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BOATBUILDING IN CHINA a hold capacity of 3400 cu. m. Looking aft from the along the bottom of the hold there are 150 shutter doors kW auxiliary engine, turns a large drive wheel for the bow, the holds, with the extensive piping for fresh wa- controlled by hydraulic rams. conveyer that discharges over the bow. It also turns a ter ? ushing after the salty sand has been removed, show The off-load conveyor extends about 35 m out from second drive to keep the huge belt that extends under their V-shaped bottom to allow the sand to slide to the the bow to allow the sand to be placed well up on the the length of the hold just below the 150 shutter doors. bottom. There is one long hold space divided by partial shore. Descending into the fo’c’sle the group saw the This second endless belt is 76 x 1.4-meters wide and bulkheads, running nearly the full length of the vessel, workings of the off load system. A heavy oil, 1000 14 mm thick.

Walking aft, under the holds and beside the conveyor, the group was able to climb to the deck level just ahead of the accommodation and wheelhouse that are mount- ed well aft over the engine room. The boat has a total of eight engines in addition to the one mounted forward to drive the conveyor belts. Two Cummins KTA38-M en- gines of 780 hp each provide propulsion power. There are also two locally built 150 kW, one 120 kW and one 50 kW gensets. Mounted half way up the side of the holt, two fresh water pumps for washing the salt out of the hold. One of these is a 500-hp Cummins KTA19-M while the other is a large locally built engine. While prices vary depending on how the boat is ? tted out,

Qianfa indicated that they range around $3 million.

DongGuan Nanxiang Shipbuilding

Chairman Zhu Fu Lin welcomes guests with fresh brewed local tea and explains the range of work at the

DongGuan Nanxiang Shipyard. From a large ? shing boat building for a Hong Kong customer to a variety of heavy lifting crane-vessels of various sizes for a range of customers.

Although not the largest, the 400-ton capacity 62.2 x 26.2-m crane barge that the yard had under construc- tion in mid-March was a good representation. A pair of Cummins KT38-M mains, generating 780 KW each, powers the 4.8-m deep barge. The two main engines 3030 E. Pershing St.

are located in separate port and starboard engine rooms.

Each engine room also has a KTA19-D powered 350

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KW generator. This electrical power is required to run the electric and hydraulic systems for the three-drum [email protected] winch and pedestal-mounted crane. A smaller hotel generator is provided for that deckhouse and running www.appletonmarine.com lights. Accommodation is provided in the aft-mounted

Phone: (920) 738-5432 deckhouse for a crew of up to 20 in eight, two-person

Visit us at staterooms and two, two-person rooms. Designed and

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Fax: (920) 738-5435 built in China for a domestic China customer, the crane

Booth # 3941 barge is a reminder of the importance of the domestic market to Guangdong Province’s shipyards.

Damen Yichang Shipyard

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