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Italian Maritime Report

Crockford Named

Commercial Director

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali has named

Sam Crockford as the commercial director to oversee the sales and market- ing of all products manufactured by the shipyard.

The current product range includes high-speed commercial vessels, patrol boats, luxury yachts and the Seaworthi- ness Management System. Crockford has a degree in marine engineering from the State University of New York Mar- itime College, and has served in several related industry posts including posi- tions with a major diesel engine manu- facturer. and with a supplier of advanced propulsion systems for high speed fer- ries. "Classic Italian" From Finland?

Bragging rights for the title of most prolific cruise ship builder has lately

FINCANTIERI

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History, maritime culture, technology: these are the strongpoints of Fincantieri, a Company designing and building ships which are different but at the same time similar. Different in that they range from • ^^^m cruise ships to merchant ships and naval vessels; similar in stemming from a design and construction wj^ philosophy focused on quality, safety, respect for the environment and ever higher performances. W^k

Our goal is to satisfy all the needs of those engaged with the sea. CI ^ f" A ^^TIC DI ships, projects, IDE£

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Via Genova, I 34121 Trieste (Italy)

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Telex 461 136 FINCTS I www.rincantieri.com centered on Italy and Finland, Fin- cantieri and Kvaerner Masa Yards to be exact. While the Italian contingency has pulled ahead of late, the Finnish ship- yard located in Helsinki has recently delivered M/S Costa Atlantica for Costa

Crociere SpA, a 85,700-gt, RINA- classed cruise ship which is the first in series of a Panamax-Max size liner.

The 700 billion Italian lira (approx. $340 million) ship is particularly note- worthy, as it is the largest in the Costa

Crociere fleet, and the largest built for a

European cruise line.

Considering that the ship is a first-in- series, the timeframe from order to com- pletion has been remarkably compact: the order for the new ship was placed in early 1998; hull assembly began March 19, 1999; launching took place Novem- ber 11, 1999; first cruise was July 16, 2000. Designed to carry 2,680 passen- gers in 1,057 staterooms and 902 crew, the interior styling of the ship is described as "classic Italian," designed by Joe Farcus. To add an extra bit of

Italian flair, each of the ship's 12 decks has been named after movies directed by the famous Federico Fellini.

Costa Atlantica is powered by diesel- electric machinery, consisting of six

Wartsila NSD 9L46D diesel engines, providing a total power of 62,370 kW.

Each is connected to an alternator pro- ducing electricity to the ship's main electric network.

The engines provide power for a pair of azimuthing electric Azipod propul- sion units, providing a service speed of 22 knots.

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Main Particulars - Costa Atlantica

Owner Costa Crociere SpA

Cost $340 million

Builder Kvaerner Masa-Yards - Helsinki

Classification .. RINA

Length 960 ft. (292.5 m)

Breadth 106 ft. (32.2 m)

Draft 26 ft. (7.8 m)

Diesel engines .. (61 Wartsila NSD 9L46D

Propulsion .... (2) Azipod

Alternator ABB

GT 85,700

Passengers .... 2,680

Cabins 1,057

Crew 902

Crew Staterooms 509

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