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Marine Accommodations

Inc. Celebrates Past, Looks

To Successful Future

Marine Accommodations, Inc. (MAI), of Jacksonville, Fla., which celebrated its third year of success in servicing the cruise ship and commercial vessel industry this past

January, is the exclusive distribu- tor/agent for BU-IL Industries BIP

Accommodation Package.

The BIP Accommodation pack- age consists of Rockwool Core (ther- mal, noise and fire insulated); bulk- head linings and partitions; con- tinuous ceilings; floating floors; A,

B & C class doors; pre-fab bathroom units; furnishings and accessories;

CAD engineering; and supervision and/or turnkey installation for

North and South America and Eu- rope.

MAI has been involved with sev- eral high-profile projects lately, in- cluding: • A contract with Halifax

Dartmouth Industries to supply complete BIP joiner packages for

L2 ship sets on the Maritime Coastal

Defense Vessels (MCDVs). Thecon- ;ract was the result of MAI's suc- :ess in supplying the 300-foot (91.5- n) M/VNorthumberland ferry ves- sel, which was built by Pictou In- lustries. ' A contract for the supply of the :omplete joiner package for the M/

J Sankaty from the Wood's Hole steamship Authority. This con- ract follows the successful work on he Atlantic Marine-built sistership, he M/V Martha's Vineyard, a 230- oot (70.1-m) passenger/auto ferry lelivered last November. 1 A turnkey contract to design, upply and install the BIP Rockwool ore joiner (thermal, noise and fire nsulated) system including com- pete galley equipment and furnish- ng for MarAd's M/V Cape Trinity t Houston Ship Repair.

MAI points to many factors con- ributing to its success, including

SU-IL Industries' commitment and edication to supporting MAI's sales bjectives of providing quality prod- cts and services in a timely man- or. MAI is also greatly aided by its etwork of strategically located sub gents providing on-site engineer- ig, sales, service and installation.

To date MAI has worked with lany prominent companies, such s the State of Maine Port Author- y, MARITRANS, Norfolk Ship- uilding Co., Bender Shipyard, At- intic Marine, Premier Cruise ines, Cunard and P&O Cruise ines.

For more information on the roducts and services of Marine ccommodations Inc.,

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CCL Unveils Details Of hantiers-Built Legend >f The Seas

Royal Caribbean Cruise Line

ICCL) has released details for the first time on its newest ship, the 70,000-ton, 1,808-passenger Legend of the Seas, which is currently under construction at Chantiers de 1'

Atlantique in France. The vessel is scheduled for delivery in April 1995, and its twin, Splendor of the Seas, is due for delivery in March 1996.

The vessel design incorporates an extraordinary amount of open deck space. The top level Sun Deck, which encompasses an outdoor swimming pool, will stretch more than 118 feet (36 m) from one side to the other, extending nearly seven feet (two m) beyond either side of the ship's 105- foot (32-m) wide hull. The vessel will have accommodations for a va- riety of budgets, ranging from eco- nomical inside cabins to the 1,148- sq.-ft. Royal Suite which features a baby grand piano and veranda.

Legend of the Seas will be the first ship to unite two of RCCL's hall- mark design features: a multi-deck atrium called The Centrum and the distinctive Viking Crown Lounge.

The Centrum extends through the center of the ship and up to the

Viking Crown Lounge projecting from the ship's funnel. The vessel will feature a high cruising speed in excess of 24 knots. Designers from two continents, includingNjal Eide,

Lars Iwdal, Howard Snoweiss,

Paula Rees, P.B. Wilday, Per

Hydahl, Tom Graboski and

Petter Yran have worked on the vessel's interior and exterior design. me, 1994

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