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Passenger Vessel
Name M/V Horizon Vessel type Dinner cruise vessel Builder Blount Industries Owner Pegasus Yacht Cruises The 600-passenger dinner cruise vessel; M/V Horizon was delivered to Pegasus Yacht Cruises of New York by Blount Industries on March 5. Measuring 161 ft.
Hyundai Shipyard Delivers Three Barber Blue Sea Line RO/ROs
Built by the Ulsan shipyard of Hyundai Heavy Industries Company, Ltd., the three largest RO/ RO-containerships in the world entered the international service of Barber Blue Sea recently. Called SuperCarriers by their owner, the Barber Tampa, Barber Texas,
Volvo Penta Signs $ 2 . 8M Tug Engine Contract
As a result of its extended product program, Volvo Penta has been chosen as the complete engine supplier for a new series of tugs in the Ukraine. In all, this will involve deliveries of 15 diesel engines for three sister vessels which will be built in 2002.
A Benchmark in Electronic Fuel Injection
MAN B&W Debuts 32/40CR Engine Common rail diesel technology is designed to be reliable, clean, economic, durable — and in the MAN Group it is now available for the engine of a small truck up to a large marine diesel. For service on the high seas
Ocean Orders Three Cargo Liners From British Shipyard
Ocean Transport & Trading Limited has ordered three cargo liners from Scott Lithgow Limited at a cost of approximately $63 million. Work will start immediately on the ships, and they will be delivered during the second half of 1979 and the first quarter of 1980.
New Cruise Ship Designs Impact Terminal Ops And Logistics
High-powered maneuvering systems and larger logistical features incorporated into today's new generation of cruise ships are causing seaports to take a close look at the infrastructures with which they are serving the industry. Management considerations
U.S. Steel Orders Colt-Pielstick Engines For Huge Ore Carrier
Two Colt-Pielstick marine engines with associated gearing, supporting equipment and monitoring systems have been ordered from Colt Industries, Fairbanks Morse Engine Division in Beloit, Wis., by United States Steel Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pa.
Propulsion Machinery Review
Propulsion machinery makers are keeping ahead of the market, and are well able to meet the requirement for increasing unit powers and operational flexibility with high economy. A difference of 2 g/kW-h in fuel consumption may not sound like very much,