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SPA | passengers and 1,000 cars, slsior debuted internationally May

In the Genoa-Barcelona route, ping M/V Fantastic for two weeks, ring its inaugural run, Excelsior assume operation this summer on lenoa-Olbia route, pking ahead, Sestri Cantiere Navale (Fincantieri Group's) current lload is comprised of the construc-

Df a 17,000 mc LPG, Marigola, for |company Carbocke International and the building of two new-

Iration conventional, high speed fer- for the Greek shipping company loan Lines. amed Knossos Palace and Festos tee, the impending newbuilds will lei at speeds of 29.5 knots. With first le cutting having just occurred for first ferry, commitment from these

Istructions will assure activities to | shipyard until spring 2001. iiis past December 1998 and March, ?9, the third and fourth MDV 3000 [jiter fast ferries, ordered by Tirrenia,

Ire launched at Fincantieri's Riva |igoso Shipyard.

The first two ferries in the fleet were llivered in May and summer 1998 and

Ive since experienced successful runs the Civitavecchia-Olbia route.

Transporting 1,800 passengers and

SO cars at a service speed of more than knots, the vessels measure 476 ft. 145 m), and are equipped with sea- seping capabilities that allow them to

Lirpass the present operational limits of

Ixisting fast ferries in Sardinia routes.

The vessel pair is powered by four engines and two gas turbines sup- a combined 95,000-hp. Connect- to the gas turbines will be two boost- water jets, while the diesels will boast connection to the largest steering jets ever to be built.

The third installment of the Supersea-

Icat trio ordered by Seacontainers was

I delivered on March 16 to the company [from Fincantieri's Muggiano Yard in La | Spezia.

With a contract agreement signed in

November 1995, keel laying began on

January 28, 1998.

The first two ferries of the Superseacat family, Superseacat One and Two have currently been operating on North Euro- pean lines for the past two seasons.

Measuring 82 ft. (25 m) more than its two sisterships, Superseacat Three boasts an overall length of 328 ft. (100 m) with a beam of 56 ft. (17.1 m) and maximum loaded draft of 9 ft. (2.7 m).

The vessel carries about 800 passen- gers seated and 175 cars, and has per- formed at the contractual deadweight of 340 tons at 40 knots.

With a superstructure designed credit-

July, 1999 ed to Sergio Pininfarina, and interiors by Vittorio Garroni Carbonara,

Superseacat's propulsion package is based on four diesel engines and four steering water-jets.

March 11, 1999 was an instrumental day at Rodriquez Cantieri Navali S.p.A. with two major events occurring — the

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