37 May 24,1998
Canadians Demonstrate Marine Technology on European Tour
The Canadian ice breaker "Louis St.Laurent" will be demonstrating a wide range ofCanadian Marine technologies at European ports during the month of June 1998. Travelling asdeck cargo on board the ship will be a 45X16.8-foot fibreglass fishing boat. Built to the traditionand quality of the great wooden hulled Nova Scotian schooners that traded into Europe in the 19thCentury, this modern semi-planing hull is expected to attract considerable attention.
The boat is a representative forward house design with the large open cockpit favored inAtlantic Canada for a broad range of fisheries. Marketed by DDS Export Limited, a joint projectof two well know Acadian boat builders, Camille Deon Boat Builders Ltd. and Dixon ShipyardsLtd., the boat includes compact accommodation for four crew. With weight kept to a minimumthrough such techniques as Nida-Core decks, the hull is built to rugged commercial structural specifications.
Power will come from a Cummins new N-14 engine equipped with the optional pre-lubesystem. Based on the long proven Cummins 855, this compact marine engine has won animmediate following on all three North American coasts with intallations in the 100-foot "Spirit ofCharleston" dinner cruise vessel on the Atlantic coast, J.W.P. Boat Rentals in 49-foot crew boaton the Gulf of Mexico and Fred Wahl's 98-foot crabber "Vixen" on the Pacific coast. While thosethree boats are twin engine, the Dixon 45 will be powered by a single Cummins N-14 with thehighest rating currently available at 525 hp. Speeds in will be in excess of 20-knots.
At each stop the Dixon 45 will be off loaded to allow demonstrations in the local waters.The Louis S. St-Laurent will depart from Halifax, Nova Scotia on May 29, with a brief stop inSt.John's, Newfoundland before embarking on its mission to Europe. Stavanger, Norway: Acenter for off-shore oil and gas production will be visited Thursday 11th of June to Saturday 13th.Göteborg, Sweden: A major center for marine transportation, will be visited from Sunday 14th ofJune, to Tuesday 16th. The Louis will arrive at Hamburg, Germany, an active port in shipbuilding,and navigation technology on Thursday the 18th, and remain in port until Saturday the 20th.Southampton, UK, a port concentrating on Ocean Science, will host the Louis from Monday, the22nd to Friday the 26th. From England it will be on to the World's Fair at Lisbon, Portugal.Arriving as a sea-going complement to Canada's pavilion at Expo '98. The Louis will spend fivedays in port taking part in Canada Day activities. The mission will wrap up on Friday July 3rd asit leaves Lisbon for home.
Additional information on the voyage of the "Louis St. Laurent" and the wide range ofexhibitors taking part, visit the web site at: http://www.oceanstec.ca
For more information and photos or to arrange a visit to the Dixon 45 contact:
Don Amiralut
DDS Export Limited
P.O. Box 99
Middle West Pubnico, NS
Canada B0W 2M0
Phone: 902-762-2900 Fax: 902-762-2961
For more information on the Cummins N-14 contact:
Steve Allt
Cummins Eastern Canada
50 Simmonds Drive
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia B3B 1R3
Phone: (902) 468-7938 Fax: (902) 468-5177
or
Rachel Bridges
Cummins Marine
Commercial Marine Sales
4500 Leeds Ave. Suite 301
Charleston , S.C. 29405-8521
Phone:803 745 1585 Fax: 803 745 1549
500-476, 475-451, 450-426, 425-401, 400-376
375-351, 375-351, 350-326, 325-301, 300-276, 275-251, 250-226, 225-201
200-176, 175-151, 150-126, 125-101, 100-76, 75-51, 50-26, 25-0
