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Gladding-Hearn Delivers Monohull Fast Ferry For Manhattan Service Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, The Duclos Corp., has delivered a 97-foot, all-aluminum ferry to the New Jersey-based Port Imperial Ferry Co. The 400-passenger monohull vessel resembles Port Imperial's nine other ferries, which operate between Weehawken, N.J., and New York City. The ferry is powered by twin Cat- erpillar 3412 diesel engines, rated at 671 bhp at 1,800 rpm, resiliently- mounted to reduce noise. The Cater- pillar engines drive two 42-inch bronze propellers through ZF 2.57:1 reverse/reduction gears. Reaching restricted speeds of 18 knots, the vessel makes the 4.5 nautical mile crossing in about seven minutes. Crowley To Spend $ 100 Million On Fleet Of Specialized Tugs To fully take advantage of oil spill prevention laws, Crowley Maritime Corp. is planning to invest more than $100 million on a fleet of eight tractor tugs, to be built in U.S. yards. Where conventional tugs run from $3 million to $12 million, the tractor tugs, propelled by Caterpillar en- gines and Voith Schneider cycloidal propeller systems, will cost $12 mil- lion apiece. The tractor tugs were chosen be- cause of their ability to apply force in a variety of directions without repositioning. Crowley's tractor tugs will be spe- cifically designed to provide state- of-the-art escort and handling ser- vices for oil tankers and barges work- ing between Alaska and the West Coast, and put the company into head-to-head competition with Foss Maritime Co., the current major pro- vider of tractor tug service on the West Coast. The Crowley tugs will also be designed to perform jobs on the open ocean as well as in harbors. In addition, the tugs will be equipped to perform salvage, firefighting and rescue operations. Each vessel will be capable of 9,000-hp thrust, and will measure 140 feet with a 21-foot draft. Foss currently has six tractor tugs, with two more under construc- tion and scheduled for a year-end delivery. Atlas Marine Services Announces Products For Cruise Ships Atlas Marine Services, Inc., of Miami, Fla., announced that it is the exclusive dealer for Atlas Ma- rine Services' food service equipment for cruise ships, manufactured by Toastmaster. This line was intro- duced to meet demand for equip- ment that can withstand service to thousands of passengers a day and meet the stringent requirements of the U.S. Public Health Service. Atlas is also the exclusive dealer for AM Series ice machines manu- factured to cruise line standards by IMI Cornelius. Atlas' all stainless steel, seamless, foamed-in-place ice bins are specified for Carnival Cruise Lines' new ships, Sensation and Fascination, currently being built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards. Another Atlas product, stainless steel ceiling panels, is now available with a fluorescent lighting fixture, designed by Hovik Lys of Norway. The Atlas ceiling system allows quick, nondestructive access above the panels. Panels with lighting fixtures are interchangeable with standard pan- els, which allows the lighting distri- bution in an area to be changed easily. Atlas Marine Services, Inc., de- signs and manufactures stainless steel food service equipment guar- anteed to meet USPHS require- ments. It also prepares catering area design, layout, flow and mechanical drawings for approval by the USPHS inspection team located in Miami. For more information on all of Atlas Marine Services' products and services, Circle 127 on Reader Service Card Circle 256 on Reader Service Card Also available: the eight-channel HX340 UHF or VHF. Intrinsically If all you want in a marine hand- held VHF is portability, maybe the Horizon HX220AS is too good. Sure it meets the industry guidelines for explosive environ- ment applications. But it also has the punch you get from six watts of transmitting power, full-on microprocessor control, gold bat- tery contacts for reliability, gen- erous moisture protection, and careful, intelligent engineering. It receives all U.S., Canadian and international channels as well as 10 weather channels, and can be programmed to scan any number or combination of them automatically. One-touch channel selection as well as direct access to chan- nel 16 and the weather channels is so easy it can be done in heavy gloves. The LCD display is over- sized and backlit. And options like the external speaker/micro- phone which allows hands-free operation make it ideal for tank- ers, tenders and oil rigs. The HX220AS is a lot of radio in a remarkably small and light- weight package. To find out more about it, or about Stan- dard's intrinsically-safe eight- channel HX340 UHF and VHF handhelds, call or write today. Just to be on the safe side. Nothing takes to water like Horizon. t Standard > Communications P.O. Box 92151 Los Angeles, CA 90009-2151 Telephone: (310) 532-5300 Represented in Canada by: CARDON, Hamilton, Ontario 416/527-1040 Now WITH 3 YEAR WARRANTY! I 100 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
