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Westport Delivers Two Ferries For Catalina Service Westport Shipyard, Inc., Westport, Wash, delivered two 100- ft. (30-m) by 23-ft. (7-m) "Super Ex- press II" passenger vessels to Catalina Express Lines. The boats were dedicated in ceremonies in Southern California on June 6. The boats, Catalina Express and Islander Express, will carry 149 pas- sengers at 32-knot speeds. Speed and increased ride comfort resulted from development of a new, semi- tunnel hull form and a newly de- signed integrated steering and sta- bilizer system from Maritime Dy- namics of Lexington Park, Md. a ULSTEIN uv. TEJkv THE TEAM IS THE SAME - WE HAVE ONLY CHANGED THE NAME ULSTEIN BERGEN has developed and manuiactured main engines and generating engines for ships, as well as diesel- and lean-burn gas engines for land installations since 1943. Quality in all details has always characterized ULSTEIN BERGEN products, and our workforce continues to take pride in the high level of its craftsman- ship. The team is the same, we have only changed the name. ULSTEIN BERGEN is still recognized worldwide as a manufacturer of economical, reliable medium-speed diesel engines for propulsion and generating power plants. ULSTEIN BERGEN AS has been found to conform to Quality System standard: BS5750: PART 1, ISO 9001, EN29001: 1987. ULSTEIN BERGEN AS P.O. Box 924, N-5002 Bergen, Norway. Tel.: +47-55 19 90 00. Telefax: +47-55 19 04 05. Ulstein USA Inc., New Orleans 2701 Delaware Avenue, Kenner, LA 70062 Tel: 1-504-464-4561 • Fax: 1-504-464-4565 Lang marine convection ovens are built to last with stainless steel interiors and exteriors, hatchable to 26" x 66" and UL 197 tested and listed to include the marine supplement per U.S. Coast Guard regulation CFR 46 111.77-3. Available in standard and extra deep sizes. For more information please call Mark Jones at (206) 885-4045. fang P.O. Box 905 • Redmond, WA • 98073 • Fax (206)882-2373 Circle 283 on Reader Service Card WIND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR SHIPS Circle 264 on Reader Service Card 16 Circle 200 on Reader Service Card The Catalina Express, one of two Super Express I passenger vessels built by Westport Shipyard, Inc. for Catalina Express Lines. The vessels are driven by two 2,000-hp 16V149TIB DDEC Detroit Diesel engines with MGN4336V Ma- rine gears (3:1 reduction). Propel- lers are Lips four-blade 50 x 66/ABS type #4 alloy. The vessels are also equipped with prototype infrared night vision systems produced in a joint venture between Hughes Air- craft and Texas Instruments. Catalina Express Lines, equipped with an all-Westport fleet, operates between ports in San Pedro and Long Beach, to Avalon and Two Harbors on Catalina Island. For more information from Westport Shipyard, Circle 11 on Reader Service Card Cmtmttmm Exprtti and Itlmmdtr Exprttt Equipment Lift Main engines Detroit Diesel Engine controls Detroit Diesel Generator sets Northern Lights Propellers Lip Radar Furuno GPS Furun Shafts Aquamet Bow thruster Wesmar Air compressor Grainge Coatings and antifoulings International Paint Keppel Completes Refurbishment And Upgrade Of Barge Keppel Shipyard, the main shiprepair arm of the Keppel Group, has completed a $3.1 million refur- bishment and upgrading contract on the oil production and storage barge San Jacinto. Awarded by the oil company Conoco Indonesia, Inc., the contract included extensive refurbishment work and modifications carried out at the Telok Blangah yard. Work on two other major conver- sion contracts is progressing at Keppel Tuas. In a contract worth $25 million, Nanhai Kai Tuo, a 152,404-dwt steam tanker, is being transformed to a Floating Production Storage and Offloading Facility (FPSO). The other contract is for the tanker Bavi to be converted to a Floating Storage Offloading (FSO) facility. For more information on Keppel Shipyard, Circle 27 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
