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bustible solids is incinerated at sea, and treated bilge water, grey water and black water are discharged at sea.

The company has made an extended effort to replace many items with those that can be recycled such as paper tow- els instead of cloth, cellophane-wrapped plastic utensils with reusable, washable plastic or china dishes. RCCL also pro- vides separate trash containers through- out its ships collecting paper, plastic, aluminum cans and glass containers — to begin the controlling of the waste flow.

RCCL maintains to conserve its resources by enlisting various ships' resources to serve two functions. Heat from each vessel's engine is used to pre- heat water onboard — saving fuel and energy. In addition, condensation run- ning of the ship's air conditioning sys- tem is siphoned off to produce water for onboard laundries — thus conserving both fuel and water. All showerheads in ships' cabins are set to lower the flow of fresh water for savings. Equipment used onboard RCCL vessels to accomplish the "Save the Waves" program encom- passes a Marinfloc device, which is an advanced cleaning system that purifies bilge water. The system works to lower the oil content of bilge water, in general, to less than five parts per million — much below the 15 ppm international standard. The company has also planned to use General Electric's gas turbines instead of conventional diesel engines on its two, 85,000-ton Vantage- class cruise ships scheduled for a 2001 and 2002 delivery. The utilization of gas turbines will reduce exhaust emissions by 80 to 98 percent, as well as lowering the level of noise and vibration experi- enced by guests.

Ellsworth, LeBlanc & Ellsworth

Adds Marine Division

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Encompassing the ^^KmL jU new division in the company's New Orleans office are Ron

Grieshabcr, Tom Hood and Kyle C.

Wild; while Linda Kempf, Deborah

D. Orillion and Sheral Robinson serve as customer service representatives. An auxiliary office in Cut Off, La., is head- ed by Brad Blanchard.

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Superseacat Service To Be

Launched

Sea Containers will launch its $30 million Superseacat Four fast ferry ser-

February, 2000 37 vice operating between Tallinn, Estonia and Helsinki, Finland beginning April 2000. Measuring 328 ft. (100 m), with a capacity for 752 passengers, the Italian- flagged vessel will provide three sail- ings a day (four during peak season) until year-end.

Sea Containers is currently establish- ing a company in Estonia who will man- age the vessel, while Silja Line of

Helsinki will serve as general sales and marketing agents.

The service will boast the Silja brand name. The technologically driven ferry will operate between Tallinn and Helsin- ki in 90 minutes at an average speed of 37.8 knots, about 42-rpm. Already oper- ating on the Irish Sea and English Chan- nel are Superseacat's trio of sisterships, offering a smooth ride resulting from an underwater wing called a T-foil, which acts as a stabilizer for the vessel, and working like an aerofoil, improves the ride by 60 percent. Facilities onboard

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