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48 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News ? AUGUST 2013 However, the yard can comfortably ac- commodate such vessels given that its largest drydock, at 420 x 80 meters, is one of the biggest in Europe.CTruk plans to unveil the Twin Hulled Offshore Raider (THOR), at the DSEI exhibition in London next month. De-signed by CTruk, THOR incorporates a range of high-tech equipment provided by the CTruk CAP consortium. Accord- ing to CTruk, the result of this teamwork is THOR: a multi-role, recon Þ gurable and affordable vessel with a range of applications from force protection to disaster relief. THOR has a lightweight composite construction witha top speed in excess of 40 knots. THOR is designed to be fast and suitable for sustained op-erations over long distances and time periods, the company said, and it can be rapidly deployed via a C17 or A400M and also from a CTruk 50T mother ship. Scandlines and STX Finland Oy signed a Letter of Intent (LOI) for build-ing two new ferries for the route Ros-tock, Germany ? Gedser, Denmark, for delivery in spring 2015. The ferries will be double ended and construction will allow the ferries to be used on the route Puttgarden, Germany - Rødby, Denmark, as well. Each ferry will have a capac-ity of 1,300 passengers and 72 trucks or 382 cars. The ferries will be operating on LNG, reducing emissions signiÞ cantly. The Þ nal contract will be negotiated over the summer months.The Brazilian maritime and offshore market has presented a conundrum of sorts for the ship construction business for several years. On one hand, the de-mand for new vessels large and small to feed the voracious appetite of offshore oil and gas discovery and recovery has been historic. On the other hand, the high cost of doing business in Brazil and the general exclusion of outside suppliers except under onerous conditions have left more than a few maritime companies questioning the long-term prospects in country, a concept reinforced by recent political and social unrest.But the building continues, and the Brazilian petroleum industry continues to set new standards for ß eet expansion, demonstrated by a project to build 12 aluminum 7,200-hp fast supply vessels to a single order. They are being built at Estilaleiro ETP Engenharia Ltda. in Rio de Janeiro for two owners. This contract is a prime example of operating successfully in the region, as the boats are designed by Incat Crowther from its Lafayette, La., ofÞ ce, the construction of these vessels is now well along with the Þ rst delivery expected for late 2013 with others to follow through 2014 and 2015. The 12 boats under construction in Bra-zil will be 48 by 9.5 m with a molded depth of 4.25 m. They will have 225 sq. m. of deck space with a capacity of 250 tons. An additional 30-sq.-m. covered cargo area will accommodate up to 30 tons. Tanks for 44,600 liters of ship?s fuel with another 90,600 liters of cargo fuel are built into the hull. Water for on- board use will be carried in 9,000-liter tanks with additional tanks for 91,000 liters of cargo water tanks. Four Cummins QSK50-M main en-gines, each producing 1,800 hp at 1,800 rpm, turning propellers, through Twin The Shipyard EditionLISNAVELISNAVEDamen Shiprepair Brest (France) Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) Portugal?s Lisnave, Setubal has recently carried out repairs on-board EMAS? 5,096 grt self-elevating lift boat Lewek Leader. Recently the Damen Shiprepair Brest (France) returned the Ultra Large Crude Carrier (ULCC) TI Europe to its owners EURONAV (Belgium). MR #8 (42-49).indd 48MR #8 (42-49).indd 488/1/2013 9:50:24 AM8/1/2013 9:50:24 AM