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Kvaerner Masa-Yards Delivers

Despite a year of turmoil spurred by its parent company's withdrawal from ship- building, Kvaerner Masa-Yard's Helsin- ki shipyard continued to build on its world renowned tradition of delivering some of the finest cruise liners ever built. In mid-November, Costa Atlanti- ca, newbuilding 498, was launched. The 84.000-gt cruise ship is scheduled for

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June 2000. The 2,680-passenger ship provides the latest in amenities to ensure the cruise boom continues, including that fact that 80 percent of all staterooms are outside, while 70 percent of all state- rooms boast a balcony.

The ship features a diesel-electric machinery arrangement, powered by six

Wartsila NSD 9L46D diesel engines, which produced a cumulative 62,370 kW. The propulsion unit consists of two azimuthing electric Azipod propulsion units, with a power of 17.6 MW each, driving the ship to a service speed of 22 knots. In addition, the ship has three l.9l MW tunnel thrusters in the bow.

The Turku yard - which last October delivered Royal Caribbean's Voyager of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship - subsequently floated out the second ship in the mammoth new series. Explorer of the Seas, just two weeks later. Explorer, which is due for delivery in the autumn of 2000, will be followed by the third ship in the series, Adventurer of the

Seas, in the spring of 2002.

Powered by six Wartsila NSD 12V46C engines and propelled by three 14MW Azipod propulsion units, the 3,840 passenger, 1,020-ft. (3H.1 m) ship travels at a service speed of 22 knots.

Costa Atlantica Main Particulars

GT 84,000

Length, o.a 959.6 ft. (292.5 m)

Breadth, max 127.3 ft. (38.8 m)

Breadth, dwl 105.6 ft. (32.2. m)

Draft, dwl 25.5 ft. (7.8 m)

Draft, scantling 26.2 ft. (8 m)

Passenger capacity, lower bed 2,114

Passenger capacity, max 2,680

Passenger staterooms 1,057

Passenger staterooms, outside 845

Crew capacity 902

Speed, service 2

Main engines Wartsila NSD

Propulsion units Azipod

Classification RINA

Delivery June 2000

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Nordic countries. UWIRA concentrates on piping.

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