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LYS-SKOG

Equipment List

Main engine Wartsila Diesel

Propeller Wartsila Wichman

Thruster Brunvoll Molde

Generator engine .. Scania Vabis

Thruster engine Brown Boveri

Generator Uljanik-Siemens

Deck machinery.... .... Hydraulik Brattvaag

Shafting Wichman

Coatings Hempel

VHF radios Sailor

SSB radios Sailor

Pumps Allweiler

Autopilot, compass Anschutz

Navigation system Racal Decca

Navtex JRC

ISC Norcontrol Automation controllable-pitch propeller via

Volda AC6 750 reduction gear.

Auxiliary power is supplied by

Scania Vabis generator engines and

Uljanik-Siemens generators. She also has a Uljanik-Siemens shaft generator.

Of particular note, the Lys-Skog features an interesting side-door construction, a combination of hy- draulically operated side access door and forklift elevator.

MONARCH OF THE SEAS

Chantiers de I'Atlantique

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The latest giant for the passenger cruise industry, the 75,000-ton luxury megaliner Monarch of the

Seas, emerged from the St. Nazaire,

France, shipyard of Chantiers de

I'Atlantique. Built for Royal Carib- bean Cruise Line, the Monarch is 880 feet long and has a maximum passenger capacity of 2,766, with 1,177 cabins, 732 of which are out- side units and 445 inside units. In- cluded in the total are 12 luxurious suites and 50 deluxe cabins with a balcony, all of which are located on the Bridge Deck.

The Centrum, the ship's central meeting place from which most of its public spaces radiate was designed by Norwegian Njal Eide, whose

Oslo-based form specializes in cruise vessel interiors. The centrum spans

MONARCH OF THE SEAS

Equipment List

Main engines (4) Pielstick

Propellers (2) KaMeWa

Thrusters KaMeWa

Generator engines . Wartsila Vasa

Generators Alsthom

Reduction gears . Lohmann & Stolterfoht

Engine controls KaMeWa

Coatings Jotun/lnternational Paint

VHF radios Furuno

Radar, compass, loran, autopilot Sperry Marine five decks, featuring curved stair- cases, glass-walled elevators and a lively plaza. At the base of the glass-walled elevators lie three pools of dancing water, an elegant piano platform and raised plaza linked by a parade stair. Forward of this area, the Centrum flows into the photo gallery with a stepped level fountain. Of particular note, Mr.

Eide's firm also designed the 1,000- person "Sound of Music" Lounge which features a video wall—a first at sea. The wall consists of 50 indi- vidual monitors on two motorized movable banks of 25 screens each (stacked five by five), which can be used for a variety of entertainment purposes.

Propulsion is supplied by four

Pielstick nine-cylinder PC20L main engines which produce a total of 29,700 bhp (7,425 hp each at 475 rpm), while six four-stroke Wartsila

Vasa 6R32 auxiliary diesel engines generate more than 13 million watts of auxiliary power (2,088 kw each at 720 rpm). Other propulsion equip- ment includes Lohmann Stolterfoht double input/double output reduc- tion gears (approximately 3:1 re- duction ratio) and twin highly skewed, 4.9-meter diameter

KaMeWa controllable-pitch propel- lers.

POLAR CIRCLE

Ulstein Hatloe

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Norwegian shipbuilder Ulstein

Hatloe AJS of Ulsteinvik delivered the unique 5,129-gt combination research/passenger ship Polar Circle

NEW ENGLAND TRAWLER EQUIPMENT CO.

New England Trawler

Equipment Company....We build deck machinery that works, designed to fit your needs...not ours.

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As part of the ABS 2000 strategic plan, the

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ABS has also positioned divisional offices in strategic locations to help serve clients better—

ABS Americas in Houston, Texas; ABS Europe in

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Wherever you are, in 159 ports around the world,

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