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Port Of Miami Dedicates

Cruise Ship Terminal

A new cruise ship terminal was recently dedicated by the Port of

Miami. Designed to help Miami meet projections of an annual 4 mil- lion cruise passengers transiting

Miami by year 2000, the $5.2-mil- lion Passenger Terminal 12 and 14 has dual berths that can accommo- date two of the cruise industry's futuristic new vessels at the same time. search for lower-cost, readily avail- able bearings for Gladding-Hearn's aluminum-hull vessels. Gladding-

Hearn's engineering staff contacted

Marine Marketing Co. in Somerset,

Mass., which led them to BFGoo- drich Cutless® Commander® engi- neered composite-shell bearings, marketed by LQMoffitt. LQMoffitt designers and Gladding-Hearn de- vised the concept of adding an alu- minum flange to the existing sleeve design of the Commander bearing.

This not only solved the electrolytic corrosion problem, it added strength with reduced weight and extended service life.

Since installation, none of the bearings have needed to be re- placed, according to Gladding-

Hearn. Engineering spokesmen also noted that with sufficient lubrica- tion, the Commander bearing can be expected to last as long as 10 years, and in some cases to last the life of the vessel.

Standard installation methods are used. The Commander bearing is installed in Gladding-Hearn ves- sels by bolting through the flange.

Set screws or epoxy caulkings are optional methods.

Specially designed Commander bearings and custom-engineering assistance are available from

LQMoffitt, Inc., a subsidiary of

BFGoodrich and the exclusive mar- keting arm for BFG marine industry products.

For more information and free lit- erature,

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Anders Wilhelmsen Buys

Royal Admiral

In a surprise announcement, a minority stockholder of Royal Ad- miral Cruises, Arne Wilhelmsen, has recently divulged that his com- pany, the Anders Wilhelmsen & Co. group, has exercised its right of first refusal to purchase the balance of

Royal Admiral. Royal Admiral is the holding company for both Royal

Caribbean Cruise Line and Admiral

Cruises.

In addition, Mr. Wilhelmsen chairman of Anders Wilhelmsen &

Co. A/S of Oslo, Norway, also an- nounced that they are negotiating the formation of a joint venture with an entity related to the Pritzker family, the owners of the Hyatt and

Hyatt International chain of 144 ho- tels.

This now puts an end to months of speculation as to future owner- ship of the world's largest cruise line, including a recent $561-million offer from Carnival Cruise Line, Inc. for 70 percent of the stock. Mr. Wil- helmsen had a deadline of October 10 to exercise his option and in the past months (since Carnival's offer) has arranged for fiancing for the purchase through Christiania Bank og Kreditkasse of Norway and Bank of Nova Scotia.

Currently the Royal Admiral fleet includes the new Sovereign of the

Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, which has been named "Ship of the

Year" and "World's Best" by the travel industry and was chosen as one of MARITIME REPORTER'S "Outstanding Oceangoing Ships of 1987." A new 1,600-passenger vessel is under construction in France and negotiations are under way for one or possibly two more sister ships to the luxurious 2,300-passenger Sov- ereign of the Seas.

Gladding-Hearn, LQMoffitt

Develop Bearing Flange

Design Solution —Literature Available

It has been more than four years since the specially designed water- lubricated bearing was first in- stalled in Gladding-Hearn boats and its other custom vessels. To date, Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding,

The Duclos Corporation, reports not a single problem with the bear- ing's performance or availability.

The solution resulted from the

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