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Meyer Werft Delivers Passenger Vessel "Dobonsolo" MarAd Allows APL To Boost Feeder Vessel Service The Maritime Administration has said it will allow American President Lines Ltd. (APL) to increase its num- ber of foreign-flag feeder vessels oper- ating on APL's Red Sea extension service to three. The action amends a waiver APL was granted by MarAd in 1991, to operate a foreign-flag vessel of up to 500-teu capacity between Colombo or Fujayrah and ports in the Red Sea (excluding Egypt and Ethio- pia), Gulf of Aden, Oman. Southern Holdings Gets Permission To Sell Drill Barge Southern Holdings, Inc. New Or- leans, La., received the Maritime Administration's permission to sell its 1,395-dwt drill barge Mr. T.M. to Cad-Drill to North Africa, Ltd., Grand Cayman, and transfer it to Cayman Islands registry. Bethlehem Steel Wins Contract To Refit Ships Bethlehem Steel Corp., Bethship, Sparrows Point, Md., has won a con- tract for almost $24 million from the MaritimeAdministrationfordrydock- ing, reflagging, coating and preserva- tion, repair and conversion and deac- tivation of the Cape Washington and Cape Wrath, two of 12 Ro/Ro vessels purchased by MarAd last year to up- grade the Ready Reserve Force (RRF). The work is expected to take 95 calen- dar days for each vessel. Tacoma Port To Begin Dredging Project The Port ofTacoma is launching an $18.1 million dredging project aimed at combining environmental cleanup with other large-scale Port improve- ments. With more than 2.8 million cubic yards of material due to be moved, it is the largest Port ofTacoma dredging since the Blair Waterway was completed in 1965, and part of a broader Sitcum Waterway cleanup project, given federal approval after more than three years of planning and review. To date, the Port has spent about $5 million on testing, design work and planning for the project. The project includes deepen- ing the Sitcum and Blair Waterways to a minimum of45 feet; construction of a 21-acre marine habitat on the Milwaukee Waterway; a 24-acre ex- pansion of a marine terminal facility that also serves as a cap to seal in contaminated sediments; and the clean-up of metals. Kvaerner Wins $25.7 Mil- lion Finnyards Turbine Order Kvaerner AS said it has received an order to deliver four gas turbines worth approximately $25.7 million to the Finnish Shipyard Finnyards. The turbines are Kvaerner/General Elec- tric gas turbines with a total effect of 60,000 kW. Delivery is expected to be complete by June, 1995. Finnyards has given Kvaerner the option to de- liver main machinery for the building of a second Stena NSS catamaran ship. Kvaerner is currently contracted to deliver main machinery for the first catamaran. Both ships were ordered by Swedish ship company Stena AB. On October 10, Meyer Werft of Papenburg, Germany delivered the 12* passenger ship to the directorate general of Sea Communication, lo- cated in Jakarta, Indonesia. The 14,610-gtnewbuilding, dubbed "Dobonsolo" (after a mountain in Irian Jaya, West New Guinea), is the sec- ond vessel in a series of five passenger ships for the Republic of Indonesia. Upon completion of this series, the yard will have built a total of 21 ships for Indonesia. The yard's orderbook also includes the 67,000-grt cruise vessel Oriana for P&O, and two 70,000-gt cruise vessels for Celebrity Cruises. The 480-foot Dobonsolo is propelled by a twin engine plant with reduction gear and controllable pitch propellers. Engines are MaK four- stroke diesels, type 6M 601C, resil- iently-mounted. Each has an output of 6,400 kW (8,700 hp) at 428 rpm. The engines are run through Renk Tacke gears, driving Lips propellers. The Dobonsolo also features a Si- emens Simos IMA 51 monitoring sys- tem, which is based on the Simatic S5. The ship is divided into four fire zones, and a smoke and fire-detecting system is installed in the machinery spaces, cargo hold and air condition- ing room. A CO fire-fighting system is provided in the engine rooms and cargo holds, while a sprinkler system protects all other areas of the vessel. The interior of the ship is typically Indonesian and consists of incombus- tible material. All paints, pictures and other wall decorations were cho- sen by Indonesian architects. Most of the Indonesian decorations, however, were made in Germany. For more information on Meyer Werft, Circle 127 on Reader Service Card 3240 North Broadway St. Louis, MO 63147 Telephone: (314) 621-2536 FAX: (314) 621-1952 Telex: 44-2449 Alan Fleischer, President Al Spaete, Mgr., Sales & Service SEWAGE TREATMENT FAST (Fixed Activated Sludge Treatment) remains the standard for marine sewage treatment. The system meets and exceeds the most stringent require- ments worldwide. 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