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IRIS Concept Passes

Tests; Prototype Vessel

Under Construction

The prototype of the IRIS Catamaran is currently under construction on the waterfront in La Rochelle, after nearly three years of intensive research and computer evaluation, as well as tank testing at the

MARIN Institute.

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Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) is working with the

Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) on a project to study enhancements of its 418-ft. (127- m) car/passenger ferry M/V

Columbia. The study focuses on increasing stateroom capacity, improving food service operations and dining facilities, and upgrad- ing the vessel's lifesaving equip- ment. The detailed review of the 900-passenger vessel is broken into three phases. Phase one involves EBDG providing AMHS with a variety of options for

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Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

The IRIS 6.1 will feature six pas- senger models containing 240 seats. The launch date is in June.

The IRIS 6.1 will measure 134 x 40.8-ft. (40.8 x 12.5-m). The GRP sandwich construction hull is designed to achieve a fully loaded speed of 29.9 knots.

For more information on the concept

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Inspiration Fitted With

Railko Bearings

M/S Inspiration, the latest in a line of Fantasy class superliners from Finland's Kvaerner Masa-

Yards for Carnival Corp., features

Railko stern tube bearings. Railko has enjoyed success in the cruise ship market over the last decade, and the company estimates that 80 percent of the all cruise liners built during this period have been fitted with Railko stern tube bear- ings as original equipment.

Railko composite bearings are designed to provide outstanding service expectancy, reliable opera- tion and no maintenance. Using seawater, oil or grease as a lubri- cant, the bearings are designed to operate with seawater as a lubri- cant in the event of a seal failure.

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Railko stern tube bearings

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AMHS Studies Ways To

Improve Car/Passenger

Ferry

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