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A drawing of the M/S Crystal Symphony.

Kvaerner And N.Y.K. Sign

Contract For New

Cruise Ship

A contract to build a 50,000-gt luxury cruise liner has been signed between Japan's N.Y.K. Line and

Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Inc., a

Helsinki, Finland, based shipyard company belonging to Norway's

Kvaerner Group. A letter of intent for the vessel was signed in Decem- ber 1992.

The vessel, to be named M/S Crys- tal Symphony, will be built at

Kvaerner Masa-Yard's Turku New

Shipyard, Finland, and is scheduled to be delivered in Spring 1995. She will be 777.9 feet long, have a 99- foot beam, and carry 960 passen- gers. According to Kvaerner Group's president Diderik Schnitler, "the order will represent one of the first cruise ships built in Europe for de- livery to Japan."

For more information about the shipyard services available from

Kvaerner Masa-Yards,

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Offshore Systems Appoints

Peter Mantel Sales Manager

Offshore Systems International,

Inc.'s vice president of marketing and sales, Manfred Reimann, an- nounced that Peter Mantel has joined OSI as sales manager for the

U.S. and Canada. OSI, the market- ing and sales organization for Off- shore Systems, Ltd., (OSL) of

Vancouver, Canada, recently opened its new U.S. offices in Lynnwood,

Wash., north of Seattle.

Mr. Mantel will dedicate his ef- forts to introducing OSL's success- ful Electronic Chart/Precise Navi- gation System (ECPINS) to fleet operators and to build up a dealer organization. OSL is a leading sup- plier of Electronic Chart Display and

Information Systems (ECDIS) and its ECPINS will comply with all

IMO ECDIS standards. ECPINS technology has been tested in over forty shipboard installations. A graduate of the Dutch Nautical Col- lege "Willem Barentsz," Mr. Man- tel has been on the helm of a variety of merchant vessels on world wide

Peter Mantel trade, with his last four years at sea spent as a Chief Mate. In 1988, he joined Radio Holland Group, USA, and worked in direct sales and dealer support. From 1991, Mr. Mantel was responsible for their Northwest operations. His seagoing back- ground and "hands-on" marine elec- tronics experience will be valuable assets to OSI and its' customers.

For more information about OSI's chart products,

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Kvaerner Wins Elf Petroleum $5.7 Million Contract

Norwegian offshore group

Kvaerner A/S announced that it was awarded a $5.7 million module con- tract by Elf Petroleum. The con- tract covers a 240-ton module to be installed on a treatment platform for the Lille-Frigg development in the Norwegian North Sea. Elf Pe- troleum, a unit of French oil com- pany Elf Aquitane, is operator for the development. . SUPPLYING THE WORLD WITH IMPROVED PRODUCT

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