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Morth Sea port of Harwich, under charter to the Anglo-German firm

ArgoMann Ferry Services.

The follow-on deliveries from the Rauma yard will be two 11,000- dwt RoRos, contracted by long- established Finnish owner Bore, and laid out with 2,600 lane-m for freight. Each of the sisters will be deployed in a cross-trading role, having been committed to P&O

North Sea Ferries for the traffic between Teesport and Zeebrugge.

The technical highlight of the shipyard's activities in the current year was the 318 ft. (97 m) Botnica, an embodiment of the revolution- ary concept of combining an ice- breaker with an offshore support and construction vessel, first applied in the Finnyards-built

Fennica and Nordica. The marry- ing of brute force, state-of-the-art maneuverability and first-class seakeeping properties has opened up new possibilities both in ice- breaking and subsea intervention duties, providing the scope for year-round revenue-earning, spe- cialized employment and obviating the long idle periods associated with traditional icebreakers.

Botnica applies the same princi- ples as her elder consorts but on a slightly smaller scale. She also incorporates a moonpool, allowing a wider range of offshore tasks in 25 vem f 41:* f *

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