Maritime Reporter, December 1993

<BODY> <div> Flender Werft Delivers Second Vessel, M/V Spes, To Italian Grimaldi Group Flender Werft AS of Germany delivered the Ro/Ro car and con- tainer carrier MTV Spes to Industria Armamento Meridionale SpA, Grimaldi Group. MTV Spes is designed for carrying cars, trailers, trucks, buses, trans- porters, containers and general cargo, which will be loaded via a quarter ramp as well as via a portside ramp. The cargo will be stowed inside the ship on five fixed decks as well as on four hoistable decks. Two Sulzer 8 ZA 40 S diesel en- gines, having an output of5,760 kW each, will propel the ship by operat- ing a cp propeller, giving the ship a service speed of 19 knots. One shaft generator of 1,250 kVA, as well as three diesel generators of 870 kW each, will provide the elec- tricity at sea and also guarantee the board operation. M/V Spes is 584 feet long, with a breadth of 88 feet, depth of 88 feet, draft of 29 feet and dwt of 16,500. This is the second ship of a series being built for the Italian Grimaldi Group. Flender Werft has on order two new buildings, employing the ship- yard until the end of 1994. For more information on Flender Werft, Circle 47 on Reader Service Card • ENGINE PARTS • EXHAUST MANIFOLD PARTS • ALL GRADE AND SIZES OF FASTENERS • CNC MACHINING CAPABILITIES Workboats Northwest Helps Construct Passenger Structure For Hawaii's Navatek II Swath Vessel The deck structure of the Swath vessel Navatek II, which will be used as an excursion boat off the Hawaiian Islands, was built in a high bay building at the Seattle shipyard Workboats Northwest. The overall structure, while stout enough to carry passengers at sea, weighed only 16,000 pounds when shipped. The Navatek II Swath vessel, being built for Royal Hawaiian to operate on cruises in Hawaii, pre- sented a special challenge in fabri- cating the extremely lightweight 72- foot by 36-foot upper deck structure - a challenge that Workboats North- west, Inc. of Seattle, Wash, met with extensive use of structural adhe- sives along with precision welding. While the deckhouse, sun and bridge decks sit on a rugged frame- work designed to carry passenger loads, most of the non-load bearing bulwarks and stiffeners were af- fixed to frames with the use of acrylic structural adhesives. Workboats Northwest earlier pre- pared precision cut plates and shapes for the underlying "carrier vessel," including the Swath hulls on which the vessel runs, for assembly at Ho- nolulu Shipyard in Hawaii. The Seattle firm's latest contri- bution to the vessel included not only plasma cutting of component parts but constructing the whole structure above the main deck. The Navatek II is expected to be in service by January 1994. The vessel incorporates design features developed by Navatek Ships, Ltd. of Honolulu, Hawaii, and the Marine Systems Division of Lockheed Mis- siles & Space Company, Sunnyvale, Calif. For more information on Workboats Northwest, Inc., Circle 23 on Reader Service Card MarAd Awards $3.3 Million Contract The Maritime Administration has awarded a $3.3 million contract to Stevens Technical Services, Brook- lyn, N.Y., for activation, upgrades, modifications, repairs, sea trials and deactivation of the Ready Reserve Force (RRF) vessel Cape May. The work includes repairs necessary to meet classification specifications and regulations. 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