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THE INLY EVACUATION

SYSTEMS THAT ARE

US COAST CUAID

APPROVED.

MARINE FINANCE

V. Ships Gets Five-Year Contract

V. Ships Marine, Ltd., a full-service international marine transportation management and operations organiza- tion, recently won a five-year contract to provide ship management and technical services on behalf of PLM Transportation

Equipment Corporation of San Francisco,

Calif., a major U.S. ship leasing company.

According to Bob Wellner, president of

V. Ships Marine, the company will be pro- viding technical services for all of the ves- sels in the PLM fleet. Currently, V. Ships is providing services to 12 vessels, includ- ing tankers and bulk carriers trading worldwide.

ABB Nabs $100M Propulsion

Package Contract

ABB won contracts for propulsion sys- tems for cruise liners being built by

Norwegian Kvaerner's Masa-Yards in Finland and German shipyard Meyer Werft.

ABB..will supply innovative electric propul- sion systems for three new luxury cruise ves- sels, with provisional orders on a further three ships. The total value of all the orders is about $100 million. The cruise liners are being built for Carnival Cruise Lines and Royal Caribbean

International, and Italian Costa Crociere. The ships are expected to be delivered between 2000 and 2003.

Costamare Orders

Five Ships For $300M

Greek ship managing company Costamare

Shipping Co. has reportedly placed a $300 mil- lion order for five post-Panamax container ships from Korean yards.

The company has apparently ordered the 5,500-TEU ships from South Korea's Hyundai

Heavy Industries for delivery in 2000.

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Evacuation Chute System.

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These sturdy platforms are designed for pas- senger carrying vessels operating in protected waters. Fully reversible - it offers instant board- ing, which ever way it inflates. Also available in 10, 25 and 50 person sizes.

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