Contents Ship & Boat International 1987

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Jan/Feb 1987

Issue 87/1

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Tel: (03) 375 6577

Editor: R. G. White B.SC, C.Eng, M R I N A Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement Manager: S. Smale

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Soundings

Design/Constrxiction/Conversion/Repair

Composites for small craft construction 5

Shiprepair market report 1

1 News and products 12

Specialist Vessels

Soviet research vessel Gidrohiolog

Latest trihedral f r o m Task Force

Singapore Tiger/Finland's cleaner

Midget subs - ancient and modern

Anniversary gift ship progresses

United Venturer at work

Super dumper/sailor trainer

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22 Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Support vessel market report

Data sheet - Point Halifax

Slielf Express - Dutch PS V

News and vessels

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28 Naval/Military/Police

News and vessels

30 Harbour Service/Work Boats

Sierra Leone pilot boat/Algerian crane barge

33 Safety

Inflatables for new small ship regs

Latest i n survival wear

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36 Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterway

Cats for cargo

African steamer reborn at 73

Forest products side loader

London's new steel terminal •

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41 Finance/Insurance/Legal

News

43 Fishing Vessels

JMillman deliver specialist pair

Polish factory ships

Tuna tune-up

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46 Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronics

47 Ship Sales and Purchase

49 Orders and Rumours

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March 1987

Issue 87/2

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3 Propulsion

Packaged genset propulsion

5 Boat show showcase

8 News

9 Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

A new challenge to epoxies? 12

Testing for osmosis 14

Capsize by computer 15

Chinese experience with twin sterns 17

Shiprepair market report 20

Ferries/Passenger Vessels

PaddUng to dinner

London's new buses

Cats for Turkey

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26 Harbour Services/Work Boats

Pilot boat series continues

27 Safety

New contestant i n R I B race

28 Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronics

31 Ship Sales and Purchase

32 Fishing Vessels

U K boat gets sail retrofit

Data sheet - Granit

News and vessels

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37 Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

Coaster design for Indonesia

River/sea trader f r o m Holland

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41 Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Little tug, big project

Design improvements for economy

Support vessel market report

News

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48 Orders and Rumours

50 Reviews

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Te/.-(03) 375 6577

Editor: R.G. White B.SC, c.Eng, M R I N A Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement Manager: S. Smale

Representatives in Italy Dott Vittorio F. Negrone, Ediconsuit Internazionale

Piazza Fontane Marose 3 , 1 6 1 2 3 GENOVA Telephone: 268334

Joint Managing Directors:

General Manager (Sales): txecutive Chairman: Group Managing Director: nnance Director: Subscription Manager: Japan Manager: Editorial Production: 'Advertisement Production: R. P. Cordero B. R.Orbeli C. Cooper F. L. Rice-Oxiey T. J. Tarring P. S. Vincent A. Lovegrove R. McCuiloch C . S a n k e y S, Wadey Setting by MC Typeset Ltd Punted by The Pensord Press Ltd

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May 1987

Issue 87/4

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Contemts

Soundings

3 Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

T u g operations in Australia

. . . and on the Brisbane river

Alexandra Towing - 100 not out

Data sheei-Hemiksem

Support vessel activity - _

Geraldton's tugs on order

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News and vessels

29 Finance/Insurance/Legal

News

33 Harbour Services/Work Boats

Boston pilot launch

35 Specialist Vessels

Mersey crane/Indian RIB

Two new icebreakers

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37 Fishing Vessels

Soviets build trawler series

Chileans build Norway style

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40 Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronics

41 Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Fairey's fast ferry

Authentic steam paddler

Data sheet-2007

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47 Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

Latest collar design

Shiprepair market report

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53 Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

New vessels

55 Ship Sales and Purchase

57 Orders and Rumours

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June 1987

Issue 87/5

costs £39.00 per year post paid in the UK, and £46.00 by bulk airmail for Europe and accelerated surface mail elsewhere.

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Editor: R. G. White B.SC, c.Eng, M R I N A Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement Manager: S. Smale Editorial Production: C. Sankey

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Coiitejoiics

Soundings

Anniversary Feature

Three editors look back on 40 years of Ship and Boat

Specialist Vessels

Dutch large R I B lifeboat developments

Mermaid - made in Korea

The new concept R I B

Naval/Militaty/Police

JVICMV construction - Aussies choose GRP

sandwich . . .

. . . while USA favours wood

Harbour Services/Work Boats Britain's busiest boats? We visit Harwich pilots

Ferries/Passenger Vessels Hawkesbury River cruiser

A Chinese sewage puzzle solved

Finance/Insurance/Legal

Equipment

News and products

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

Innovative new bulkers

Propulsion

Small bore 2-stroke f r o m JVtAN B & W

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Data ^httl-SirSeewoosagur

Support vessel activity

New tugs for Dutch Navy . .

. . . and for Smit

Ship Sales and Purchase

Orders and Rumours

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News 41

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Small ship l i f t f r o m Denmark 43

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_{Sandwich construction for new Norway lifeboat}

US to replace 44ft lifeboats

M O B s , RIBs and BFTs

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A launch for London

New vessels

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21 Fishing Vessels

Data sheet - Allegiance

Idiosyncratic side trawler

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27 Naval/Military/Police

Seeing the light in the dark

30 Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

Gudnm - European trader

34 Propulsion

News and products

35 Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Smit tugs - de Waal deliver

Offshore support market report

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38 Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronics

41 Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

Repair and conversion report

Wash research - Fairey come clean

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44 Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Taxi!/Not an ugly sister

Korean jet ferry

A different sort of dive support vessel

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Ferries/Passenger Vessels Data slieet - Super/lex Alfa

First Superflex rolls off production line

Oslo's hovercraft commuter service

Thames bus in service

Mamose Express

Data sheet - Dronningen

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Koos - Inland trader

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Sentinel class revived

A PSV conversion proposal

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The Vasa 46 f r o m Wartsila

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28 Specialist Vessels Hovercraft for Canada coast guard

29 Fishing Vessels Three of a k i n d i n Scotland

Pohsh trawler for Iceland

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The Airmaran examined

Repair and conversion report

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Jesper, a small Norwegian ferry 8

Precision Marine - growing force in fast boat market 12

Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

Views on wheelhouse layout for'fast boats

Repair and conversion report

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Data Sheet - Mar/a Isabel 1

V/S tractor tugs for W . German Navy

Indonesian/Dutch tug cooperation

Clearing a Rhine pile-up

Offshore market report

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Old crewboats made good

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Danish coaster and Mexican reefer

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Data sheel-Lunar Bow

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Baltic oil spill vessel and Honolulu fireboat

Doiy - a Tahiti transporter

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Cassiopea class patrol boats and Swedish coastal

patrol

Vedette rapide

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300hp f r o m Lehman/Ford

Perkins' baby

Z-drive for high powers

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Eye on electronics

52 Equipment

Products and news

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Recent deals

57 Book Reviews

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Salvage figures/Ferry disaster - who carries the can

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

Tankers at the crossroads - how are German inland

operators faring?

Coastal shipping in Japan

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SES f r o m Norway

Ro-Ro cats down under

Hong Kong SES/NY ferries gain ground

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Data sheet - F0rde Junior

Mort sambuks

New vessels

Dutch built for Scottish owner

Trawler to offshore standby to trawler

Hong Kong boat f r o m China

Somi 900 - fast fisher f r o m Iceland

Allaire, large combination boat for Shetland

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Middle aged tug gets thrusters retrofit

RR go for azimuth tugs

Hong Kong barge tug

Varied production f r o m Polish yard

Offshore market report

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Eye on electronics

44 Harbour Services/Work Boats

Marine buldozer/Dive boat/Pilot cutter

45 Specialist Vessels

Small hovercraft/Tank cleaning/Cold research

47 Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

A fuel efficient catamaran

Advanced composites - are they cost effective?

Self adhesive copper sheathing

Ship repair and conversion report

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Debt factoring/Safety ruler/Hague vague?

57 Ship Sales and Purchase

Recent deals

58 Orders and Rumours

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Interior design - the new wave

Dutch SES progress

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_{Sulzer ' A ' series - service experience}

A high power jet f r o m PP

Contra-rotating propellers made practical

Gearbox developments from Z F

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_{Operator profile - Washington State Ferries}

Data sheet - Fjordprins

New vessels

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Eye on electronics

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Cory's combi conversion

Salvage industry crisis - more blasts

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