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with four Wärtsilä-Lips LJ150D steerable waterjets. The Army liked the HSV concept so much, it chartered another wave piercing catamaran for the Theater Sup- port Vessel Advanced Concept Technology Demonstra- tor (ACTD) role. Named Spearhead (TSV)-1X, while the Navy chartered Swift (HSV 2) to support the Mine Warfare Command and perform LCS experimentation. The 321-foot Spearhead is powered by four Ruston 20RK270 marine engines, driving four Wärtsilä-Lips LJ120E waterjets through Reintjes gearboxes. The 321- foot Swift is fitted with four Caterpillar 3618 high den- sity diesel engines and four Wärtsilä-Lips water-jets that allow speeds in excess of 47 knots at lightship and 39 knots fully-loaded up to sea-state 3, with a range of 4400nautical miles at 40 knots and 6500 nautical miles at 25knots. Australian shipbuilder Incat Tasmania Pty Ltd is building what they say is the worlds first high speed passenger RoRo ship powered by LNG (Liquefied Nat- ural Gas). The 325-ft. fast ferry can achieve speeds of 50 knots, and can carry 1000 passengers and 153 cars.The ship is being built for South American operator Buquebus, which will operate the vessel on their River Plate service between Buenos Aires, Argentina and Montevideo in Uruguay. The all-aluminum 34-knot Lake Express was built in 2004 at Austal USA in Mo- bile, Ala. The 192-foot Lake Express operates between Milwaukee, Wis., and Muskegon, Mich., and can carry 46 cars. Four MTU 16V 4000 M70 diesel engines pro- ducing 3000hp each drive four independent Kamewa 80 SII waterjets. Italian shipbuilder Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, Messina, Sicily, has constructed an 82-meter monohull ferry, Aquastrada, that will be able to carry up to 1246 passengers with a maximum payload of 56 carsor 22 cars and 110 meters of truck lanes. The four MAN B&W Diesel Ltd 18VP185s (rated at 3700 kWb each),driving Lips waterjets through Reintjes gearboxes, will be located at the aft end of the aluminum ship, to opti-mize interior volume for vehicles. Fully loaded, the ferry will make 39 knots and the quadruple VP185 en- gines will drive Wärtsilä Lips LJ91E waterjets through Reintjes gearboxes. Waterjets permit the ferry to rotate 360 degrees around its centre; move laterally for mooring; and stop from full in lessthan four ship lengths.Fincantieri's Riva Trigoso shipyard in Genoa built the 1,000-tonne MDV 3000 Jupiter-class Ro-Ro fast ferries Aries and Taurus, the biggest fast ferries in the world, for Italian state-owned operator Tirrenia. Four MTU 20V 1163 20V TB73 L units rated 6,500kW each and two GE LM 2500 systems rated at 22,000kW each areconnected to the largest steering water jets ever built. This class has two gas turbine-driven booster waterjets and two diesel-shaft powered wing steering waterjets. The Greek 140-meter monohull Aeolos Kenteris is one of the largest of the fast ferries. Built in France in 2001, she is capable of 40 knots, carrying up to 442 vehicles and more than 1,700 passengers. She now works in the Red Sea between Safaga, Egypt and Jeddah, Sauidi Arabia. The CODAG propulsion plant features two GE LM2500+ gas turbines and two Pielstick 20PA6B STC engines. Each gas turbine is con- nected to a two-stage Renk BS 210 gearbox and a Kamewa 200 511 steerable and reversible waterjet, while the diesels are connected via a Renk AUSL 72-re- duction gearbox la seven-bladed Kamewa 140 511 steer- able and reversible waterjet. Aeolos Kenteris also has a pair of electrically-driven bow thrusters for close ma- neuvering. June 2011www.marinelink.com 55cortlandcompany.com tld Cortland provides innovative, ef?cient and lightweight rope, lifting slings, cables and umbilicals to the oil and gas, heavy marine, subsea, ROV, seismic, defense and medical markets. Our in-depth understanding of demanding operational environments means we can deliver trusted, proven solutions to customers worldwide. email us for your next project: [email protected] rope - lifting slings - cables - umbilicals innovative solutions custom built United States Marine, Inc. (USMI) completedacceptance trials of the first of 10 Mark VFast Patrol & Intercept Craft (MKV-PB) con- structed under a NAVSEA FMS Contract for the Kuwait Naval Force (KNF). The all alu- minum craft is based on USMI's XFPB andMKV class designs configured to meet KNF requirements for a fast patrol/pursuit craft. The craft is powered by twin MTU 12V4000 M90 diesel engines each producing 2,735 bhp driving Rolls-Royce 63 SII water jetsthrough ZF reduction gears. Dutch Navy Landing Craft is fitted with twin UltraJet 410 Waterjets. (Photo Courtesy of UltraJet)