New P&O Cruise Ship To
Receive MAN B&W Engines
MAN B&W Diesel, Augsburg,
Germany, recently received a con-
tract to manufacture eight large,
four-stroke engines, with a total
output of57,430 kW (78,100 hp), for
the 67,000-gt luxury superliner or-
dered earlier this year by U.K.-based
P&O from Meyer Werft,
Papenburg, Germany.
The ship is scheduled for deliv-
ery in March 1995 and will be 853
feet in length, possess a 105-foot
beam and carry 1,975-passengers.
Propulsion will be provided by two
pairs of MAN B&W type L 58/64
diesel engines, arranged in a fa-
ther-son configuration of one six-
cylinder and one nine-cylinder en-
gine generating a combined 39,750
kW (54,060 hp) and driving two vari-
able-pitch propellers at a maximum
speed of 24 knots. For shipboard
mains supply and boost operation,
four MAN B&W 6L 40/54 auxiliary
engines with a total output of 17,680
kW (24,040 hp) will be used.
Meyer Werft delivered the luxury
cruise liners MS Horizon, April 1990,
and MS Zenith, March 1992, to
Chandris Celebrity Cruises. Each
ship was equipped with seven MAN
B&W L40/45 type engines.
Up to this date, MAN B&W has
sold 170 of its L 40/45, L/V 48/60 and
L 58/64 family of large medium-
speed diesel engines.
For additional free information
about MAN B&W's family of me-
dium-speed diesels,
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To receive more information about
the shipyard services and facilities
offered by Meyer Werft,
Circle 91 on Reader Service Card
United Scale Models
Awarded $5.6 Million
For Training Devices
United Scale Models, Inc., Hous-
ton, Texas, was awarded a $5.6 mil-
lion contract to provide five devices
designed to support the Taiwan
Navy's mission to train its gas tur-
bine technicians to maintain the LM
2500 gas turbine engines used
aboard the PFG-2 guided missile
patrol frigates. The contract,
N61339-92-C-0122, was awarded by
the Naval Training Systems Cen-
ter, Orlando, Fla.
CSS Contract Opens New
Horizons For PacOrd
A worldwide, $3.3 million prime
contract with the Naval Engineer-
ing Center, San Diego, Calif., will
allow PacOrd, Inc., a subsidiary of
SPD Technologies, to expand its ser-
vice capabilities in a number of fields,
according to vice president and gen-
eral manager of PacOrd, Robert G.
Hartsock.
The contract contains provisions
for removal, inspection, testing, re-
pair, overhaul, restoration and in-
stallation support for EW systems
on U.S. Navy ships, stations and
shore facilities throughout the world.
PacOrd will provide life cycle sup-
port for the AN/ULQ-13 (V)l coun-
termeasures signals simulator (CSS)
system and associated programs
through a contract that calls for one
base year and three option years
building on the firm's years of expe-
rience in carrying out combat sys-
tems overhauls.
PacOrd is a subsidiary of the
Philadelphia-based SPD Technolo-
gies. A full service combat system
contractor supporting the U.S. Navy
through private sector shipyards,
DOD contracting agencies and
OEM's, the company has one of the
largest Master Ordnance Repair
(MOR) capabilities in the nation,
and is known for its diversity of
expertise in all key areas of ship-
board systems repair and overhaul.
SPD Technologies is one of the
nation's largest designers and manu-
facturers of military circuit break-
ers and switchgear, and a leader in
the development of advanced ship-
board announcing systems.
For International
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activates automatically or
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coverage which can lead to
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maximum reliability, it features
an enclosed antenna, 5 year
battery, unique release mech-
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slanted. Approved by COSPAS-
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The Alden NAVTEX
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automatically receives
'important text bulle-
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weather warnings, NAVTEX AE-900
forecasts, LORAN and GPS messages and more.
Selected bulletins are printed without repetition and
SAR messages are received with both audible and
visual alarms. It complies with GMDSS, IMO, CCIR
and CEPT standards.
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