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Cruise Shipping

Royal Caribbean Takes Mariner of the Seas

Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Turku shipyard delivered MS Mariner of the Seas, the fifth cruise ship in the Voyager-class series of cruise ships for Royal

Caribbean Cruises Ltd. The first four ships in the series. Voyager of the Seas,

Explorer of the Seas, Adventure of the

Seas and Navigator of the Seas have been delivered annually since autumn 1999. one ship per year.

With a gross tonnage of approx. 140,000, Mariner has a passenger capac- ity of 3,800 and a crew capacity of 1.200. The ship measures 1.020.65 ft. (311.1 m) by 126 ft. (38.6 m) at water- line level (161 ft (49.1 m) breadth at the mooth sailing i waters^P^

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