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main engines as well as the three Cum- anchor handlers were in various stages ef? ciency. Three ferries currently are ? t- Pearl River estuary, delivered 20 new mins KTA38-DM-powered electrical from fabrication with the aid of an over- ting out alongside. Designed by the Aus- vessels, the majority of which were sand generators. In addition to the forward head gantry crane. Nearby another AHT tralian ? rm Sea Transport Solutions, the boats. console, an aft set of controls allows for was being ? nished at the ? tting out dock. 50 x 17.5-m catamarans are each pow- As with so much in China’s maritime safe use of the cranes and other construc- Also in the water, and awaiting deliv- ered by four 485 kW diesels with two in world these boats have grown in size tion utilities while giving the operator a ery by ship to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, were each hull. and complexity. Recently the shipyard’s clear view of the after working deck. two 15-m and one 12-m line handling or Shortly to be delivered to owners in manager, Mo Qianfa, took a small group

The large engine room space is lo- mooring boats. Each of these is powered Batangas, Philippines, the three ferries, on a tour of one such boat as it neared cated midships in the 7.2-m deep hull. by a pair of Cummins NT855 each de- part of a 10-vessel order, are designated completion. The boat, 88.2 x 19.5-m, has

The three Cummins-powered 590 kW livering 261 kW at 1800 rpm. Back in FastCat M7, M8 and M10. Capacities in- generator sets provide for the extensive the of? ce block the walls are lined with clude 275 passengers, 16 crew and 130 electrical needs of the accommodation photos of recently delivered vessels. meters of vehicle lanes. They all bear block as well as the deck cranes, bow Shipyard Chairman Mr. Luo Chaoneng the common logo of a Cat and the proud thrusters and active stabalizers designed points out the 39.8 x 10.5-m BADR 5, a designation: Fast Cat: FerrySafe, Ferry- for the comfort of personnel. The twin 1200 hp handy-sized tug delivered this Fast, Ferry Convenient.

Cummins QSK60-M main engines each year to a Saudi Arabian customer. The yard builds its ef? ciency on a large produce 2200 hp at 1800 rpm and turn Nearby sporting a hefty knuckle-boom area with overhead cranes for construc- ? xed-pitch propellers through Twin Disc is a picture of the 34 x 10-m anchor han- tion of modules. In another area, three

MGX5600 gears with 5.76:1 reduction. dling tugs Swissco Garnet. Delivered railway lines with overhead cranes allow

One of the two main engines has a ? re this past January, the AHT has a molded step by stem assembly of the modules. pump linked to the front of the engine depth of 4.7 m. Classed by BV it re- These rails continue onto at a ? oating with a power take-off. ceived the notation [1 +HULL +MACH, dry dock that can be shifted from one tug, Special service Anchor Handling, line to the other as required. This highly

Xin Yue Feng Unrestricted Navigation]. Powered by a ef? cient dry dock is 89.8 m long with a

From the four-story of? ce tower, hous- pair of Cummins KTA50-M2 mains pro- beam of 34 m and a 27-m clearance be- ing 100 technical engineers and admin- ducing a total of 3200 hp to give the boat tween the walls. The Guangdong Bonny istration staff, to the 65,000 sq. m. yard a 40-ton bollard pull and 11-knot speed. Fair shipyard is designed not only for with extensive fabrication and machine The Swissco Garnet is a repeat order and ef? ciency but also to support ever more shops and a huge dry dock, the Xin Yue sister ship to the Swissco Opal delivered sophisticated vessels.

Feng Shipyard (http://xinyuefeng.com/) in 2013.

has been building every more sophisti- Feijun Shipyard cated vessels. Although the majority of Guangdong Bonny Fair On lower reaches and estuaries of the yards work is in steel, they maintain a Heavy Industry Ltd. China’s great river the ubiquitous sand set of skilled aluminum workers as well. With an array of about 20 boats build- boats, with their low pro? le and long

In mid-March this group was building a ing in an assembly line-like manner, the elephantine conveyors protruding from small aluminum service vessel for a Sin- Guangdong Bonny Fair Heavy Industry the bow transport untold amounts of gapore customer. Over in the yards as- Shipyard (formerly known as Guang- dredged material to dry land. In the past sembly and launch dock, four big DP2 dong New China Shipyard) is a model of year, the Feijun Shipyard, located in the

Xin Yue Feng Shipyard’s Chairman Luo Chaoneng with a pair of AHTs.

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