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Session Break: Open period for visit to Sea- trade Cruise Shipping exhibition. "The Caribbean Theatre," by Ferdie R. Mar- tin, director, cruise division, Jamaica Tou- rist Board.

The Caribbean market continues to ab- sorb an ever-increasing volume of cruise traffic. What trends are emerging in terms of homeporting, resort construction, etc.? "The Air Connection," speaker to be an- nounced.

The airline connection represents an in- creasingly important element in cruise mar- keting. What is the airlines' view of the cruise industry?

Panelists: Howard A. Fine, president and chief executive officer, Costa Cruises. Ken

Page, director, Passenger Shipping Associa- tion.

Evening

Cocktail reception party hosted by the Port- land Ship Repair Yard.

Shipley Joins Comsat

As Sales Director

Gerald Shipley

Gerald Shipley has joined

Comsat Maritime Services as direc- tor of international sales. He will be responsible for developing and im- plementing marketing and sales programs to encourage greater use of Comsat's telecommunications services by overseas ship manage- ment, operating companies, and other maritime communications us- ers.

Prior to joining Comsat, Mr.

Shipley was director of interna- tional marketing for Telenet Com- munications Corporation where he managed the marketing and sales of that company's telecommunications services abroad. He also held vari- ous sales, marketing, and product management positions during a 12- year tenure with General Electric

Company.

Unitor Awarded Order

For Fire, Rescue

And Safety Equipment -—Literature Available

Unitor Ships Service AS of Nor- way recently secured an order for the fire, rescue and safety (FRS) equipment package for the Stena II passenger ferry.

The ferry was recently delivered from Gdansk Shipyard.

The FRS order amounted to ap- proximately NC)K900,000.

For free literature giving addi- tional information on Unitor,

Circle 35 on Reader Service Card

Dampa Awarded Contract

To Furnish Joiner Systems —Literature Available

Dampa, Inc. of Baltimore, Md., has been awarded a contract to fur- nish its marine designed joiner ceil- ings with lights, joiner bulkheads, floating floors, joiner doors, and re- lated engineering for the 138-pas- senger United States-flagged luxury yacht, Yorktown Clipper, currently (Jp A registered trademark of General Electric Company. 03135 the largest vessel of its type under construction in the United States.

The $12-million Yorktown Clip- per, owned by Clipper Cruise Line of St. Louis, Mo., is being con- structed by First Coast Shipbuild- ing, Inc. of Green Cove Springs, Fla.

The vessel is scheduled for comple- tion in March 1988.

The 257-foot-long luxury yacht is 39 feet wide and has a draft of IV-i feet. She will carry a crew of 35 in addition to the 138 passengers.

The Yorktown Clipper has al-

Circle 260 on Reader Service Card ready announced her sailing sched- ule with the maiden voyage begin- ning March 26,1988, in the Colonial

South. The summer will take the vessel to New England and the

Maine coast. Winters will find the

Yorktown Clipper in the Leeward

Islands, operating between St. Mar- tin and Antigua.

For free literature on Dampa ma- rine joiner bulkhead and ceiling sys- tems,

Circle 27 on Reader Service Card

The jet age comes to cruise liners.

LM2500 helps cruise liners earn more profits, gain extraordinary levels of operating reliability.

Everything is right about an aero- derivative propulsion system from General

Electric.

More profits. Because of the space saving advantages of the LM2500, a typical 1,900-passenger cruise liner, for example, can gain upwards of 70 extra passenger cabins.

A superior ship. A GE gas turbine engine is cleaner and quieter, with lower vibration which allows a cruise liner to offer a more comfortable environment. The engine not only produces propulsion power, but plenty of power for fresh water distilla- tion, air conditioning and other uses as well.

More reliable. State of the art technology built into the LM2500 means exceptional reliability, and availability that consistently runs over 99%.

Proven in service. The GE LM2500 is the standard propulsion system for the

US Navy and for 16 other navies around the world. Today, the engine powers more than 220 ships of the line — from patrol boats and corvettes to frigates, destroyers, cruisers, carriers, even auxiliary ships. In addition, the engine has an equal depth of experience with tough, industrial applications like offshore drilling platforms and pipeline pumping stations, plus cogeneration systems that produce both steam and electricity from the same equipment at high efficiency.

A natural fit. In sum, the aero- derivative engine is the ideal engine for cruise line applications. And GE will not only supply the gas turbine system, but complete propulsion plant design consulting services as well.

For more information on entering the jet age, contact Ian Stopps, Manager of

International Marine

Marketing, Mail Drop

N158, General Electric, 1 Neumann Way,

Cincinnati, Ohio,

USA 45215, or call (513) 552-5376.

General Electric LM2500 marine gas turbine.

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