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Marine Equipment Update has also been spurred by the growing size of ships, as owners must adjust accordingly to accommodate more pas- sengers on larger ships. The task of moving 3,000 people, for example, to the exits when leaving for ashore excur- sions can create tremendous bottlenecks and delays, unless the people moving systems have been provided for accord- ingly. MacGregor's Passenger Ship

Division has enjoyed a steep rise in escalator orders, as it has secured orders for 42 escalators for installation in fer- ries and cruise ships during 1999 and 2000. The company said that escalators are being specified in increasing num- bers as operators of cruise ships and fer- ries are recognizing that escalators are significantly more efficient than eleva- tors between two or three decks. Typi- cally, passenger movement rates of up to 9,000 passengers an hour are possible with escalators using 1,000 mm (two- passenger) step widths. MacGregor's escalators are a product of its partner- ship with Kone's wholly-owned sub- sidiary in Germany, O&K Rolltreppen

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GmbH. As with its elevator partnership with Kone, MacGregor provides its mar- itime expertise to develop escalator technology and market the products in the marine sector.

Key applications of escalators are in the quick movement of passengers to and from bottleneck areas or for speed- ing crew movements between galley/service centers and the restaurant areas.

For large passenger ferries, owners are recognizing the benefits of faster turn- around times by using escalators to move passengers between car decks and public areas, as well as to and from pas- senger loading points and the main entrance lobby.

Basically, the escalators utilize the same control technology and main com- ponents as Kone uses in its elevators.

They can therefore be linked to a ship's central elevator control and monitoring computers to provide for optimum ship- board passenger transport solutions.

The marine units are based on O&K's exterior grade escalator units and are fully weatherproofed and ruggedized.

On the elevator side, MacGregor has won elevator orders for all seven of

Royal Caribbean Cruises' latest new- buildings, the Millennium-class cruise ships. For each of the four Millennium ships, MacGregor will provide 17 eleva- tors as well as eight service escalators.

The 10 passenger elevators will be arranged in three groups: one set of four panoramic elevators and two groups of three conventional units. The panoramic elevators will be quite unusual in that all will face outboard through an external atrium positioned on the starboard side of the ship. The other seven elevators are service units.

In an example of continuing innova- tion, Monarch of the Seas — which recently underwent extensive repair work at the Atlantic Marine yard in

Mobile, Ala., feature the first marine application of MacGregor-Kone Mini-

Space elevator. The new shipboard ele- vator offers space and weight savings compared with existing elevator mecha- nisms.

MiniSpace is a new concept which uses a new compact drive motor, elimi- nating the requirement for large machin- ery rooms associated with conventional traction wire pull and balance-weight elevators.

MacGregor will supply 22 MiniSpace elevators, two conventional elevators and eight escalators for each of two ves- sels in a new class of cruise ships ordered by the Carnival Corporation from Kvaerner Masa-Yards. Carnival has ordered the first two 84,000-gt ves- sels for Italian-based Costa Crociere and Carnival Cruise Lines. 50 Circle 352 on Reader Service Card

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