Contents Ship & Boat International 1988

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Soundings 3

Propulsion The small diesel engine — what lies ahead ? An electronic injection control system News and products

5

7

9-12

Specialist Vessels New lifeboats for Denmark . . . . . . and Norway

Sea rescue in Iceland

Getting clear with the Power Dolphin RIB and B F T developments

15 16 17 19 20-23

Fishing Vessels Data S h e e t —B j 0 r n 0 y 25

Design/Construction/ Conversion/Repair

The H i g h Speed Surface Craft Conference News and products

29 53

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore Waterloo— stationed at Liverpool T u g News

A day in the life of an American tractor Feeling the pinch in Puget Sound . . . . . . but expansion in Singapore Sally for Delaware

35 39 41 45 47 48

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

First tanker for new Rhine rules 51

Harbour Services/Work Boats A boom i n Japan? 52

Electronics/Computers Eye on Electronics 55

Naval/Military Police News 57

Market Reports Repair and conversion Sales and purchase

59 61

Orders and Rumours 63

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Comteets

Soundings 3

Ferries/Passenger vessels _{Small passenger vessels i n the USSR} Isle of Wight catamarans - service evaluation Fast cats for Heron Island

Oslofjord hovercraft developments

5 10 13 14

Naval/Military/Police _{Stirling engine conversion for Swedish navy submarine 16}

Data Sheet: fishery protection cruiser A/or«a 19 Finnish rescue boat/Seabirds for Hong Kong Police 22

Propulsion _{H i g h power water jet f r o m Sweden} Engine consultancy

25 27

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/

Inland Waterways Indian water transport expansion Cement carrier/Danish coaster

28 29

Design/Construction/

Conversion/Repair Preservation of pioneer welded boat 31

Harbour Services/Work Boats _{Fireboat f o r ' s Gravenhage/Chinese buoy} tender/Virginia pilot boat

33

Specialist vessels

Lifeboat handling - the US Coast Guard training school 35 Commercial submarines f r o m Finland and U K 38 Sailing ship for Marshall Islands medical service 40

Finance/Insurance/Legal _News ₄₂

Marine Equipment _{Product news} ₄₃

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore _DuM_{^er-Helsingborg's new tug} 3000hp tug for Bouchard

BlairMcCall-quintuple screw crewboat

47 51 52

Market Reports

Offshore

Sales and purchase Repair and conversion

55 56 57

Electronics/Computers _{Eye on Electronics} ₅₈

Orders and Rumours ₅₉

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Ship & Boat International April 1988

Coiniteinits

Soundings

Appropriate technology

Recent research provides data for sailing rigs for small

fishing boats 5 South East Asian waterways may be dredged using simple

Chinese techniques 14 Comparative trials of small boats for St. Helena 17

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Harbour tugs for Humber Tugs 20 Tugs for Bermuda Port Authority under construction 21

Design/Construction/

Conversion/Repair Motion sickness - its causes and possible bearing on vessel

design 22 Fouling control of sea water systems 25

GRP hulls without moulds 26

Safety _{H i g h speed canopied liferaft} ₂₈

Harbour Services/Workboats

Pilot launches for India and Israel 29

Naval/Military/Police

Patrol boats f r o m C M N

US Navy logistics support vessels

31 32

Finance/Insurance/Legal

U K proposes new Lifesaving Appliance rules for small

ships 35 Changed USCG licensing rules/Salvage law defined 36

Electronics/Computers

Eye on Electronics 37

Naval Architect Profile

A S D Marine Pty L t d 39

Marine Equipment

Product news 44

Propulsion

Water jet for propulsion and manoeuvring 45

Market Reports

Repair and conversion Sales and purchase Offshore

Coastal and short sea freight

46 47 48 49

Orders and Rumours ₅₁

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Soundings

Ferries/Passenger Vessels Underwater coach toijrs

Design/Construction Conversion/Repair

Keeping salt out of engine air 11 Increased potential for aluminium extrusions 15

Trials show affect of water depth on FPB performance 17

Equipment 19,20

Specialist Vessels Round-Britain proving run for lifeboat Wing-in-ground effect takes o f f Gull-wing dive boat

N Z RIB approval sought Two new dredgers . . . . . . and a bunker tanker

Safety R N L I tastes USCG training

Orders and rumours

22 25 26 27 28 29 31

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore A pair for Panama Submarine cargo

35 36

Harbour Services/Work Boats Maintenance dredger conversion 39

Fishing Vessels Shetland trawler Dutch beamer Scots rule-beater

41 43 45

Naval/Military/Police New vessels 47

Propulsion News and products 49

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways

Data Sheet-/C/torawm , . . B & K tanker details

51 53

Electronics/Computers Eye on electronics 57

Market reports Offshore support Repair and conversion Sales and purchase

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1988

Issue 88/5

Editor: R.G. White B S C , CEng,

Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement M a n a g e r : S. Smale Editorial P r o d u c t i o n : M.Ramsay Advertisement P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan

SHIP & BOAT INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is published ten times peryear by Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (A Metal Bulletin PLC company)

UK Editorial Office: 16 Lower Marsh, London SEI 7RJ,

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Cables: Metalbul London S E I . Answerphone: 01-633 0525 out of office hours, fa;^.' 01 -928 6539

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Soundings

Lessons f r o m Superflex; salvage awareness 3.

Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Superflex - ugly duckling or beautiful swan? 5;

Thames Line service start-up 8; new cat contestant

10. Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Data sheei-Reinga 13; US pushers, Turkey

tractors 15.

Propulsion

Developments at Scania 17.

Naval/Military/Police

Innovative UFPB trialled 20; M o n A r k boats for US

Govt. 2 1 .

Harbour Services/Work Boats

Busy pilot boat, trailer launch 23.

Safety

Escape with a P R O D 24.

Specialist Vessels

Denmark's Kattegat lifeboat 26; more variations on

R I B theme 27.

Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair

W . German shipbuilding- small yards suffering 29;

Newbuild or re-engine? 34; news and products 35;

Norway's High-Speed Craft Conference - a report

36. Fishing Vessels

Iceland export success 45; Dagny Kristin 46; more

Damen standards 49; Aussie shellfisher, Scottish

fish farmer 50.

Book Reviews

More liners; R I B review; Atlantic crossings;

historic wreck 52.

Market Reports

Eye on electronics 54; Offshore support 55; Sales

and purchase 56; Repair and conversion57.

Orders and rumours

Liverpool pilot boat; Finns w i n cruiseship order;

Singapore police order; repeat B & K tanker 59.

§iHinip.^i(Mr

International

F R O N T C O V E R

S0rb0en is a combination

seiner-trawler. She was built by Solstrand at

Tomreford in Norway in 1985 for Karl

N ; Mel0ysund of Gr0n0y. She

measures 27.43mloa, 24.05 16p, 8.0m

breadth by 3.9m depth m i d . Hold

capacity is 260'. She has a 540hp

Caterpillar 3508 D I T A main engine,

and three Brunvoll side thrusters.

Superflex saga 5

Innovative attack craft 20

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July/August

1988

Issue 88/6 Editor: . fi G. WInite BSc, CEng, M R I N A Oeputy Editor: L Adamson Advertisement IVlanager: S, Smale Editorial P r o d u c t i o n : M, Ramsay Advertisement P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan

SHIP & BOAT INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is published ten times peryear by Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (AMetal Bulletin PLC company)

UK Editorial Office: 16 Lower Marsh, London SEI 7RJ.

re/.'01-633 0525, re/e;^.'917706.

Cables: Metalbul London S E I . Answerphone: 0'\-Q33 0525 out of office hours.

fa;f.'01-928 6539

Administration, A d v e r t i s i n g , S a l e s & A c c o u n t s :

Tel: 01-3304311. re/ex.'21383 Metbul-G. Cables: Metalbul Worcester Park.

Soundings

Composites need design engineering; coaster revival? 3.

Specialist Vessels

U K fast carriage lifeboat trialled 5; W German lifeboat developments 11; chopped Nelsons for Canadian hydrographic ship 15; lifeboats and launches f r o m Fassmer 18.

Harbour Services/Work Boats

Humber Pilots' fast boats 22; launch design launched; tough cat 25.

Coastal and Short Sea Cargo/Inland Waterways New coasters for W Germany and U K 27; Cabby birthday 28.

OS A report; Moran name change; H Q move; price correction 29; Bahama contract; refit for salvage; pay cut for US tug men 30

Propulsion

New Cat among the pigeons 35; and a new Volvo expected soon 38; engine analysis tool 39.

Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Nile cruiser- made i n H u l l 4 1 ; Fairey's Italian job43.

Naval/Military/Police

Police boats for Sydney 45; fast troop carrier 46; Data sheet-Fe/imara 47.

Fishing Vessels

Seiners and trawlers f r o m A S I 5 0 .

Design/Construction/Conversion/Repair GRP repairs - D I Y or back to the builder? 53.

F R O N T C O V E R

Smuggler Marine's Weedo military boat is a variation on the company's rigid inflatables and uses resilient tendering.

R N L I FCB 5.

FRG SAR 11.

Drop the pilot 22.

Market reports

Offshore support 57; eye on electronics 58; sale and purchase 59; repair ancl conversion 60.

Orders and rumours

Textron win USCG lifeboat prototype; R N L I tender for FCBs; tug orders for Dunston and

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September

1988

Issue 88/7 Editor: R.G, WInite BSc. CEng. M R I N A Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement IVlanager: S. Smale Editorial P r o d u c t i o n ; M. Ramsay Advertisement P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan

SHIP & BOAT INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is published ten times peryear by Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (AMetal Bulletin PLC company)

Tel: 01-633 0525, re/ex-917706.

Cables: Metalbul London S E I . Answerphone: 01-633 0525 out of office hours,

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Administration, A d v e r t i s i n g , S a l e s & A c c o u n t s :

Park House, 3 Park Terrace, Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7HY.

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Soundings

Only losers i n tug war; when the offshore party is

over 5.

Propulsion

More on new Volvo 7; 500 up for VS 12;

Wizeman-Deutz link-up 15; jet developments 16.

Fishing Vessels

Yynir-

Icelandic trawler 19; activity at Millers 23;

new designs f r o m Webb 25; more Scottish business

27. Finance/Insurance/Legal

Anzac frigates hit rough weather 29.

Design/Construetion/Conversion/Repair

Computers and small craft design - conference

report 30.

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Ship-assisting in Rotterdam 36; Mongstad oil

terminal tugs 42; Tees Towing's tractors 49; other

tugs under construction 53, 55; a Thames tow 56;

year i n service for Aussie PS V 59.

Naval/Military/Police

Spanish battering rams 63.

Harbour Services/Work Boats

Data sheet - Tanjiing Bakarang 67.

Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Poole Harbour trippers 70; Scandinavian cats

72,75; new vessels 77-79.

Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronic 83.

Inlematioiial ,„

Humberpilots' new launch "Humber

Siren" was featured in S&B1 last

month. Halmatic moulded,

Scania-powered, she offers a top speed of

*ovet

;^4

knots.

Tugging in Rotterdam 36

.and in Mongstad

42 .and in London 56

Market reports

Offshore support 87; repair and conversion 89;

sales and purchase 93.

Orders and rumours

Fairey SWATH/Cat order confirmed; Fjellstrand

crack German market; trawlers for Ocean; P L A

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October

1988

Issue 88/8 Editor: R.G. Wflite BSc. CEng. M R I N A Deputy Editor: L. Adamson Advertisement IVlanager: S. Smale Editorial P r o d u c t i o n : M. Ramsay Advertisement P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan

SHIP & BOAT INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is published ten times peryear by Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (AMetal Bulletin PLC company) UKEditorial Office: I B L o w e r M a r s h , London SEI 7RJ. Te/.-01-633 0525, 7e/ex.-917706.

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Soundings

Manning and salvage awards - the tug operators'

preoccupations 3.

Coastal and Short Sea/Inland Waterways

Prospects for Vietnam inland waterways revival 5;

Freight catamaran 8; Cargo gear for forest products

carrier 9; Data shctt-Janne Terkol 11.

Specialist vessels

More on the USCG motor lifeboat replacement

programme 14; Airboats and trip boats 16.

Tugs/Salvage/Offshore

Norwegian terminal mooring boats 18; Visag Port

tug 19.

Propulsion

Diesel outboard motor 20; Uprated Scania engines

21; HydrauUc drive for paddler 22.

Design/Construction/Repair

Composite metal panels; ferry loading computer

23; W A r e f i t 2 4 ; Equipment25; Fibre/metal

composites 31.

Fishing Vessels

Oz trawler for India 27; Spanish built for Norway

28; Data s h e e t - C a « è a r o y a Ci/arro 29.

Naval/Military/Police

Side scan down under 33.

Harbour services/Work Boats

Servicing Rotterdam 34; Power trimaran 35.

Ferries/Passenger Vessels

Surface effect on Denmark/Sweden route 37; DSB

conversions tighten the Great Belt 39.

Electronics/Computers

Eye on electronics 40.

Market reports

Offshore support 43; Sales and purchase 44; Repair

and conversion 45.

Orders and Rumours

More SES; Rabenstein to build forest product

carriers; tuna services for Barreras; Smuggler B F T

boats for Danish rescue 47.

International i . , . , . . , . , , , , . - ^ : , . , , ^ .

BOAT

F R O N T C O V E R

Velox, accompanied

by

Duxand Pax;

three tugs all designed

by

Wijsm uller

and owned

by

Ostensjo operating at

Norwegian oil and gas terminals.

Small freight catamaran 8.

Asterixand Oibe//xaliveandwellin

NonA/ay 18.

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'Slovember

1988

Issue 8 8 / 9 Editor: R.G, W l l i t e BSc. CEng. M R I N A A d v e r t i s e m e n t IVlanager: S. Smale Editorial P r o d u c t i o n : M. Ramsay A d v e r t i s e m e n t P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan SHIP & B O A T INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is published ten times peryear by Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (A Metal Bulletin PLC company)

U K E d i t o r i a l O f f i c e : 16 Lower Marsh, London SEI 7RJ.

Te/.-01-633 0525, Te/ex.-917706.

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Tel: 01-3304311. re/ex.-21383 Metbul-G. • Cables: Metalbul Worcester Park.

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Cont^

Soundings

New interest i n small marine gas turbines; ups and downs i n shipbuilding 3.

Points f r o m the 10th International T u g Convention in Sydney 5; After the Gulf War 13; Six-screw crewboat 15; Tug/barge operations i n Japan 17.

Propulsion

200mm bore engine f r o m Sulzer 21; Sterndrive unit for higher powers 23; Marinisation of 1.8 litre Ford diesel 24; Marine gas turbines f r o m Norway and U K 27; Speed Z for ferries 29.

Coastal and Short Sea/Inland Waterways

Improved climate for W . German coastal shipping 32; Coastal tankers building i n U K 33.

Fast boat to the Virgins; Ohio cruising 35; Activity on the Oresund 36; By wave piercer to Catalina; Alaska jet 37; Whale Watcher 38.

Fishing Vessels

Flexible standard vessels f r o m Armon 4 1 ; Getting back into shape at Barreras 45; Data sheet EO, shrimper for Mozambique 49.

Electronics/Computers Eye on electronics 52.

Market reports

Ship sales and purchase 55; Repair and conversion 57.

Orders and Rumours News of contracts 59.

§ D i i n i P « «

FRONT C O V E R

An aerial view of the harbour at Hirtshals in Denmark.

Aaron McCall, 155ft US Gult crew-boat has six shaft propulsion 15.

S20, a small but long stroke diesel from Sulzer 21.

Launch of Brabourne signals n e w life for UK coastal tanker fleets 33.

Friopesca Dos — activity at Spanish yard 45.

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December

1988

|ssue88/10 Editor: R.G. White BSC, CEng. M R I N A Advertisement IVlanager: S. Smale Editorial Production: M. Ramsay Advertisement P r o d u c t i o n : R.Jordan

SHIP & BOAT INTERNATIONAL (established in 1947) is Dublished ten times peryear 3y Metal Bulletin Journals Ltd (A Metal Bulletin PLC company)

re/.-01-633 0525, re/ex.-917706.

Cables: Metalbul London S E I . Answerphone: 01-633 0525 out of office hours, fax.-01-928 6539

Park House, 3 Park Terrace,' Worcester Park, Surrey KT4 7HY.

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fax.-01-337 8943.

Soundings

SWATHscomeofage3.

Harbour towage operations at Whangarei, New Zealand 5; Supplyboating for f u n and profit 8; Finnish tug converts to Arficouple 11.

Data Sheet—Oregmnd and baclcground to this fast cat for Hong Kong-Macao 13; Paddling the Charleston; trihedrals for Nigeria 18; Jet charter boat for Stockholm 19; Bangladesh utihty ferries; Danish island ferry; Oz wave piercers 20.

Specialist vessels

Bubbling i n the Thames; discovering Melanesia; rescuing in Vestmannaeyjar 23; Sail training vessel for Netherlands; Indian R I B 25.

Harbour Services/Workboats

Multi-role pilot boat for Dover; cable barge 27; McGruer recent completions 28.

Fishing^.'essels

Three into one at Juliana 30; Data Sheet— Veracious trawler 3 1 ; Fast fisher for Saudi Arabia; Alaska combi fisher 33.

Shipyard Equipment

Gelcoat peeler speeds osmosis treatment; CNC plate cutter 35.

Marine Equipment News of products 36.

Propulsion

Canal boat power 38.

Book reviews

Wooden shipbuilding, preserved steam vessels, electronic navigation, modern Rhine ships 39.

Electronics/Computers Eye on electronics 4 1 .

Market reports

Repair and conversion 44; Ship sales and purchase 45.

Orders and Rumours News of contracts 47.

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Intematioiul

FRONT C O V E R

Various FBM group vessels in action. See p i 3 for the new generation catannaran.

Reinga and Awanui, new Voith Schneider tractor tugs in action in New Zealand 5.

41m catamaran built in Sweden for Hong Kong-Macao service 13.

Diesel-hydraulic stemwheeler for Charleston harbour cruises 18.

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Veracious 2, an adaptable 26m trawler for Scottish owner 31.