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Marine Propulsion Annual Smith Berger Marine, Inc. The leader in deck hardware for over 60 years. BRUNVOLL ARE PRODUCERS OF Tunnel Thrusters Azimuth Thrusters Control Systems Low noise Thrusters early 1998 and fitted with two 14-MW, Finnish-developed Azipod propulsion units. The most widely employed sys- tem to date, Azipod was originated by ABB Industry and Kvaerner Masa- Yards (KMY), but Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri is also a shareholder today in the system's proprietary company. Current newbuild references include the entire Carnival group program, Royal Caribbean's prestigious Project Eagle series, as well as Hapag-Lloyd's Europa, all at KMY yards, and Holland America Line's sister to the Rotterdam from Fincantieri. The Finns, with a long track record in thruster technology, were the leaders in the podded drive concept, first applied in the form of a 1,5-MW Azipod unit to a Finnish waterway service vessel in 1991. Although the competing Mermaid system is building market share, the Azi- pod name is wholly synonymous with what must rank as one of the marine Fairleads and Deck Sheaves are IN STOCK at the following locations: PACIFIC Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Seattle, WA NORTHWEST 1-800-227-7920 FAX 1-206-762-500B CALIFORNIA Waterman Supply Co., Inc. - Wilmington, CA and TEXAS 1-800-322-3131 FAX 1-310-522-1043 GULF Rasmussen Equipment Co. - Belle Chasse, LA COAST 1-504-392-0442 FAX 1-504-392-0107 Call for competitive prices and immediate delivery on Smith Berger Fairleads and Deck Sheaves. Also call for: • Pedestal Roller Fairleads • Four Roller Fairleads • Flag Blocks • Chain Stoppers • Towing Pins Stern Rollers • Custom-engineered equipment to your specifications The coges concept is similarly being used for the Millennium cruise ship program at Chantiers de I'Atlantique, but with propulsive effect to be conveyed by 19.5-MW Mermaids. industry's most innovative, pragmatic developments over the past decade. As a measure of its influence, the Azi- pod system figures in each of the sub- stantial number of cruise ship newbuilds currently in hand and on order at KMY. By April this year, confirmed orders for the device had totaled 40 units of an aggregate 487,000-kW, including a total of 29 in 13 cruise ship applications. The adaptability of the Azipod tech- nique is implicit in a design range which extends from just 500-kW to approxi- mately 25-MW. The commissioning towards the end of last year of two Azi- pod-equipped ice-strengthened platform supply vessels, for operation in the Caspian Sea, underlined its versatility. While each of Royal Caribbean's Voy- ager of the Seas-led Eagle class is being equipped with three 14-MW pods, the biggest unit power concentrations spec- ified to date are the 19.5-MW motors in each of the twin Azipod installations for the shipowning group's Vantage-class from Meyer Werft. The newbuilds in Germany will have added distinction as showcases for the U.S.-engineered combined gas and steam turbine, integrated electric drive system (coges). The coges concept is similarly being used for the Millennium cruise ship program at Chantiers de I'Atlantique, but with propulsive effect to be conveyed by 19.5-MW Mermaids. No longer just a fabled creature of the sea, the Mermaid is now an embodiment of advanced marine technology, which has caught the eye of the cruise ship and offshore sectors. Following its mile- stone selection for Royal Caribbean's Millennium cruise ship newbuild pro- ject in France, the Mermaid pod propul- sion system has been specified for Radisson Seven Seas' luxury cruise ves- sel from the same yard, Chantiers de I'Atlantique. (Continued from page 93) Maritime Reporter/Engineering News Smith Berger Marine, Inc. 7915 10th Ave. S. Seattle, WA 98108 1-888-726-1688 206-764-4650 Fax:206-764-4653 E-mail: sbm@smithberger.com BALANCED HEAD FAIRLEADS MODELS MD-610, MC-622 AND MD-665 BRUNVOLL BRUNVOLL A.S. 6415 MOLDE NORWAY " www.brunv0ll.no TELEPHONE + 47 71 21 96 00 FAX + 47 71 21 96 90 e-mail: office@brunvoll.no Circle 217 on Reader Service Card Circle 319 on Reader Service Card 76 3500 THRUSTERS delivered and more than 2000 Ships equipped with BRUNVOLL THRUSTERS THRUSTERS FOR MANOUEVRING AND PROPULSION OF SHIPS
