Marine Log - August 2007 - (Page 13) Circle Line orders three from Gladding-Hearn ladding-Hearn Shipbuilding, Duclos Corporation, has begun construction of a series of three 600-passenger sightseeing vessels for Circle Line Sightseeing Yachts, Inc., New York, N.Y. Delivery of the first vessel is scheduled for early 2008. Circle Line Sightseeing plans to replace three of its older vessels with the new ones. According to Costas Markou, director of marine operations, the company’s fleet of eight steel, 165foot sightseeing boats consists of converted LCIs (Landing Craft Infantries) and Coast Guard cutters, built between 1930 and 1943. The new 600-passenger allsteel vessels, designed by Dejong and Lebet, N.A., in Jacksonville, Fla., will be 165 ft x 34 ft beam with an air draft of 22 ft 6 in, enabling the vessels to pass under the low bridges on G the Harlem River. Propulsion for each vessel will be supplied by twin Cummins KTA38-M1 diesels, delivering a total of 2,200 hp and connected to a ZF W3350 gear boxes with a 4.5:1 reduction ratio, driving 60-inch, 5-bladed bronze Rolls Royce New Generation Workwheels. For dockside maneuvering, each vessel will be equipped with a 125 hp Wesmar V2-20 bow thruster, powered by an electric motor. Two 137 kW Cummins/ Newage generators will supply the ship’s service power. “These vessels represent an EPA-approved, modern version of a very traditional and functional ferry design. Yet they are also being built for high performance reflected in their simplicity, longevity, reliability, and low operating costs,” said Gladding-Hearn co-president Peter Duclos. The low-profile of Circle Line’s new sightseeing boats will enable them to pass under low bridges Laker legend to get propulsion upgrade Schottel GmbH & Co. has won the contract to supply the controllable pitch propeller for the propulsion upgrade of the 1952-built James Norris, a traditional style Great Lakes straight-decker converted to a self-unloader in 1981. Under the management of Seaway Self-Unloaders, a partnership of Algoma Central and Upper Lakes Group, the 202m James Norris is currently powered by a Canadian Vickers five-cylinder Skinner Uniflow steam engine, rated at 4,400 hp at 100 rev/min that drives a fixed-pitch propeller. The new propulsion system will consist of two MaK 6M25 diesel engines, rated at 1,980 kW each that will drive a Schottel SCP 1094ZG controllable-pitch propeller via a double-in/single-out gearbox. www.marinelog.com AUGUST 2007 MARINE LOG 13 http://www.sealiftcommand.com http://www.sealiftcommand.com http://www.marinelog.com
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