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m 11 iMM) jl mil structure of the company, leverage the synergies «wisulting from the collaboration with tn^wu^tock- holders, maintain and enhance value of the current product, the brands and the sales and market- ing organization in the various countries, thus consolidating Costa

Crociere's leadership within the

European market," said Dr. Costa.

In the U.S., Costa operates its two newest vessels: the 54,000-ton

Costa Romantica, which debuted in 1993; and the recently intro- duced 76,000-ton Costa Victoria.

Both vessels offer alternating seven-night cruises to the Easter and Western Caribbeai^i^ry

Sunday (November trrrough April) from Port Everglades.

Major U.S. City Honors

Cunard

Mayoral Proclamation deliv- ered oJ^^m. 6, San Francisco

Mayor Willieft*mjvn declared the day to be "Royal VikiTCg*^n Day" in the California city.

In a speech aboard Cunard's

Royal Viking Sun, the Mayor notec that San Francisco aiu^^Mfyal

Viking Sun share £^«(resense of style and e\esp*!(!e that are hall- marks o^roth the city and the

Ciipdfa fleet of luxury cruise ships. layor Brown and Royal Viking

Sun Captain Halle Gundersen reportedly addressed a group of assembled passengers and reporters in the ship's main dining room during a luncheon which cel- ebrated the launch of the ship on its 1997 World Cruise. The 99-day voyage was scheduled to carry pas^, sengers around the world ports of call.

The ship's journgj^^ill be com- pleted whei^^rarrives in Fort

LaudercJal^Fla., in April.

Pennisula Petroleum Adopts

BIMCO Fuel PurchasiT

Contract

London-based bunker fuel suppli- er and trader Pennisula Petroleum has reportedly become the first bunker supplier to adopt The

Baltic am^flEernational Maritime

CWafffCBIMCO) FUELCON stan-

Jard marine fuel purchasing con- tract for all its sales.

The standard was drafted by

BIMCO with the intention of reducing confusion in the bunker market by promoting a worldwide standard contract, presenting an alternative to the usual method whereby suppliers retain their own terms.

Pennisula started trading in

February 1996 and has established itself in the Gibraltar market.

Js also a bunker trader in the

SpamSit mainland and ports of

Algeciras^>s^uta and the Canary

Islands.

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