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CRUISE SHIPPING REVIEW • Interior Design ambiance.

There are many examples of specialty design in the cruise industry. For example, a recent new build contains a dining room where diners begin their meal sur- rounded by black and white illus- trations, to which colors are gradu- ally added throughout the dining experience. In the end, ceilings, walls, even tables are enlivened in breathtaking color.

Interior designers are involved in the design process with other specialists, such as engineers, lighting designers, electrical engi- neers, theater designers, and oth- ers. Combining exciting interiors with appealing exterior and interi- or lines, while maintaining strict safety and structural integrity is the goal of these collaborative teams.

Cooperation is necessary and highly prevalent in design-build or retrofitting projects. Teams often include clients, builders and

Digital Gyro Repeaters • large super-bright Digital Heading Display. • Analog Turning Indicator - allows instant estimation of the ship's turning rate. • Will work from most types of gyro compasses. • Repeaters can be "daisy chained" and synch- ronized to first repeater (Master Repeater). • Digital Data output. NMEA and various other protocols are available for integration with survey and navigation computers.

Scandinavian micro systemsT

P.O.Box 155.

N-I4I I Kolbotn.Norway,

Phone: +47 6680.7107

Fax: +47 6680.8095

E-mail: [email protected]

DIGITAL HEADING REPEATERS 1041 S.E. 17th STREET. SUITE 100,

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33316, USA

Phone:+ 1.954.523.8878

Fax:+ 1.954.523.7157

E-mail: [email protected]

ScanDisplay presents your passengers with important, interesting and up-to-date information around the clock.

Fully automated systems con- trolled by your staff, show the latest navigation details over one or more TV channels and a large Electronic Wall Map.

Programs such as: - Know Your Ship, - Know the Officers, - Safety on board, - Ship's Time & World Time all contribute to the passenger 's feeling of comfort and security.

ScanDisplay gives you an opp- ortunity to promote On Board

Sales and Services, Future

Cruises and Shore Excursions. ij

INFORMATION SYSTEMS AT SEA

Information for passengers on board Cruise

Ships, Super Yachts, Ferries and Fast Ferries

Scandinavian micro systemsr

RO. Box ISS,

N-I4II Kolbotn, Norway,

Phone: +47 6680.7107

Fax: +47 6680.8095

E-mail: [email protected] 1041 S.E. 17th STREET, SUITE 100,

FT. LAUDERDALE, FL 33316, USA

Phone:+ 1.954.523.8878

Fax:+ 1.954.523.7157

E-mail: [email protected] designers. For that reason, it may be beneficial to work with a com- pany that can design and install interiors, fostering uninterrupted communication and more control with fewer people involved. The result is generally improved effi- ciency and cost savings. Obviously, more retrofits will continue for ships 10 years and older. Many call for refurbishment up to today's standards in materials and design.

In many cases, certain ships are required to update for fire and safety regulations by specified dates, making interior renovations completed simultaneously more practical.

Retrofits are distinctive from new design. On ships 15 years old or more, a particular challenge is that not much of the plan is docu- mented on computer files. Design must start from scratch with drawings, fixtures and wiring dia- grams. Often the ships' engineers are the only persons who are familiar with the operating sys- tems.

Plans are often labeled in for- eign languages as are on board components, and crew are often more fluent in their own language.

If the vessel was built recently, most diagrams are documented on computer files, and modifications will become easier in the future.

MSC specializes in retrofitting older cruise ships as well as new building.

The work, however, is neither regional or national work — spe- cialists from all over the world are utilized. In this field, designers must be mobile, since resources are pulled from worldwide sources.

MSC is headquartered in Hood

River, Oregon, but has satellite offices in Seattle, Washington,

Crown Point, Indiana, Fort

Lauderdale, Florida,

Southampton, U.K., and

Malfalcone, Italy. From these loca- tions, personnel in various capaci- ties are dispatched all around the world to meet the needs of MSC's customers.

The popularity of cruising has infiltrated all waterways and affects riverboats to ocean liners.

Even in the Columbia River Gorge, in the valley of 17,000 people where MSC is located, 12 cruise lines make approximately 200 calls annually on the Port of Hood

River. The continual growth in the industry will naturally keep cruise ship interior design a dynamic and innovative field. 34 Circle 284 on Reader Service Card Maritime Reporter/Engineering News

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