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Cruise & Ferry Report

Incat Launches Its Own

New "Milenium"

The latest catamaran to pierce the waves from Incat Tasmania is Mileni- um, which was delivered to Trans- mediterranea for operation in the

Mediterranean. Launched this past April from Incat's Coverdales shipbuilding facility at Hobart's Prince of Wales Bay, the 315 ft. (96 m) vessel entered service this past May.

Milenium offers a total of 330 truck lane meters at 3.1 x 4.3 m clear height, making it suitable for heavy road trans- port vehicles, and 370 car lane meters at 2.3 x 2.1 m.

The vessel's control station is equipped with the most innovative elec- tronic, navigation and communication equipment to comply with High Speed

Craft Code Sea Area 2, and an aft-facing docking console and television monitors cancel out the necessity for bridge wings with their associated structural weight and windage.

Powered by four Ruston 20RK270 marine diesel engines developing in excess of 28,000 kW, the vessel's 20- cylinder engines drive transom-mount- ed steerable Lips 150D waterjets via

Reintjes gearboxes. All four of Mileni- um's waterjets are designed for steering and reversing, while an independent hydraulic system in each hull controls the steering and reverse functions.

In a joint effort with Maritime

Dynamics, Incat has developed a fully integrated Ride Control System, which is comprised of transom mounted trim tabs and a new retractable T-Foil locat- ed at the aft end of the centerbow.

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Main Particulars — Incat Milenium

Classification DNV

Length, (o.a.) 315 ft. (96 m)

Length, (waterline) 282 ft. (86 m)

Beam, (o.a) 85 ft. (26 m)

Draft 13 ft. (4 m)

DWT 710

Trial speed 48 knots

Main engines .Ruston 20RK270 marine diesels 7,080 kW @ 1,030-rpm

Transmission .Reintjes Gearboxes

Waterjets Lips

Alternators Caterpillar 3406B 230 kW

Mayflower Lines Is Newest

U.S.-Flagged Operation

Based in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,

Mayflower Ocean Lines is laying out the blueprints for the design, construc- tion, and operation of a 75,000-ton, 2,000 passenger U.S.-Registered pas- senger ship.

The South Florida cruise line is fol- lowing the recent trend of U.S.-built, flagged and crewed passenger ships.

While the inaugural company is focused on catering to the modern vaca- tioner, with a large, custom-built vessel, the line will not market the vessel exclu- sively within this realm. The company has an additional mission to operate the ship in an untapped niche market, specifically for business meetings, con- ventions and incentive travel programs onboard U.S.-Flag cruise ships sailing on U.S.-ports-only destinations. Named

Mayflower II, the projected vessel will become a venue-at-sea for the $110+ billion per year business meetings industry. Subsequent to extensive

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