Contents Ship & Boat International 1993

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Front cover advertisement: UFAS, Nor-way. Enquiry No. A7.

The API-88 hovercraft has been success-ful both as a ferry and as a workboat (see page 9).

Prototype FAB4 (Trent) fast lifeboat (see page 13).

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Issue 93/1 January/Februarv 1993

Office: 10 U p p e r Belgrave Street, L o n d o n , S W I X S B Q . Telephone: 071-235 4622/4. Telegrams: Sinai, L o n d o n . Te/ex; 265844 Sinai G. Fax; 071-245 6959. Advertisement Representatives: Italy: Ediconsult Internationale Piazza Fontane Marose 3, 16123 G e n o a , Italy. Telephone: 543 659; 268 3 3 4 ; 268 513. T e l e x : 281197. T e / e f e x ; ( 0 1 ) 5 6 6 578. Editor: Richard W h i t e BSc. c.Eng. M R I N A Assistant Editor: Lindsay Cortés ssc (Hons) Advertisement IVlanager: Sheila S m a l e Advertisement Consultant: J o h n L a b d o n Advertisement Production: Debbi B o n n e r

Subscriptions and Publications: Lesley S m i t h e r s

Marine electronics review 37

Propulsion

A n integral electric motor and propeller

Propulsion round-up

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Trade and Equipment News 4)7

A trimaran 12 seat water taxi for the Thames (see page 16).

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Front cover advertisement: Dockstavar-vet, Sweden. Enquiry No C64.

One of the Voith Schneider tractor tugs based at Sullom Voe in Shetland working in indirect mode (see page 9).

The new fireboats based at Sao Paulo in Brazil (see page 33).

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News review

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

E s c o r t tugs — the o p e r a t o r s ' v i e w S t a n d b y vessels — t h e n e w e r a M o d e r n s u p p l y ship design I t a l i a n s t e r n d r i v e tugs f o r N a p o l e t a n i : s t a n d a r d t u g f o r W o r l c i n g t o n 9 14 17 25

Workboats/Passenger vessels

M i x e d f o r t u n e s f o r U S s o u t h e r n states y a r d s : U K d e l i v e r i e s 27 F i r e b o a t s i n Sao P a u l o 33 C a n a d i a n s t e r n w h e e l c r u i s e r 35 P i l o t b o a t s f o r D e n m a r k : S t r i d s b a t B a t c h 2 d e l i v e r i e s : C a r g o vessel c o n v e r s i o n f o r F a l k l a n d I s l a n d s 37

Ferries

Passenger f e r r y b u i l d i n g i n C h i n a f o r F i j i 40

Book reviews

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Naval/Police/Paramilitary/Customs

D e s i g n i n g f o r m a i n t e n a n c e i n E E Z p a t r o l vessels 43

Marine Electronics Review

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Tsavliris have bought this Russian su-pertug (see page 7)

Now going into production: the RNLI Trent fast afloat lifeboat (see page 13)

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News review

Rescue vessels and rigid inflatables _ Developments w i t h r i g i d inflatable

lifeboats i n tlie Netherlands 9 Introduction o f the Trent class o f

fast all-weather lifeboat by Britain's

R N L I 13

N o r w e g i a n b u i l t fast rescue craft for

Spanish rescue service 16 N e w s o f craft: B r a v o B u l l e t ;

Industrial/academic cooperation on h i g h tech vessel; Alustar-66; R A I V ; Buccaneer Legend; R T K F R C 6 6 ; H a r d i n g M C H ; Deep Sea 18 19

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

M a r i n e s a l v a g e - d e c l i n e and fall? 23 A new a p p r o a c h t o w r e c k r e m o v a l 25 Puget S o u n d barge t u g 27

Vessels

German naval w o r k b o a t s / I jcAo;/ and

MAI; Sea Eclw s u r v e y A ' l P launch; D u t c h trawlers for A f r i c a ; D i v i n g charter catamaran Kona Aggressor II;

Red Sea m i n i cruise vessels; Japanese coastguard launches;Weser c r u i s e r

-shallow draught passenger boat 29

Propulsion

Reorganisation f o r C u m m i n s marine business; recent engine applications 34

Propulsion round-up - Scania redesign;

Ford factory turbo engine 37

Passenger boat with docldng legs and waterjet propulsion for the river Weser (see page 33).

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Front cover advertisement: Holen Trading AS, Norway.

Enquiry No. D109.

An artist's impression of the E. N. Bazan FR92 fast monohull passenger/car ferry. Two are now under construction for Mediterranean service (see page 13)

Combining catamaran form, fully syb-merged hydrofoils, diesel power and wa-terjets, Mitsubishi's R a i n b o w can carry 300 passengers at 45 knots in rough seas (see page 31)

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B U S I N E S S P R E S S Audited circulation 7,316 January-December 1992 News 1 Fast Ferries 96m ferry f o r Spanish MediteiTanean service 13 SES for Inchon service 17 H i g h s p e e d i h i p proposals f r o m

B l o h m & Voss 19 H i g h Speed Surface Craft

Conference Report ₂₁

Japanese h y d r o f o i l catamaran i n

service ₃₁

Sydney's new fast femes - a

passenger's v i e w p o i n t ₃₅ C A D analysis o f fast craft ₃₅

Data sheet

Madikera- fast passenger/

vehicle ferry ₃₉

Design

M R F C - s h o w i n g the way i n

composite construction ₄₅

IVlarine electronics review _SO

Trade and equipment news _S3

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M a d i k e r a , now in service In the West In-dies, is a fast passenger/car catamaran (see data sheet pages 39, 40, 43)

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SWATH pilot cutter capable of about 23 knots now In service in Houston, Texas, area (see page 7).

First of two naval berthing tugs for UK Ministry of Defence (see page 25).

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News review i

Workboats feature

S W A T H p i l o t cutter f o r H o u s t o n 7 • Review: H i g m a n Barge push tugs; 12

M o z a m b i q u e p i l o t launch; M o D submarine support catamaran; Italian coastguard R I B s ; passenger launches for Singapore.

Portsmouth H a r b o u r p i l o t launch 15 T r i e r fireb'oat and transporter. 19

Fast ferries

Development o f the N K K V - C A T 2 1

Tugs

Data Sheet: Impulse, naval tug 1.5

Escort tug investigation w o r k i n 29 Puget S o u n d .

Design

Designing deep vee h u l l forms w i t h m i n i m u m w e i g h t - sensitive

characteristics 36

Vessels

M u l t i p u r p o s e harbour service vessel f o r

Indonesia 39

B r e m e n police launch ₄₀

Propulsion

N e w Paxman V P 1 8 5 h i g h speed diesel

engine 42

Electronics

The global promise o f Satcoms

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A fast yacht built to a deep vee hull design which is rather insensitive to weight (see page 37).

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Front Cover advertisement: Lloyd's Ships Australia, 41 Oxford St, Bu-limba, Brisbane, Queensland, Aus-tralia. Tel: (07) 399 6866. Fax: (07) 3955000. Enquiry No. F144.

An Impression ofStena's HSS high speed ferry to be built by Flnnyards. The first vessel is sched-uled for delivery in Spring 1995 (see page 7).

Stork WartsilU's SW38 diesel engine which will replace the old Stork Werkspoor TM410. This engine Is designed to meet the needs of a wide variety of craft (see page 11).

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Fast ferries

T w o h i g h speed superferries f o r

Stena 7 • L o w wash designs f r o m F B M 35

Reef Queen for Banier Reef operation 35

Propulsion

SW38 - new m e d i u m speed diesel

engine f r o m Stork-Wartsila 11 H D 2 5 0 - new t w i n i n p u t gearbox by

Servogear 13 Propulsion round-up 15

M T U V i e w 19 Y a n m a r engines through the ages 23

Cedervall & R I T M ' s successful

shaft seal 25 H a m i l t o n ' s v i e ws o n water jets 26

Escort Tugs

Data Sheet: Thorax, multi-purpose

escort and t e i m i n a l tug 29

Thorax - a l o o k at this p o w e r f u l tug i n

operation 31

Vessels

Fennica and Nordica - multi-purpose

icebreakers 37 Restaurant cruiser - Symphony 38

Design

Large seagoing l u x u r y yachts i n

traditional style 39 Froude and the Ramus hydroplane 41

Electronics

M a r i n e electronics r e v i e w 43

Shipyard technology

H a l m a t i c relocates f r o m Havant to

Saxon W h a r f 45

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This powerful escort tug. T h o r a x , with the highest bollard pull to date, was designed for multi-purpose use in Norwegian waters (see page 29).

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Artist's impression of the Peterson/Cougar cat c dered by the US Special Operations Command (see pages S& 17).

An Italian yard set up for racing boat composite construction is now entenng the fast ferry mar-ket (see page 29).

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Patrol/Police/Paramilitary

Designing f o r the j o b 7 The pa;rol craft scene - a review o f

activities H Strength in numbers - a l o w p r o f i l e patrol craft 23

Materials

A l u m i n i u m alloys - design f o r fatigue 25 M R U - 6 - Seatex's new m o t i o n reference unit 27 Tencara Shipyard specialises in

composites 29 A look at problems o f fatigue in fast

craft 35 Glass reinforcements i m p r o v e 39

Vessels

H a r d i n g Safety's new tender/survival

craft design 41 A D a m e n A l u C a t b u i l t f o r dredging

company Boskalis 50 N e w tour boat f o r K e n a i Coastal

Tours 50 N e w ' M u l t i c a t ' a l u m i n i u m catamaran

series 51 M a l a k o f f & M o o r e ' s V o e boat range 51

S W A T H collaboration 51

Data Sheet

Plwro.'i - Lighthouse & b u o y tender 43

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Oldies but goodies - a l o o k at supply

vessels as they age 47

Propulsion

Z F - e x a m i n i n g the methods used to

give l o w speed c o n t r o l . 53

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Pharos is an advanced Lighthouse and buoy tender for Scotland (see pages 43-45).

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Issue 9 3 / 8 October 1993

News review

Computers aided design and

manufacture

A p p l i c a t i o n o f C A D / C A M to m o d e m

tug design 7 Review o f changes to naval architecture

software; M a x S u r f ; H u l l t e c h ; P C -S H C P ; N a v C a d ; Boat 3 D ; M A -S T 4 ;

P I A S ; L R : P A S S 11-19

Inland/Coastal/Shortsea

Report on t h e D u i s b u r g c o l l o q u i u m

" T h e ship and its p r o p u l s i o n " 21

Sandwater: C o m b i Coasterl25 27

Laura Helena: container/cargo

vessel o f 4,200dwt 27 B i j l s m a Traders: a series o f 2,200 and

2,500dwt carge vessels 29

Data Sheet

C o m e / - P i l o t boat

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Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Vancouver, a thruster tug for Port o f Portland

Tugs, m o o r i n g and crew boats f o r Nigeria and Y e m e n

Three tugs f o r Singapore

Design f o r submarine handling tug

Seacor Osprey: a new approach to o i l spill cleanup

Tugs under construction f o r Grangemouth terminal Towboat training

V/S tractors completed i n Spain Seaspan sisters for Vancouver

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45 Propulsion

Uprating and redesign for Deutz M W M

234 engine 47

Marine Electronics review

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Fast Ferries

First Aquastrada Guizzo i n service o n

Italy/Sardinia route 7 N Q E A , and Danyard j o i n t fast ferry

proposals 11 F B M ' s T r i C a t design 13

Updates on German h i g h speed craft programmes: Cargo cats and S W A T H s , twinscrew monohulls

and SES 15

Special radar;^for H o n g K o n g fleet 20 D a m e n / N Q E A l o w wash ferry

agreement 20 L i g h t w e i g h t composites f o r

improved drive shafts; Buquebus p i c k

Caterpillars f o r wavepiercer 23 Austal developments: turbine ferries,

ride c o n t r o l , tourist cat 24 G R P passenger catamarans f r o m

South A f r i c a 27 A M D 2 0 0 i n service; m o n o h u l l f o r

Emeraude; I M O code revision 29 Fast f e m e s - passenger c o m f o r t and

seakeeping performance (extracts f r o m

a RE^IA paper) 33

Rigid inflatables

B l u e Water M a r i t i m e range redesigned; m i l i t a r y orders f o r V i c t o r i a M a r i n e ; K B M army R I B s ; Delta R I B s f o r offshore standby vessels; n e w 10m r i g i d inflatable f r o m W i n s o r ; special forces Halmatic boats f o r G u l f State; 26 footers b u i l t by A l m a r f o r

H o n o l u l u 43-47

Passenger vessels

Casino sternwheelers under

construction and offered by Bender 49

Marine electronics review

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Research vessels

Zirfaea, based i n Scheveningen f o r N . Sea research 59

Soon to be a familiar Mississippi river sight again - the sternwheel gambling boat. See page 49.

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Tugs

Escort tugs - c o n t i n u i n g progress 7

Kinsman Hawk: an escort tug f o r

Tampa 9 A n innovative escort tug f o r

Bulsserog B j e r g n i n g 10 C o r y ' s new tractor tugs H

A capable cutter for the UK Customs & ex-cise (see page 10).

Propulsion

Propulsion f o u n d - u p : engine developments f r o m John Deere, Gardner, Caterpillar, V o l v o ,

Renault, F o r d , A I F O , N i i g a t a 13 Transmissions: anti-chatter

couplings f r o m Centa and V u l k a n ; water j e t contract; Forster outdrive order; stabilisers f o r Spanish f e n y ; Geislinger composite c o u p l i n g ; M a a g gearboxes for Stena

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Vessels

Sentinel: a cutter f o r U K Customs and Excise

Data Sheet: Voyager - a fast p i l o t boat venture f o r the D u t c h Pilotage Service

Data Sheet: Scapa Pioneer - a replacement p i l o t boat f o r Orkney and Pentland F i r t h 23 26 33

Shipyard Technology/Design

SteelKit offers r a p i d C A D / C A M construction o f metal boats Scottish ferry design f o r U S ; Rapid

R I B f o r L o n d o n p o l i c e 31 30

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Fast aluminium pilot boat signals change for Dutch Pilots (see page 26).