Maritime Reporter, August 2005

<BODY> <div> 14 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News the ferry service between Den Helder and Texel. One of the initiators of the service was Dokter Wagemaker, a local physician. TESO expanded rapidly in order to meet the passenger demand, and after his death, one of the vessels was named after Dokter Wagemaker in May 1934. The new Dokter Wagemaker is a high- ly sophisticated vessel being a hybrid between a ferry and a luxury cruise liner. Dokter Wagemaker will replace Molengat, which will be sold. Dokter Wagemaker is the result of the fleet renewal and capacity increase program which was initiated by TESO. Damen Shipyards Gorinchem was awarded the contract in April 2003. Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, a member of the Damen Shipyards Group, execut- ed the contract and carried out the basic and detailed engineering, subcontracting hull construction, outfitting, testing and delivery of the vessel. Hull construction and pre outfitting took place at Damen Shipyards Galati in Romania. The new RoRo Passenger Ferry is classed by Lloyd's Register as + 100 A1 Ferry extended protected water service "ice conditions Riza code R", + LMC, UMS, IFP, PSMR, PCAC 2.2 The vessel is fitted with a highly auto- mated Diesel Electric propulsion system comprised out of four generating sets divided over the forward and aft engine rooms. The sets develop 2,856 kW @ 1,000 rpm each. The generating sets are resiliently mounted on base frames. Power is generated at 6 kV and trans- formed to 400 and 230V at 50Hz. Thruster units are installed in the propulsion rooms with prime movers and associated equipment. Circle 2 on Reader Service Card Chinese Built OSV Rigdon Marine took delivery of the first batch of new generation 210-ft. (64- m) diesel-electric off shore supply ves- sels. In Norway, the building of a series of 92-m boats followed the success of the U.S. vessels with similar Cummins diesel-electric propulsion packages. Currently, in a cooperative effort involv- ing American, European and Chinese firms, a series of ten 240-foot (73.2-m) vessels are being built in China for the France-based SURF, a member of the maritime branch of Groupe Bourbon. The first of the series was undergoing sea trials at Zhejiang Shipbuilding at Ningbo Southeast of Shanghai in mid- June. Vessels number 2, 3 and 4 were alongside being fitted out while vessel number 5 was taking shape nearby. While significantly longer than the American-owned diesel-electric boats, the Chinese boats have retained the same 50-ft. (16.5-m) beam. To allow for the larger vessel size and increased cargo capacities the total horsepower has also been increased. While the U.S. vessels have two Cummins-D(M) Marine Generators and one Cummins KTA38-D (M) powered 900 kW genera- tor, the Chinese-built vessels employ three of the QSK-60 powered genera- tors. (The Norwegian vessel has four of the units). The 16-cylinder four-stroke engines each develop 2,548 bhp (1,901 kW) at 1,800 rpm which in turn pro- duces 1,825 kWe at 60 Hz . The genera- News Circle 206 on Reader Service Card MR AUGUST 2005 #2 (9-16).qxd 8/4/2005 4:52 PM Page 14 </div> <span id="lblContents"></span> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.digitalwavepublishing.com/" title="Digital Magazine">Digital Wave Publishing</a> </BODY>