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MARINE INTERIORS

Come see us at the

Scatrade Cruise Shipping Convention

March 9-1 2, 1 999, in Booth 715 bers approximately 223 vessels carrying 9.5 million passengers, according to Washington, D.C.- based International Council of

Cruise Lines (ICCL). While North

America has and will continue to command the lion's share of cruis- ing business, it is obvious that out- side of the U.S. is ripe for market expansion. Worldwide, capacity is

Welcome Aboard in 1998

Welcome To ... Paradise

October 1998 saw the delivery to

Carnival Cruise Lines of the eighth and final ship in the Fantasy class, MIS

Paradise, built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards'

Helsinki New Shipyard. Paradise is the world s first completely non-smoking cruise ship. According to KMY, workers did not smoke aboard the ship at any time during construction. Paradise pas- sengers must sign a contract before board- ing proclaiming that they will not smoke on board. Passengers in breach of this contract must leave the ship at the next available port and finance their own trip home. To date the ship has put nine peo- ple shoreside.

Like her sistership Elation (delivered in

February 1998), the 70,400 gt Paradise is fitted with two 14 MW Azipod propul- sion units developed by KMY and ABB

Marine. Proposed benefits of this propul- sion method include fuel consumption savings; reduced vibration levels; savings in weight, space and construction time; shorter crash stop distances; and greatly improved maneuverability. During sea tri- als in the Gulf of Finland, an increase in propulsion efficiency of approximately eight percent was reached for both

Elation and Paradise in comparison with earlier Fantasy-class vessels. Diesel-electric power for the ships is provided by six

Wartsila 12 V 38 medium speed diesel engines with a total power output of 47,520 kW. Each diesel engine drives an

ABB 11,000 kVA AC alternator supply- ing electric power to a main electric high voltage bus bar, from which the main propulsion motors are supplied. The two

Azipod units used for Elation and

Paradise replace the internal electric propulsion motors, shaft lines, rudders and rudder machinery, and three tunnel stem thrusters which were used on the initial six Fantasy-class vessels.

The design of Paradise's public spaces was inspired by famous passenger ships of the past, including Normandie, Queen

Mary and SS United States.

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February, 1999 calculated to expand almost nine percent annually over the next five years according to ICCL.

Easier Said Than Done

While the cruise industry remains embarked on a period of phenomenal growth, there is always a handful of interesting, out of the ordinary projects brew- ing. If even a couple of these pro- jects come to fruition in a given year, the excitement and potential surrounding the cruise market — from the build, supply and service side — would immediately grow exponentially.

One of the more recent projects which has stirred significant amounts of interest and press cov- erage is the World of Residensea, which sought to have cruisers pur- chase, rather than simply rent (Continued on page 35)

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