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Austal Wins $28 Million Ferry Order NNS's Waryas Previews Double Eagle Tanker At SNAME Meeting Edward A. Waryas of Newport News Ship- building (NNS) pre- sented a paper on NNS's re-entry into commer- cial shipbuilding at the second meeting of the New York Metropolitan section of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME), held on Oct. 27, 1994 at the Whitehall Club in New York City. The meeting began with the award of certificates of appreciation for service on various committees to Allen Chin, Philip B. Kimball, Walter M. Maclean, Frank H. Sellars and Lawrence W. Ward. The guest of honor for the meeting was Thomas Jones Jr., a SNAME member since 1952. Mr. Waryas's technical presen- tation, Newport News Ship- building's Re-Entry into the Com- mercial Shipbuilding Market, de- tailed how NNS — which has built only military vessels for the last 15 years — achieved the letter of in- tent for two Double Eagle tankers for Eletson Corp. of Piraeus, Greece, An Oct. 27 SNAME meeting featured a presenta- tion on Newport News Shipbuilding's strategy in reentering the commercial market. From left to right: William Peters, section treasurer; Jan Ziobro, chairman, Papers Committee; Richard Rodi, section chairman; Edward Waryas, au- thor; Alfred Bozzuffi, section vice chairman; and Christopher Reyling, section secretary. including design development and marketing strategy. Mr. Waryas also offered hints as to what was soon to come — the actual contract signing, which took place a mere four days after Mr. Waryas' pre- sentation, on Oct. 31. The contract is the first commercial ship order placed with a U.S. yard by a foreign owner since 1957. New Cruise Ship To Be Called Costa Victoria The new 75,000-ton cruise liner being built for Italy's Costa Crociere by four companies in the Vulkan Group will be namedCosta Victoria, according to Nicola Costa, chair- man and CEO of Costa Crociere. Construction work on the ship is currently on target, with the deliv- ery scheduled for June of 1996. Vulkan Group members Bremer Vulkan Werft, Schichau See- beckwerft, Lloyd Werft and STN Atlas Elektronik are building the luxury liner under joint responsibil- ity. For more information on the Bremer Vulkan Group Circle 59 on Reader Service Card Leading aluminum shipbuilder Austal Ships has confirmed an or- der for a $28 million, 193.6-ft. (59- m) "Auto Express" vehicle-passen- ger ferry to operate in the Baltic Sea, from Hebrides Ship Ltd. of Vanuatu. The vessel will be chartered to EMINRE AS, an Estonian joint venture company, to operate on its Tallink Ex- press fast ferry service — replacing the Russian-built hydrofoils currently oper- ated on the service. The Estonian vessel will be a smaller version of the "Auto Express 79," the 260- ft. (79-m) vehicle passenger ferry currently under con- struction at Austal for Sea Containers Ltd. of the U.K. Principal dimensions of the new vessel are 196.5 ft. (59.9 m), with a molded beam of 55.8 ft. (17 m), molded depth of 18 ft. (5.5 m), and maximum hull draft of 6.6 ft. (2 m). Total deadweight of the vessel will be about 180 tons. Propulsion will be by a pair of the latest V20 MTU 1163 engines, each developing 6,500 kW and driving KaMeWa waterjets. Production of the vessel com- menced in December 1994 at Austal's new $18 million shipbuild- ing facilities on the Jervoise Bay waterfront, and will be delivered in November 1995. "During the recent negotiations, Austal was very aware of the tragic accident involving the conventional Baltic ferry Estonia," said Austal Ships' Managing Director John Rothwell. He further explained that catamarans have significant reserves of stability and furthermore, the car decks are located high above the waterline on the bridge deck structure between the hulls. "It is highly unlikely that such a car deck could become flooded, and if it did, it would not adversely affect stability, with any entrained water simply flowing overboard," he said. Stability of the vessel and passen- ger comfort will be further enhanced by Austal's fully computerized "Ocean Leveller" stabilizing system. This system was developed by Austal in conjunction with the Australian Maritime Engineering Co-operative Research Centre, and greatly re- duces a vessel's vertical motion in rough sea conditions. For more information on Austal Circle 34 on Reader Service Card National Steel and Shipbuilding (NASSCO), Bremer Vulkan Ship- yard and Kvaerner Masa Shipyard have awarded contracts totaling nearly $8 million to Carrier Transicold's Marine Systems Group. NASSCO chose Carrier to supply more than $4 million worth of ma- rine air conditioning and ship stores refrigeration for the new Sealift Ship construction program for the Mili- tary Sealift Command. Carrier Transicold will supply 35 marine centrifugal chillers and 14 refrig- eration plants to a total of seven ships over the next several years. Each shipset of equipment will include five 435-ton Marine 19XL centrifugal chillers with HFC re- frigerant R-134a, which has a zero Ozone Depletion Potential. The 35 units, with special marine features, meet U.S. Coast Guard and ABS requirements. Bremer Vulkan Shipyard of Bremen, Germany, placed a $2 mil- lion-plus order for custom-designed 17-Series Centrifugal Chillers, also with R-134a, to be installed on a new Costa Cruise Lines ship. Carrier Transicold was also cho- sen by Kvaerner Masa Shipyard, in Turku, Finland, to supply four ma- rine 19XL centrifugal chillers with R-134a for a new cruise ship ordered by Laeisz Lines of Germany. For more information Circle 58 on Reader Service Card GOLTENS — 'ROUND THE CLOCK, 'ROUND THEWORLD. FUEL EQUIPMENT REPAIR Fuel equipment needs constant attention. 'Round the clock, 'round the world, Goltens will save you valuable time and money. At Goltens, our trained experts use special testing and repair equipment as well as a huge inventory of replacement parts to help minimize your down- time. So if you have problems asso- ciated with your fuel equipment, count on Goltens. We'll do the job right away...and we'll do it right. 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