MARINE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY
ly to see the release of an 18-cylin-
der version of the 3600 family,
developed jointly by Caterpillar
with Bazan Motores in Spain.
Producing 9,650 hp at 1,050 rpm,
the 3618 is the latest product of a
transatlantic alliance, which
involves coordinated parts supply,
manufacture and engine assembly
between plants in Indiana and
Cartagena. The other dimension to
the U.S. group's bold developmen-
tal strategy involving the industry
in Europe has been its takeover of
prolific MaK from Krupp at Kiel.
S. Korea Seven-Month Shipbuilding Orders Soar
New orders received by South Korean shipbuilders surged 206 percent to 6.51 million gt for 115 vessels
in the first seven months of this year, the Korea Shipbuilders' Association said. The seven-month figure
compared with 2.13 million gross tons for 57 ships from a year earlier. An official from the Association
said the seven-month order total was the largest since 1993 when shipbuilders won orders for 6.67 mil-
lion gross tons in the same period. "Orders have been rising, but we are more concerned about low prices,"
said the official without elaborating.
CLARIFICATION
Contact information on GEC
Althsom diesel engine manufac-
turing units was omitted from
MR IEN's July 1997 Diesel
Engine Directory. The following
is the latest information for con-
tacting all of the company's man-
ufacturing units.
GEC Alsthom Diesels Inc.
10801 Kempwood Drive, Suite 1
Houston, TX 77043-4
Tel: (713) 939-0073
Fax: (713) 939-0105
Products: DE (hs) (ms); GEN
GEC Alsthom Mirrlees
Blackstone
Bramhall Moor Lane, Hazel
Grove, Stockport, Cheshire SK7
5AH, England
Tel: +44 161 483 1000
Fax: +44 161 487 1465
Products: DE (ms); GEN
GEC Alsthom Paxman Diesels
Paxman Works, Hythe Hill
Colchester, Essex COl 2HW
England
Tel: +44 1206 795151
Fax: +44 1206 797869
Products: DE (hs); GEN
GEC Alsthom Ruston Diesels
Vulcan Works, Newton-LE-
Willows
Merseyside, England WA3 2EP
Tel: +44 1925 225151
Fax: +44 1925 222055
Malcolm Siberry
Product(s): DE(ms); GEN
September, 1997
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