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Shipboard Life in Style
new concept in luxury living and travel has been brought to realization with the completion of the much-vaunted ResidenSea ship. The World, which made its service debut at European ports during April. The unique vessel, home to a resort community continuously circumnavigating the globe,
Advanced Gas Carrier Launched By Moss Rosenberg
The 388-cubic-meter Northern Star, an advanced carrier designed to transport liquefied gases, was launched recently at the Moss, Norway, yard of Moss Rosenberg Verft AS. The ship was christened by Mrs. Martha Foght, wife of the managing director of Du Pont (U.
Two Dredges For Private Industry Christened In New Orleans
Recent christening in New Orleans marked the completion of two new dredges for the growing private industry fleet. The cuttersuction drdege Bill James and the split-hull hopper dredge Atchafalaya are being place in service by Louisiana-based T.
M/V Europa Completes Sea Trials; Luxury Cruise Liner Filled With Many Environmental Safeguards
The new flagship of the German merchant fleet, the luxury liner M / V Europa, recently completed almost three days of sea trials in the North Sea. The 35,000-grt liner is scheduled to undertake her maiden voyage on January 8, 1982. The vessel was built by Bremer Vulkan shipyard,
JAMSTEC Deepsea Exploring Ship Contract Announced
Japan Marine Science and Technology Center (JAMSTEC) will build a deep sea exploring ship for the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) and has signed a contract with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) for the basic design of the deep sea
Markey Provides the Strong Pull
Seattle-based Markey Machinery, for nearly one century, has proven itself to be one of the top deck machinery companies in the country. Started in 1907 by Charles Markey as the C.H. Markey Machinery Co. — serving the marine and logging industries
EAR Takes Lead In RoPax Market
IZAR, the new Spanish shipbuilding consortium formed with the combination of the former Astilleros Espanoles and Bazan, has delivered to Stena Line its brand new ferry Stena Hollandica, which entered service in the Hook of Holland-Harwich route.
B u r r a r d Y a r r o w s To B u i l d T w o I c e b r e a k e rs For Can. $ 1 0 8 . 5 - M i l l i on
Burrard Yarrows Corporation of Vancouver has received an order from the Canadian Government to build two Type 1100 Navaid/Light icebreaking vessels at a total cost of Can. $108.5 million. Construction will begin early next year. The icebreakers
B&W Will Construct Four Bulk Carriers For China Ocean Shipping
Burmeister & Wain Shipyard in Copenhagen has signed a contract with the state-owned shipping company China Ocean Shipping Co. Ltd. f o r delivery of four bulk carriers of about 64,000 dwt in 1982/83. The yard already has orders f o r five ships of this type,
Samsung Heavy Rings Up Significant Orders To Usher In New Year
Piraeus-based Hellespont Shipping Corp. has contracted Samsung Heavy Industries for the first two vessels in a new class of VLCC's. The contract also calls for the option to build two optional ships — with delivery beginning in the last quarter 2001.