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January 2, 2005

QSK60 for Greek Ferry Repower

The Cummins Engine company announces that the Greek car ferry Thassos VI has completed the year 2004 following a successful repower in the second quarter of the year. The vessel’s original KTA50-M2 main engines the generated 1600 HP were replaced with a pair of Cummins’ recently introduced QSK60-M engines each generating 2200 HP at 1800 RPM. Gears for the new engines are Reintjes WAF 842 with 4:1 ratios. The original 1720 cm four-blade props have been retained. The repower was carried out at the Panagiotakis Shipyard.

The ferry, with an 81.5-metre length and 14.2-metre beam, has a capacity for 600 passengers and 135 cars. It regular run is between the Island of Thassos and the mainland ports of Keramotis Nestos and the port of Kavala in northern Greece.

The 14-knot 2000-ton ferry belongs to the consortium of Thassos Shipping Company S.A. (ANETH) and the Kavala Shipping Company (NEK).

Photos of Thassos VI by Kevin L. Smith.

For further information please contact:

ANETH NEK 5, Averof Str.,
Kavala
Phone: +30 2510 839140
Fax: +30 2510 230429
or
Thassos Shipping Company S.A.
Limenas 64004
Thassos Greece
Phone : +30 2593 022318 ; +30 2593 022379 ; +30 2593 023967
Fax : +30 2593 022845

Panagiotakis Shipyard
Panagiotakis Bros (Head Office)
Filonos 113 GR-185
35 Piraeus Greece
Phone: +30 210 452 2131
Fax: +30 210 418 0176

Geoff Conrad
General Manager (World Wide)
Cummins Marine
4500 Leeds Avenue
Suite 301
Charelston, SC 29405-8521
USA
Phone: 843 745 1585
Fax: 843 745 1549
E-Mail: Geoff.Conrad@Cummins.com

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