shanghai-based Waigaoqiao

Shipbuilding Corporation, a subsidiary of CSSC. CSSC won two orders from

Nippon Yusen Kaisha (NYK) - another

Japanese company — last year, marking the first time Chinese builders have taken business from the Japanese ship- building market. China's vessel produc- tion has maintained an annual average increase of 26 percent over the past five years, according to statistics from the

Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense.

However, its lack of a large marine components industry is a problem for its shipbuilding sector, one that is being addressed with the creation of mammoth industrial parks intended to house man- ufacturers of many fo the products and systems found onboard ships.

Chinese Tugs for Export

Production Manager Zhang Peng is pleased with his company's production and it is with good reason. A relatively new yard, in operation for the past four years on the banks of the Yangtze River,

Nanjing Tong Kah Shipbuilding is busy with a number of projects including sev- eral 300 and 360 x 80-ft. barges.

Tugs are also an important part of their current marketing program. They have recently delivered two 2,400 hp tugs and in mid-June they had two more nearing completion. These are Bureau Veriatas classed boats with a length of 29.2 meters, a 9-meter beam and a 4.4-meter molded depth. The current set of four boats is each powered by a pair of

Cummins KTA38 M2 engines rated for 1200 hp each at 1,800 rpm. Turning 1.9x1.69-m 4-blade Kaplan props in nozzles, through Reintjes WAF562 gears with 5.4:1 ratios, the tugs deliver 30 tons of bollard pull. The Kort nozzles are fabricated in the shipyard while the 850 kg manganese bronze propellers are purchased from a supplier. The boats are each equipped with a towing winch holding 300 m of 42-mm wires. They also are equipped with towing hooks.

Accommodations are provided for a complement of 12 with staterooms for the captain and chief engineer on the main deck level and there are two two- man cabins and one six-man cabin in the foc'sle. Fuel is contained in 2,000 cu. m. of tanks. The yard, located near Nanjing and 300 km up the Yangtze from the sea, is able to build a tug of this class in eight months and is currently completing one every six weeks. The current four-boat order is for export to Singapore and

Malaysian owners. Previous to these boats two similar boats with the same engines rated for 1,000 hp each and 25- ton bollard pulls were completed and delivered for export.

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