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NEW & NOTABLE TNSW, Meyer Werft Deliver First Gas Tanker The first of two gas tankers ordered by the Norwegian owner Solvang ASA was delivered on December 11, 1998. The ship was built in cooperation between Meyer Werft Shipyard and Thyssen Nordseewerke. Clipper Viking, at an overall length of 480 ft. (146 m), marks Meyer Werft's comeback into the gas tanker newbuilding market. The vessel can reach a speed of 18 knots and is able to transport ethylene, LPG or vinyl chloride monomer, ammonia and propylene oxide in three tanks. The second tanker will be conveyed from TNSW to Meyer Werft for final outfitting at the beginning of March and is scheduled to be deliv- ered to Solvanga ASA in mid 1999. Circle 2 on Reader Service Card Clipper Viking Main Particulars Classification Det Norske Veritas Length, o.a 480 ft. (146 m) Breadth, molded 67.3 ft. (20.5 m) Depth, to main deck 45.3 ft. (13.8 m) Draft, design (Ethylene) 25.3 ft. (7.7 m) Draft, design (VCM) 32 ft. (9.7 m) DWT, at VCM draft 13,500 Speed, trial at Ethylene draft, 90% MCR . .17 knots Cruising range, VCM draft 12,000nm Cargo tank volume 12,500 cu. m. Main engine MAN B&W 6L50 MC Propeller Lips Auxiliary diesel engines ... .MAN-Holeby/Siemens Anchor/mooring winches Hatlapa Lifeboat Fassmer Spade rudder Becke Steering gear Porsgrunn Bowthruster Lips AC Heinen & Hopman Oil-free compressors Sulzer Refrigerant compressors Sabroe Nitrogen production plant Carbotech Winninghoff Delivers Pilot Boat To Harbor Services Harbor Services, Inc., a support organization for the Canaveral Pilots Association of Port Canaveral, Fla. has taken delivery of a 40 ft. pilot boat of welded alu- 80 minum by Winninghoff Boats, Inc. Designed by Bill Preston of Marine Design, Inc., this boat is an updat- ed version of a pilot boat design that Preston has been perfecting since 1976, incorporating improve- ments in equipment, systems and construction methods along the way. The most significant changes on this 1998 version are the use of foam fendering, the addition of a second helm station and the cre- ation of NC cutting files for hull and superstructure components. Circle 3 on Reader Service Card Pilot Boat Main Particulars Delivery September 1998 Length, o.a 40 ft. (12 m) Breadth 12 ft. (3.6 m) Draft 4.5 ft. (1.4 m) Displacement 17,400 lbs Top speed 22 knots Propulsion engine Detroit Diesel 8V92TA Transmission Twin Disc DD511V Shafting Aquamet Propeller Hall&Staver Steering system Hynautic Rudder H & H Propeller, Inc. Controls Kobelt/Morse AC Technicold, Rich Beers Marine, Inc. Fendering Viking Fender Co. Hatches and doors Freeman Marine, Inc. Heat Maradyne Paints Ameron Seating Bostrom Thermal and acoustical insulation . .Soundown, Inc. Trim Tabs Boat Leveler Co. Windows Beclawat Manufacturing, Inc. Wipers... .Wynn Marine Ltd., In-Mar Systems, Inc. Seacraft Shipyard Delivers Luxury Dive Yacht Seacraft Shipyard Corp. of Amelia, La. have delivered the M/V Cayman Aggressor IV to Aggressor Fleet Ltd. The 110 ft. (34 m) aluminum luxury dive yacht was designed by Seacraft Shipyard and is Cayman Island Shipping Registry certified. Two 12V71TI main engines, closed coupled to a pair of Twin Disc 514, 2.5:1 trans- missions enables the Cayman Aggressor IV to cruise at 12 knots. The propeller shafts and rudders are stainless steel and were fabri- cated at Seacraft's machine shop. Electricity is supplied by one 30 kW and one 40 kW generator. The aft dive deck features storage lock- ers for diving gear, air and nitrox fill stations, fresh water dip tank, and two access ladders. Circle 5 on Reader Service Card NASSCO Delivers Second Sealift Newbuild National Steel and Shipbuilding Company (NASSCO) has delivered USNS Sisler to the U.S. Navy. This is the second Sealift New Construction ship built by NASS- CO under the Strategic Sealift Program. Originally contracted to be delivered in May 1999, the ship was completed under target cost and accepted by the Navy six months ahead of schedule. All seven Sealift ships awarded to NASSCO are being named for U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipients. USNS Sisler is named after U.S. Army First Lieutenant George "Ken" Sisler, a posthumous recip- ient of the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions in Vietnam in 1967. The first new construction ship, USNS Watson (pictured), was delivered in July 1998. The third ship, USNS Dahl, was launched in October 1998 and remains under construction at a NASSCO pier. The fourth ship is under construc- tion at NASSCO. Circle 6 on Reader Service Card USNS Sisler Main Particulars Flag U.S. Classification ABS Length, o.a 950 ft. (289.5 m) GT 72,718 Displacement 62,823 LT Speed, service 24 knots Cargo capacity 393,660 sq. ft. % high tensile steel 60% (plate) Main engine General Electric LM 2500 Plus Propellers, Bowthrusters Bird Johnson Thruster engines Bird Johnson Generator engines Caterpillar Generators Caterpilla Motor starters Point Eight Fin stabilizers Blume Couplings Waukesha Reduction gears General Electric Engine controls General Electric Steering controls C.S. Controls Deck machinery Edgewater Marine Shafting Bird Johnson Austal Delivers Second Fast Ferry To French Caribbean Austal Ships has deliv- ered its second high speed catamaran under contract to Compagnie Chambon for its French Caribbean fast ferry operation, L'Express des lies. The 131 ft. (40 m) Opale Express with join the 157 ft. (48 m) ferry Jade Express, also built by Austal Ships. With a speed of 35 knots and a carrying capacity of 302 passengers, the twin deck aluminum Opale Express is powered by two MTU 16V 396TE74L engines and will provide interisland service between Point a Pitre on Guadeloupe, Marie Galante and Les Saintes. The vessel features part of the Austal "Ocean Leveller" ride control system, incorporating interceptors aft with the exclusion of T-foils for- ward due to shallow draft restrictions at some of the island ports-of-call. Circle 7 on Reader Service Card Flag French Classification ... .Bureau Veritas Contract date May 1998 Float out date .. .September 1998 Delivery date October 1998 Length, o.a 131 ft. (40 m) Length, b.p 121 ft. (36.9 m) Breadth, molded .35.4 ft. (10.8 m) Draft, design 4.3 ft. (1.3 m) DWT, design 48.6 tons GT 449 tons Complement 7 Passengers 304 Opale Express Main Particulars Speed, service 35 knots Cargo capacity 9 tons Bunker 12,900 L Main engines ... .MTU 16V 396 Total HP2 x 1,980 kW at 1,940 rpm Auxiliary engines MTU 6R099TE51 Wateijets Kamewa Emergency generator. .Deutz, Fin stabilizers Austal Couplings Thomas Reduction gears Reintjes Engine controls MTU Steering controls Kamewa Deck machinery . .Muir, Windlass Coatings ... .International Paints VHF radio Sperry SSB radio Sperry Radar Kelvin Hughes Compass C-Plath GPS Leica SATNAV Inmarsat-C Air conditioning Austal Lifeboats Zodiac Liferafts Viking Fifi system Salwico