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VT Completes HMS Grimsby Hapag-Lloyd Plans A New Europa AHas Receives Princess of Dubrovnilc

M/S Paradise Completes Sea Trials

Under construction at Kvaerner Masa-

Yards' Helsinki New Shipyard for Carnival

Cruise Lines, Inc., M/S Paradise has recent- ly completed sea trials in the Gulf of

Finland. Like her sistership M/S Elation,

Paradise is equipped with azimuthing elec- tric Azipod propulsion. The two ships reached an increase in propulsion of eight percent compared to the earlier sisterships fitted with shaft lines. Paradise returned to the yard in Helsinki for final outfitting and will be delivered in late October. The cruise liner is the eighth and last in the Fantasy- class series.

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Rodriguez Cantieri Navali delivered Princess ofDubrovnik to Atlas Travel Agency. Measuring 150.9 x 24.9 ft. (46 x 7.6 m), the vessel is pow- ered by two Deutz MWM TDB 604bvl6, deliv- ering 1,826 kW each.

Artist impression of Hapag-Lloyd cruiser.

U.K. shipbuilder Vosper Thornycroft (VT) has launched the eighth Sandown class minehunter the company has built for the Royal Navy at its

Southampton shipyard. HMS Grimsby is the third of the follow-on batch of Sandown vessels resulting from the order placed by the Ministry of Defense four years ago. The Sandown class will eventually comprise 12 ships, all built by

VT.

HMS Grimsby includes several features not included in the initial five ships of the class, such as accommodation for female officers, big- ger Voith Schneider propulsion units, enhanced air conditioning, a more powerful crane and a bigger, improved compression chamber for divers.

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HMS Grimsby Main Particulars

Length 172 ft. (52.5 m)

Standard displacement 470 tons

Complement 40 crew

Propulsion units Voith Schneider

In autumn 1999, Hapag-Lloyd plans to put a new cruise ship into service, a ship which will reportedly offer the largest amount of space pro- vided per passenger on any vessel worldwide. It will also feature a future-oriented propulsion system, based on two ABB Azipod units, provid- ing a speed of 21 knots and virtually vibration- free cruising.

The new Europa, the sixth ship to bear this name, is being built at the Kvaerner Masa-

Yards (Helsinki), and is scheduled for delivery to Hapag-Lloyd at the end of August 1999.

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Europa Main Particulars

Builder Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Helsinki)

Designer Yran & Storbraaten (Oslo)

Tonnage 28,600gt

Length 650 ft. (198.1 m)

Breadth 79 ft. (24 m)

Draught 20 ft. (6 m)

Speed 1 knots

Passenger Capacity 408

Main Engine MAN B&W

Propulsion 2 ABB Azipod units

Stabilizers Fincantieri

Class Germanischer Uoyd

Woodchip Carrier HIMWISII Completed

The Shin-Chuetsu, a l,819,922-cu.-ft. woodchip carrier under

Panamanian registry and ordered by Superior Chipcarriers S.A., was completed at Hitachi Zosen's Maizuru Works in July.

To maximize its cargo hold capacity when transporting woodchips, which have a relatively low specific gravity, the vessel was designed to have as great a depth as possible. All F.O. tanks are placed inside the double hull to improve stability.

The ship is equipped with a propulsion system designed for high effi- ciency, the Hitachi Zosen - MAN B&W 5S50MC (MK6) type main diesel engine and the Hitachi Zosen Super Stream Duct at its stern.

Taking into consideration special requirements at loading and dis- charging ports, the vessel is equipped with appropriate mooring and cargo-handling equipment, such as a chip unloader composed of deck cranes, hoppers and various conveyors for offloading woodchips from holds to shore.

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Shin-Chuetsu Main Particulars

Length 531ft. (162 m)

Breadth 90.5 ft. (27.6 m)

Depth 60 ft. (18.2m)

Full druft 30 ft. (9.07 m)

Gross tonnage 22,601

Cargo hold capacity 1,819,922-cu.ft.

Main Engine Hitachi Zosen-MAN B&W 5S50MC type.•dj^eLengine

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