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Per A. Lorentzen Two prominent Norwegian ship-owners have announced jointly the formation of Flagship Cruises, Inc., a new American company, to han-dle their 20,000-gt, 650-passenger Norwegian-flag luxury cruise ship in New York-Bermuda and other cruise services, starting early 1971. The 550-foot vessel, as yet un-named, is under construction at Rheinstahl Nordseewerke G.m.b.H., Emden, West Germany. The owners Fearnley & Eger and Oivind Lorentzen, Oslo, Nor-way (Norwegian Cruiseships A/S) were represented by Per A. Loren-tzen, president of Oivind Loren-tzen Activities, Inc., New York, and Hans Rasmus Astrup, presi-dent of Fearnley & Eger, Inc., New York, at the conference announc-ing the new company. Both ship-ping companies own and operate Horace G. Craddock substantial fleets of modern dry-cargo and tanker vessels engaged in many worldwide-trades. Their home offices are in Oslo, Norway. Horace G. Craddock was pre-'sented as president of Flagship Cruises, Inc. He is a veteran pas-senger ship traffic official with a long association in New York and abroad in promoting international travel and the luxury liner and cruise trades, being credited with introducing many successful inno-vations in those fields. His recent activities include service as con-sultant to American-flag cruise shipowners and operators; vice-president of one of the nation's large travel agency chains, and president of another American company that handled sales plan-ning for a Norwegian-flag luxury cruise liner; operations all closely attached to his new duties. Mr. Lorentzen said that he and his associates had recently conclud-ed a contract with the Bermuda government Department of Tour-ism and Trade Development to op-erate annually 32 voyages between New York and Bermuda. As a re-sult, the new cruise vessel will be assured of tying up at the No. 1 berth on Front Street in the heart of Hamilton on each of its Ber-muda calls. The owners believe that a bright future beckons operators of large luxury cruise ships that are espec-ially designed, constructed, manned and operated to meet the require-ments of the modern, expanding, new North American cruise mar-ket, the executive said. Continuing, he said : "There is a vast gap which separates the acceptability by the traveling public of Transatlantic and other ships converted for cruise use and?what we are pro-viding?cruise ships designed and built from the keel up to meet the specific modern living and service requirements of the new cruise market." Mr. Lorentzen indicated that he and his associates were prepared to consider expanding their sub-stantial investment in new cruise ships to meet the requirements of North American travelers as rap-idly as the results of the present cruise ship can be assessed. The new twin-screw ship will be powered by four single-acting high-speed Fiat diesel engines, developing 18,000 bhp, driving the variable-pitch propellers. It will be fitted with a bow thruster and a gyro-fin stabilizer. Service speed will be 20 knots. Scale model of Flagship Cruises' 20,000-gt cruise liner being built in West Germany. Norwegian Shipowners Form U.S. Company To Operate New York/Bermuda Cruise Service Hans Rasmus Astrup Barbour Boat Works To Build Tanker Designed By Krogen Artist's conception of 700-dwt tanker designed by James S. Krogen & Co. and to be built by Barbour Boat Works for an Esso affiliate. Lloyd's Register Appoints C. M. Glover Executive Director Lloyd's Register of Shipping has appointed Colin Merriam Glover, T.D., M.A., to be executive direc-tor. He succeeds W. C. G. Knowles, who died last January while on a visit to the Far East. Mr. Glover was educated at Oun-dle School and St. John's College, Cambridge. He joined The British Xylonite Co. Ltd. as a production trainee in 1933 and served with them until the outbreak of war. In November, 1945, he returned to British Xylonite, joining their sub-sidiary, B. X. Plastics Ltd., where he was appointed works manager in 1948, works director in 1950 and managing director in 1957. He was appointed managing director of The British Xylonite Co. Ltd. in 1961, when the company was ac-quired by the Distillers Co. Ltd. In 1963, when Bakelite Xylonite Ltd. was formed under the joint owner-ship of Distillers Co. Ltd. and Union Carbide Ltd., he became the company's managing director, which post he occupied until his resignation in March of this year. During the 1939-45 war Mr. Glover, already in the Territorial Army, served with the Royal Artil-lery and took part in the campaign resulting in the evacuation from Dunkirk. After two years as a gun-nery instructor, he returned to Eu-rope on D-Day as a Battery Com-mander, R.A. Todd-CEA Names Board Of Directors Todd-CEA, Inc., New York, N.Y., a wholly owned subsidiary of Combustion Equipment Associates, Inc., has announced the apointment of a board of directors consisting of six members. The appointees are Robert M. Beningson, chairman William H. Bohn, Seymour Smith, Richard S. Sommer, James C. An-derson, and William Doninger. Mr. Beningson is president and chief executive officer of Combus-tion Equipment Associates, the parent company. Mr. Bohn is presi-dent of Todd-CEA, Inc., Mr. Smith, Mr. Anderson and Mr. Donninger are officers and/or directors of the parent company. Mr. Sommer is assistant to the president. Combustion Equipment Associ-ates recently acquired the subsidi-ary company from Todd Shipyards Corporation. Todd-CEA is a major manufacturer of marine and ocean-ographic equipment, automatic energy systems and municipal health products. Burton Will Build Two Oil Supply Boats Zapata Marine Service, Houston, Texas, has ordered two offshore oil-well supply boats from Burton Shipyard, Inc., Houston. They will have the same dimensions: 180 feet by 40 feet by 16 feet, be of 700 dwt and be powered by 2,400-total-bhp diesels. They have been designated Hull Nos. 456 and 457. Esso has contracted Miami-based naval architects James S. Krogen & Co., Miami, Fla., to design a 155-foot petroleum tanker for one of its affiliates, utilizing large stern drives in an unusual application for the propulsion sys-tem in an oceangoing vessel. Scheduled to operate in the Bahamas and the Caribbean, the tanker will be constructed of weld-ed steel and classed by American Bureau of Shipping. The construc-tion contract has been awarded to the Barbour Boat Works of New Bern. N.C., and is scheduled for delivery in February. Total dead-weight is 700 tons with a carrying capacity of 185,000 gallons of liquid petroleum products. Cruising range is 2,000 miles at 10 knots, Mr. Krogen, president of James Krogen & Co., said. Power is provided by two 343 Caterpillar diesel engines rated at 365 hp each with propulsion and steering com-ing from a pair of Dutch-made Schottel Navigator stern-drive units. The stern-drive system offers several advantages over conven-tional systems, reports Mr. Krogen. The important ones are great maneuverability and ease of re-pair. The units swing up 86 de-grees, lifting them completely free of the water. By using the stern drives, the Miami architects were also able to locate the engine room on the main deck level. Other specifications include a shallow draft of 7 feet and a 30 foot six inch beam. Fuel capacity is 7,300 gallons and fresh water tanks hold 3,400 gallons. Space has also been provided for packaged petro-leum products. 28 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News