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be expected from the Navy made us decide to aim our efforts at other market segments." However, the company carried out an analysis of merchant vessels built throughout the world from 1989 to 1994 and found that 68 percent had a maximum beam of between 69 and 93.5 ft. (21 and 28.5 m.). The building of the new construction site became imperative when the company realized that they were precluded from tendering for more than two-thirds of the vessels required. Built in one of the two huge construction halls at Schelde-East, as the new facility has now been named, Captain George is an aluminum catamaran with four levels above its twin hulls. The vessel has a sleek, streamlined appearance which belies its capacity of 152 cars and 630 passengers. Propulsion is by four wateijets, two per hull, each driven by a 5,700-kW Caterpillar 3616 DITA diesel engine. This configuration gives the vessel a fully loaded service speed in excess of 36 knots at design condition. Fully laden and with 41 tons of fuel, the endurance at service speed is approximately 300 nm. The main passenger deck is located immedi- ately above the two car decks and is divided into two tourist class lounges with a total of 480 seats, and a club class lounge accommodating 100. An additional 40 first class passengers can be seated in an atrium on the aft of the bridge deck. Captain George has been delivered to Piraeus- based owners Greek Catamaran Lines Maritime Company, and will be in regular ser- vice linking Italy and Greece in time for the peak summer traffic. 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High tech equipment from Japanese-based steelmaker and diversified engineering compa- ny NKK Corp. is transforming Kawasaki Port from a purely industrial facility to an interna- tional commercial port that is expected to meet the containerized distribution needs of the next century, according to a spokesperson from NKK, which supplied all the core equipment and automated terminal operations systems under a full turnkey project. The first phase of construction of the Kawasaki Port Container Terminal has been completed, and the facility can handle vessels up to 50,000 dwt with a 46 ft. (14 m) deep berth. Considered an innovative breakthrough in Japan's port facilities, the container terminal employs two giant dual-trolley container cranes, and eight rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes linked to NKK-ACTS automated con- tainer terminal operation system. These were all supplied by NKK Steel Structure & Machinery Division, as part of the $60 million contract. The facility, based on a reclaimed island adjacent to NKK's Ohgishima steel com- plex, operates 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. According to an NKK spokesperson, the NKK- ACTS computer system incorporates a number of high-tech information processing systems including loading/unloading scheduling, con- tainer storage control, optimum handling instruction, reefer-container monitoring and EDI (electronic data interchange) outside telecommunication systems. The second phase will add three container cranes and six RMG cranes. When the second phase of the project is complete, scheduled in 2001, the facility will accommodate 80,000 dwt vessels. For more information on NKK Corp. Circle 2 on Reader Service Card (^L^ Telenor Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
