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Gijon Delivers Second Large Dredger with 6.14:1 reduction. The 73 x 56-in. four-blade stainless propellers are mounted on six-in. stainless shafts. Electrical needs are met by a pair of Cummins 6B series powered 50 Kw gen sets. Steering and flanking rudders are controlled through a system provided by Custom Hydraulics. Coquitlam Upgraded The 26-year-old Queen of Coquitlam left for Vancouver Drydock to begin a major upgrade by the Washington Marine Group of Vancouver. The vessel is one of five double-ended vessels that operate on major routes between Vancouver Island and the Mainland. It New & Notable will undergo extraordinary mainte- nance, regulatory compliance modifica- tions and renovation of the restaurant and passenger accommodation to pre- pare it for an additional 20 years of serv- ice. Shipyard work is scheduled to May 2003, followed by four weeks of crew training certification. IZAR Gijon Shipyard recently deliv- ered an 8.500 cu. m. TSHD (Trailing Suction Hopper Dredger), the second dredging vessel built by Gijon for Dragages Ports, an agency of the French Public Works ministry. Samuel de Champlain. a self-pro- pelled TSHD vessel (Yard no. 366), was ordered by Dragages Ports from Gijon Shipyard on May 24, 2000, together with a smaller 5,000 cu. m. capacity unit, a vessel dubbed Daniel Laval. Samuel de Champlain is already oper- ating in river Loire, in France, according to shipowner sources. It is equipped with a trailing side suction pipe with underwater dredge pump on starboard and bottom valves for load dumping. Dredging Particulars Length, o.a 384 ft. (117 m) Length, bp 361 ft. (110 m) Breadth, molded 79 ft. (24 m) Depth to main deck 33 ft. (10 m) Max. draft on dredging freeboard 26 ft. (8 m) DWT on dredging freeboard 12,150 tons Capacity 8,500 cu. m. Speed 13 knots Dredging depth 26m Classification BV (for the Notation I 3/3 E + Hopper Dredger Deep Sea. AUT.PORT, ALP) Hope Services Readies Another Push Boat Hope Services of Dulac, La., is put- ting the finishing touches on the 20ih in the series of their popular 72 x 30-ft. (21.9 x 9.1-m) pushboats. The last two were built for Higman Towing of Houston, Texas and were delivered in May and August of 2002.. Each boat in the series is powered by a pair of 12- cylinder Cummins KTA38 M0 engines rated for 850 hp at 1800 rpm. The engines turn into Twin Disc 540 gears Where you go with the flow, lots of toilets will do. Where you go against the flow - such as below deck - there's Sanimarin. The Sanimarin is a compact, white porcelain toilet that: • uses only 3.6 liters (I gallon) of fresh or salt water per flush • pumps waste water up to 9' vertically or 100' horizontally (or a combination of both) • only requires a I" discharge pipe • is available in 12 vdc, 24 vdc, 120 vac or 220 vac It's easy to install Sanimarin. All you need is water and you've got yourself a toilet! Don't let it's small size fool you. Sanimarin gives you the flexibility to solve big plumbing problems. I-800-36 FLUSH/1-800-363-5874 www.saniflo.com Circle 250 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com Sasakura developed new generation of Plate Type Fresh Water Generator. AQUARIO Capacity range: 3-40t/day No Front Cover!! The deletion of front cover provides:- * Easier disassembly and reassembly of Plate Heat Exchanger. tsmastm *No corrosion of Frame, Guide bar, End cover and Bolts & Nuts because they do not contact with seawater. * Minimal installation and maintenance. Type:EX-2 Sasakura provides Water Makers of the Submerged Tube Type. Multiple Effect Type, Two Stage & Multi Stage FlashType, Reverse Osmosis Type and Vacuum Vapor Compression Type for various applications. ENGINEERING CO.,LTD. 7-32, Takejima 4-chome, Nishiyodogawa-ku,Osaka 555-0011, Japan Tel :+81-6-6473-2134 Fax:+81-6-6473-5540 E-mail : webmaster@sasakura.co.jp website : http://www.sasakura.co.jp HONG KONG : Sasakura International (H.K.) Co.,Ltd. Tel:+852-2850-6139 Fax:+852-2850-5259 Circle 251 on Reader Service Card or visit www.maritimereporterinfo.com
