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Pride, Spirit and Legend — and five Cunard ships — Queen

Elizabeth 2, Vistafjord, Royal

Viking Sun and the Sea Goddess I and II — and commands almost 50 percent of the luxury cruise mar- ket worldwide.

Accurately tracking the indus- try's newbuild activity often requires a scorecard. Next to the list in this multi-billion dollar game is Norwegian Cruise Lines, which recently announced an aggressive plans to add four ships worth more than $1 billion to its

Cruise News & Notes "Virtual ER" Found Aboard

Grand Princess

Touted as an industry first,

Princess is offering a "virtual emer- gency room" aboard the Grand

Princess. Know as SeaMed, it is on trial on the world's biggest cruise ship and will directly link the ship's medical staff with the Emergency

Department physicians and special- izes at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Las Angeles. In addition to pro- viding a live, two-way video link, this virtual ER visit also allows radi- ographs, ECG's and other physiolog- ic signals to be transmitted to the hospital by satellite.

Hopeman Changes

With The Times

Founded by Arendt W. Hopeman, a native of Holland, Hopeman Bros, has built a rich history in providing ship's interior design solutions and joiner work since 1916. The compa- ny has changed with the times, how- ever, and today is a highly flexible company which provides traditional joiner turnkey packages as well as management services and material supply. The company's long refer- ence list includes renovation work on the Viking Serenade, Disney Magic as well as aircraft carriers and

Sealift ships.

Circle 102 on Reader Service Card

Marine Accommodations "Turnkey" Services Attract

Repeat Customers

Marine Accommodations has made an impressive showing with its inte- rior division. M.A. Interiors provides turnkey services comprised of struc- tural steel, piping, plumbing, electri- cal and joiner outfitting. In the last few years, it has successfully com- pleted a diversity of projects both at home and abroad. A prime example of its capabilities was the award to

M.A. Interiors in 1997 of the contract for the refurbishment of public spaces aboard Royal Caribbean's

Song of America.

Circle 109 on Reader Service Card existing fleet of 10 ships. NCL signed a letter of intent with the

Lloyd Werft shipyard to build a 76,000-ton ship which will be a sis- ter ship to NCL's eleventh vessel,

M/S Norwegian Sky, now under construction at the yard. The ves- sel will carry 2,000 passengers and will be delivered in the summer of 2000.

The letter of intent includes an option to build three additional ships, all in the range of 2,000 pas- sengers, at Lloyd Werft. These ves- sels will be delivered one a year in 2001, 2002 and 2003. The average price of each new build is reported- ly $332 million.

Saving not necessarily the best, but definitely the biggest for last,

Royal Caribbean has culminated the quest for the biggest ship afloat

Circle 210 on Reader Service Card with its order for a 136,000-ton unit, dubbed Voyager of the Seas, to be built by Kvaerners Turku

Shipyard.

The ship will be the largest cruise ship in the world, and is scheduled for its maiden voyage

Nov. 7, 1999. Voyager of the Seas is the first of three 3,114-passenger

Eagle-class ships, each with a con- tract price of around $500 million. 41

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