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NORWEGIAN MARITIME REVIEW prescribed limit of 10 g/kW-hour.

Ulstein's scope of supply, and ultimately that of Vickers-Ulstein

Marine, as an integrated maritime production group, stands to be increased as a result of the

Eurodyn development, not least as regards the power and propulsion combinations now available as a result of company alignments which have brought waterjets into the fold.

Although Ulstein is not plan- ning to re-engage in fast ferry con- struction, the Norwegian maritime cluster includes in-depth design, production and operating experi- ence in the field. While Australia's lightweight shipbuilding industry, in particular, poses an increasing market challenge, one of the

Scandinavian bastions of high- speed technology, Kvaerner

Fjellstrand, has continued to foster business development in both new and established areas.

Two major projects figuring in the 1999 catamaran production program at the Omastrand yard on

Hardangerfjord entail a second

JumboCat 60-class car-passenger ferry for duties with Nordic Jet

Line of Estonia, and a FlyingCat 50 ferry for Malta. The expansion- minded Estonian operator commis- sioned the 40-knot, JumboCat 60

Nordic Jet on the Tallinn/Helsinki route last year, and early traffic results induced the company to make a commitment to a second such vessel from Kvaerner

Fjellstrand.

The stern-ramped, diesel- engined type offers a capacity for 428 passengers and 52 cars, or alternatively two buses plus 40 cars. The 60 m design, the largest produced to date by the Norwegian yard, had made its debut in 1996, when the Solidor 3 entered service with the French company w

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