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Tracor Receives $16.1 Million

U.S. Navy Contract

Tracor Applied Sciences of Rockville,

Md., received a $16.1 million contract from Naval Surface Warfare Center

Carderock Division to provide contin- ued operations, maintenance, logis- tics and engineering support for the

Large Scale Vehicle (LSV) self-pro- pelled model submarine and its sup- port facilities, which are located in

Bayview, Idaho.

Finnyards Lays Keel For

Multipurpose Icebreaker

Assembly of a second multipurpose icebreaker began recently at the

Rauma shipyard of Finnyards Ltd.

The keel-laying was celebrated in the traditional way, by concealing lucky coins in the bottom of the ship's hull.

The order for the multipurpose ice- breaker was placed by Finland's Na- tional Board of Navigation in June 1992. The 380-foot vessel is scheduled to be launched in June of 1993, and delivered in January 1994.

During the winter, the vessel will carry out ice-breaking duties in Finn- ish waters.

Between May and October, she will be used in the North Sea by the

Ugland Group of Norway as a tug for laying cables and flexible pipelines and handling heavy anchors. The vessel's sister ship, the "Fennica," is currently undergoing outfitting and is due for completion in mid-March.

Royal Caribbean To Build

Three New Ships Worth

An Estimated $1 Billion

Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. (RCCL), has signed a letter of intent with Chantiers de l'Atlantique for the construction of up to three new cruise ships. The company estimates that the total value of the order could approach $1 billion.

According to RCCL, each of the vessels would be approximately 65,000 gt with a double occupancy of 1,750 passengers. The new ships would increase Royal Caribbean's capacity by as much as 37 percent, giving the line a fleetwide total of up to 19,500 lower berths.

The design of these ships was de- veloped under the working name of

Project Vision. The technical project team responsible for the new vessels is the same group that developed Royal

Caribbean's highly successful and innovative Sovereign-class of ships.

The first ship is scheduled for deliv- ery in April 1995, followed by the second vessel in spring 1996 and the third in early 1997. Chantiers de l'Atlantique also built Royal

Caribbean's last four cruise ships.

The Project Vision ships will merge

RCCL's award-winning style, fea- tures, heritage and quality with an innovative array of new design ele- ments resulting from extensive re- search among cruise passengers and travel agents. The new ships are designed to incorporate popular char- acteristics of existing Royal Carib- bean ships such as the line's hallmark

Viking Crown LoungeR. "These new ships will unite all the best features of the current Royal

Caribbean fleet while adding innova- tive, exciting and practical compo- nents," said Richard D. Fain, Royal

Caribbean's chairman and CEO. "Building these new ships is a testa- ment to our confidence in the future of the cruise industry and positions us to maintain our role as a leading global cruise operator well into the next century. It's also a credit to

Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The four ships they've built for us have set modern cruise ship standards," he continued.

Royal Caribbean is one of the world's largest cruise brand by passenger capacity and pampers passengers with superlative service aboard its modern fleet of nine ships, whose itineraries include: the Caribbean; Mexico; Eu- rope; the Mediterranean; Scandinavia/

Russia; Africa; and the Canary Is- lands.

For more information on Chantiers de l'Atlantique,

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Atlantic Marine To Build

Passenger/Vehicle Ferry

For Martha's Vineyard Area

Atlantic Marine, Inc., of Jackson- ville, Fla., has signed a contract with

Woods Hole, Martha's Vineyard and

Nantucket Steamship Authority in 12 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

The versatile Passenger Information System for Cruise Ships and Ferries

Connected to the ship's navigation system and controlled from the Bridge and the Cruise Director's office

IN THE CABINS:

The ScanDisplay Voyage Channel - over the ship's TV-network.

Maps of the sailing area show the Ship's

Itinerary and

Position.

Next Port

Presentations. 0RANJESTAD

B3

A Report from the

Bridge, provides navigation details.

A Know

Your Ship

Presentation, includes safety information.

The ScanDisplay Voyage Channel can also be used to run company presentations and advertising.

IN PUBLIC AREAS:

The ScanDisplay Electronic Wall-Map.

REFERENCES:

M/S Statendam

M/S Windward

M/S Dreamward

M/S Majesty of the Seas

M/S Monarch of the Seas

M/S Royal Viking Queen

M/S Maxim Gorki

REFERENCES:

M/S Seabourn Spirit

M/S Seabourn Pride

M/S Westerdam

M/S Seaward

M/S Sovereign of the Seas

M/S Song of America

M/S Song of Norway

M/S Sun Viking

M/S Nordic Prince

Scandinavian micro systems P.O.Box 155, 1411 KOLBOTN, NORWAY Phone: (+47) 66 80 71 07, Fax: (+47) 66 80 80 95

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