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Lease With Option To Buy

Signed For M.S. Atlantic

By Premier Cruise Unit

The Premier Cruise Line subsid- iary of Greyhound Corp. recently signed a lease, with an option to buy, for the 36,000-ton vessel M.S.

Atlantic from Merchant Ship Trus- tees LTV, a Netherlands Antilles trust company.

The vessel, built in 1982 for $100 million, was renamed the Star/Ship

Atlantic and will begin sailing in

December from Premier Cruise's base in Port Canaveral, Fla.

The vessel is expected to increase

Premier's passenger capacity by more than 60 percent according to

Greyhound, a consumer-products, transportation, manufacturing and financial-services concern

Norwegian Cruise Line's new M/S Seaward in New York Harbor. She is powered by four

Sulzer ZA40 engines and will cruise at a speed of 21 knots.

Wartsila Marine-Turku Delivers 1,800-Passenger Cruise Ship

To Norwegian Cruise Line

Vessel Christened 'Seaward' In New York Ceremony

The Turku yard of Finnish ship- builder Wartsila Marine Industries

Inc. recently delivered its biggest passenger vessel to date to Norwe- gian shipowner Kloster Cruise Ltd.

The 1,800-passenger vessel is the first new generation cruise ship built at the yard.

The vessel then departed Turku for her maiden voyage to New York via Kristiansand, Norway, for her official naming ceremony. World class long distance runner Grete

Waitz, eight-time winner of the

New York Marathon, christened the cruise ship Seaward at ceremonies at Pier 88 in Manhattan.

The 708-1/2-foot Seaward has a beam of 95 feet, maximum draft of 23 feet and gross tonnage of 42,300.

The vessel is powered by four eight- cylinder Sulzer ZA40 medium-speed diesel engines which produce a total of 28,800 bhp. She can cruise at speeds of more than 21 knots.

Shaft alternators driven by power take-offs (PTOs) from the two main

Watercom Names

Gerald A. Motta

VP, Operations

Gerald A. Motta has been named vice president of operations for Waterway Communications Sys- tem, Inc., by its president, Richard

A. Baker. Waterway Communica- tions System, Inc., Jeffersonville,

Ind., is responsible for the develop- ment of Watercom, a new direct- dial telephone service for the marine industry.

Mr. Motta brings over 23 years of telecommunications experience to Watercom. He has extensive se- nior level management experience with marine electronic systems, in- cluding radar, RF/VHF/UHV sys-

July, 1988 7 gearboxes will provide electricity while maneuvering, and will also supply a part of the ship's at-sea auxiliary power requirements.

The vessel, which is manned by a crew of 600, will be operated by

Norwegian Cruise Line, Miami, Fla., a subsidiary of Kloster Cruise Ltd., on seven-day cruises in the Carib- bean.

In addition to the 774 passenger cabins on board, there is ample pub- lic space, including three large res- taurants, three night clubs, seven bars, a casino, spacious shops, a beauty salon, saunas, a fitness cen- ter, two swimming pools, whirlpools, a laudrette, a hospital and several rooms reserved for various enter- tainment games.

After the delivery of the Seaward,

Wartsila-Turku's orderbook now in- cludes eight passenger vessels of various types. For free literature on the shipbuilding, converting and ship-repairing services of Wartsila-

Turku,

Circle 47 on Reader Service Card tems, Omega navigational systems, and HF satellite communications.

Watercom is a direct-dial tele- phone network providing the ma- rine industry with improved tele- communications. The network serves 4,000 miles of inland water- ways with high quality, automated telephone service from land to ves- sel, vessel to land, and vessel to ves- sel. Service extends to the Missis- sippi, Ohio and Illinois Rivers and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterways with incidental coverage extending to the tributaries of the waterway and offshore waters of the Gulf of

Mexico.

For more information and free lit- erature on Watercom,

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