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and building la series of six seismic vessels for V Western Atlas of

Houston betwW 1991 and 1995.

The Nonyegian-developed

Ramform concept^nvolving a rad- ical hull shape resulting from an exceptionally wide beam, has received a considerable boost as the basis for tyo state-of-the-art seismic vessel /ewbuildings. The $180-million /order, awarded by marine seismic contractor

Petroleum [ Geo-Services to

Langsten Slip & Baatbyggeri, fol- lowed the introduction in 1995 of

Ramform Exp\rer and Ramform

Challenger.

Ramform Explorer marked a fundamental departure in seismic ship design, allowing multiple streamers to »e simultaneously deployed from(the vessel's broad, aft working platform. It is under- stood that /he latest tonnage will be more dowerful and offer even more streamer winches than the 16 incorporated in Ramform

Challenger. Vjmoe Sterkoder at

Kristiansund has recently sealed a contract for a third vessel of an advanced new /type conceived for the Baltic pap«r export trade. The completion fly the yard of the 7,620-dwt, flnst-of-class Transgard in June lyra signaled a major new stage in/the development of the

Finnish-owned forestry products carrie/ fleet. The stern-ramped

Transgard has been designed for carrying sto-ro freight underdeck, with a break-in of cassettes on the after part of the tweendeck, and with capacity for 321 TEU con- tainers oh. the weatherdeck.

Mariehamn-oased Bror Husell

Chartering took delivery of the lead vessel, whfle the Turku firm

Engship is scheduled to receive the second-of-clkss this month, and the third /in September of 1998. An additional three new- buildings, employing a similar design concept but with an increased Jfength and deadweight of 8,800 Irons, are due to be deliv- ered ift 1997/98 to United

Shipping of Mariehamn by Fosen

Mek Vferksteder. All six ships were ordered on the strength of long- term charter agreements with the

Finnish forestry goods exporter

TransfennicfeL The design provides a response to\hanges in the com- position of thfet Finnish export trade to continental Europe, notably the increasing volumes of copier or sheetefl paper conveyed on rolltnuJp^Tor cassettes, while realizing new targets in trans-

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Requirements

Norsk Hydro Waste Treatment reportedly installed its first waste treatment system on a cruise ship in 1981 on the S/S

Norimy- Its operating experi-

M tpt&ily new tecl a % crtHSe promises to mini- el nic phies tems onboar new design mize space requirements, and the system consists of: a waste incinerator system; a food waste treatment system; and a recy- cling and storage system.

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