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Cruise Industry Annual timammmmamHMMi the yards where we build ships."

The RCCL chairman also said that the quality of work of U.S. yards is equal to or better than the skills of

European counterparts, and with foreign subsidies falling, American yards might at last see an opportu- nity in the cruise sector. However, he noted: "Cruise ships require specialization that isn't usable for other products. That may make it less desirable in the near term as a focus."

Art Rodney also spoke about

Disney's efforts to keep a chunk of its business in the U.S.: "We did try to diversify and get as much business for the U.S. suppliers as possible. GE did get a major con- tract." He also expressed support for U.S. commercial shipbuilding and spoke about Newport News' sparsely publicized role in the

Disney ship bid process. "Newport

News participated in the bidding process when we considered build- ing our ships." According to Mr.

Rodney, the yard did not offer

Disney a price quote. "They were not in a position to meet our timetable, so they withdrew basi- cally," said the cruise executive.

It seems reasonable to suggest that as cruise lines look to imple- ment capacity-boosting strategies with the debut of new tonnage,

U.S. berth-builders and equipment suppliers should not be overlooked as a possible jumping off point for increasing cruise shipping aware- ness within the general public. (SlpqqOSO

Show organizers have announced that the 1997 Cruise Shipping event has been scheduled to take place

March 11-15 at the Miami Beach

Convention Center. Contact Miller

Freeman (Princeton) Inc. at tel: (609) 452-9414, or fax: (609) 452-9374 for more information.

The Cruise Lines International

Association (CLIA) has announced that it will welcome its newest member,

Disney Cruise Line, next January.

CLIA has also launched a web site, found at http://www.ten-io.com/clia.

According to reports issued from

Sperry Marine, the company will sup- ply the integrated bridge systems for

Disney Magic. "We provided Disney with detailed system designs and they liked what they saw," said Sperry

Senior Manager Frank Soccoli. "Disney was also quite impressed with

Sperry Marine because we manufac- ture the vast majority of our own sys- tem components. They felt we would be better able to provide a well-inte- grated system and be in a better posi- tion to support it with reliable service," added the Sperry rep.

Princess Cruises has reportedly unveiled the industry's first direct ship telephone service. Starting in April,

July, 1996 passengers aboard Sun Princess,

Crown Princess and Star Princess were instantly connected with the broadcast center or purser's office aboard the ships after dialing 1-900-CALL SHIP, without contact with Inmarsat or knowledge of the vessel identification number or ocean region code.

Ashland Chemical's Drew Marine

Division now manufactures automated monitoring systems that reportedly allow cruise ships to efficiently main- tain vital operating systems in spite of continuing crew reductions. The com- pany's AWT and ACWT automated water treatment systems provide com- 13133 puterized, continuous monitoring and control of water chemical conditions in steam generating and diesel cooling water systems, helping to extend equipment life through real-time reme- diation of harmful water conditions that can contribute to corrosion.

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