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Outstanding Ships (continued from page 24) mcr of 15,300 bhp at 102 rpm and an ncr of 13,000 bhp at 97 rpm. Electric power is supplied by three Ssa- ngyong-MAN B&W generator en- gines driving HEECO generators producing 980 kw each. One 99-kw

MAN B&W Demp emergency gen- erator set is also provided.

Maneuverability is enhanced with the use of Lips CP bow and stern thrusters.

Equipment List

Main engine Hyundai-MAN B&W

Auxiliary engines . Ssangyong-MAN B&W

Propeller Hyundai

Bow & stern thruster Lips

Main generators HEECO

Emergency generator . MAN B&W/Demp

Radar Krupp-Atlas

Lifeboat & life raft .... Hyundai/Viking

Cargo compressors Sulzer

NORDIC EMPRESS

Cruise Ship

Chantiers De L'Atlantique

This past year, Royal Caribbean

Cruise Line (RCCL) of Miami en- tered the popular three- and four- night cruise market with its new 1,610-passenger Nordic Empress, delivered by GEC-Alsthom's Chan- tiers de L'Atlantique shipyard in St.

Nazaire, France.

First class accommodation for 1,610 passengers is arranged in 801 two-berth cabins and four suites over five decks of the 12-deck ship.

Sixty percent of all her staterooms have a view of the sea and 71 deluxe staterooms and suites have balcon- ies.

The centerpiece and crowning achievement of the Nordic Empress is her spectacular atrium called the

Centrum, which traverses nine decks and is crowned by a skylight.

The atrium, which incorporates sculpture, plants and even water- falls, is served by glass-enclosed ele- vators.

The 44,300-grt, 12-passenger deck Nordic Empress has an overall length of 692 feet, length between perpendiculars of 673 feet, 100-foot beam.

Propulsion power is supplied by two 12-cylinder V configuration

Wartsila Vasa 32 and two eight- cylinder Wartsila Vasa 32 main en- gines. The geared diesels drive twin controllable-pitch propellers at 105 rpm.

Auxiliary power is generated by three Wartsila Vasa 8R32 diesel generator sets, producing a total of 9,300 kw.

Alfa Laval S.A., Les Clayes Sous

Bois, France, supplied nine separa- tors mounted on modules with pro- gram units, S&T heaters, with sludge tanks, three boosters for ME

NORTHERN VENTURE

Bulk Carrier

Nippon Kokan

This past year Japanese ship- builder Nippon Kokan K. K.

December, 1990 (NKK) delivered the bulk carrier

Northern Venture to her owner, Al- can/Bermuda Ltd. Completed at

NKK's Tsu Works, the 36,766-dwt vessel has an ice-reinforced hull to permit year-round navigation to Al- can's Arvida plant on the St. Law- rence River which is frequently ice- bound. The Northern Venture is built to carry Jamaican alumina.

The Northern Venture will be joined later by the Northern Prog- ress, also specially reinforced to

Lloyd's Ice-Class 1A standards. She is also being delivered by the com- pany's Tsu yards.

The Northern Venture has an overall length of 385 feet, molded breadth of 96 feet and draft of 49 feet. Propulsion is provided by an

NKK-Sulzer 7RTA58 main engine with an output of 15,120 hp at 127 rpm, producing a service speed of 14.6 knots.

OSCO STRIPE

Product Tanker

Uljanik

This past fall, the Pula, Yugoslav- ia, shipyard of Uljanik Shipyard de- livered the third in a series of three 40,200-deadweight product tankers, (continued)

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