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Bremer Vulkan Will Jointly Build $377-Million

Cruise Ship For Costa Crociere

German shipbuilder Bremer Vulkan AG, and three other companies in the Vulkan Gr< iup. won a $377 million contract to build a ship for Italy's

Costa Crociere S.p.A. cruise line.

The 74,000-ton vessel will be built jointly by:

Bremer Vulkan Werft and Maschinenfabrik

GmbH, Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH and

Schichau Seebeckwerft AG of Bremerhaven. STN

Systemtechnik Nord GmbH will provide special-sHHHBI electrical engineering and electronics.

The newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in 1996. The vessel will be able to carry 2,200 passengers. 11 I

The vessel will be 820 ft. (250 m) long, with a molded beam of 105 ft. (32 m).

For more information on Bremer Vulkan

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Bellecraft Designs River Taxis

Bellecraft Industries Corp. designed two river taxis for Gaylord Entertainment to be used in

Opryland USA. The high speed ferry cats are convertible from ferries to dinner cruisers.

The vessels are powered by twin Daytona-

Merlin ME-9 V8 diesels at 860 hp each. The generators are twin Deere Power T04045TM diesels, rated at 35 kW each. The ZF gears were supplied by North American Marine Gear, with twin Michigan four-blade propellers.

The vessels are 58 ft. (18 m) long and 20 ft. (6 m) wide, with a depth of 5.6 ft. (2 m) and draft of 3 ft. (1 m).

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Morrison Appointed Head Of Marine

Atlantic Inc.

It was announced by Transport Minister Dou- glas Young that Roderick John Morrison of

Victoria, B.C. was appointed as president and

CEO of Marine Atlantic Inc. for a five-year term effective September 1, 1994. Mr. Morrison has been with the British Columbia Ferry Corp. since

July 1982, and was appointed general manager in 1987. Marine Atlantic's chief activity is the operation of the major ferry services in the Atlan- tic provinces on behalf of the government of

Canada. The company has 15 ships and 2,774 employees, and transported more than 2.5 mil- lion passengers and one million cars in 1993.

Canadian Coast Guard Vessel To Be

Refit At CS&E Shipyard For $4M

The Canadian Coast Guard vessel CCGS Grif- fon is scheduled to be refit by a subsidiary yard of

CS&E Shipyard, Port Weller, Ont. The refit is expected to be completed in early 1995.

The Griffon is an 1100 class light icebreaker and navigational aids tender that currently oper- ates on the Great Lakes area and along parts of the St. Lawrence River. The refit will reportedly extend the vessel's life by 10 years.

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