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Cruise & Ferry Report

WaveMaster Lands Ten Ferry Order

WaveMaster International has won a contract for ten 118 ft. (36 m) high-speed aluminum monohull ferries for delivery to Singapore. With firm contracts for the initial six vessel order already placed, financing has been arranged through Singapore-based Caterpillar

Credit Services Asia, a subsidiary of Caterpillar Finan- cial Services. Both the shipyard and purchaser have signed options for the remaining four vessels.

The WaveMaster design team developed this 118 ft. (36 m) monohull directly in sync with stringent safety requirements of the High Speed Craft Code, as set out by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) and

Singapore Marine Authorities. Estimated design and build time is nine months for the initial six vessel order.

Hulls and superstructures will be built in separate halls to speed up construction, although the real key to speed of production is WaveMaster's 3-D Unigraphics design solution.

This innovation, which is used traditionally in the production of motor vehicles and aircraft — produces a solid model of the vessel — allowing customers to gain a realistic insight of WaveMaster's design. This ensures that everyone involved fully understands the design before construction — helping to avoid costly reworks. Expected to revolutionize fast ferry travel between Singapore and Indonesia's Rau Islands, the 10-vessel fleet is scheduled for delivery in early 2001.

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MAN B&W Diesel Selected By TOTE

Totem Ocean Trailer Express (TOTE), Tacoma,

Wash., has chosen MAN B&W four-stroke engines for their new RoRo vessels. Each vessel's diesel electric propulsion plant will be outfitted with six MAN B&W

Diesel engines comprised of four MAN B&W 9L58/64 engines of 11,700 kW each, and two 9L27/38 engines with 2,700 kW each, for a total output of 52,200 kW.

The vessels, which are scheduled for delivery in 2002, will be constructed at

NASSCO in San Diego, Calif, for opera- tion between Alaska and Washington.

The vessels' resiliently-mounted engines are designed to withstand extreme roll requirements as part of their regular operating scenario.

MAN B&W's latest innovation, the 27/38 series engine, will be implemented for power generation on board. The 27/38 series covers output ranges between 1,500 kW and 3,060 kW, and is part of a new breed of medium-speed engines from MAN B&W, which pro- vides easy installation and maintenance, as well as economic operation.

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While the safety of passengers and crew is paramount to ICCL, the Council does not dis- agree with the intent of the NTSB's recommen- dation. However, ICCL believes that this rec- ommendation, as written, could result in adverse operational and technical consequences that could conflict with safety systems and proce- dures onboard a passenger vessel.

ICCL is also in the process of reviewing the federal court ruling requiring that all passenger vessels must comply with the Americans with

Disabilities Act (ADA) standards onboard ships.

There are currently no ADA regulations specif- ic to the passenger vessel industry for accessi- bility. However, ICCL-member cruise vessel operations have gone to great lengths through- out the past 10 years to build vessels that are fully accessible to passengers with disabilities.

U.S. Court Of Appeals Rules On

Disabilities Act

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh

District (state of Florida), ruled that the Ameri- cans with Disabilities Act (ADA), applies to for- eign vessels that embark passengers in U.S. ports. Stevens v. Premier Cruises (11th Cir. June 22, 2000) is a direct example of this Act. The first of its kind, and significant for all passenger operators with U.S. operations, the Stevens case involved a passenger confined to a wheelchair

ICCL Addressed Safety, ADA

Features Of Cruise Ships

The International Council of Cruise

Lines (ICCL) attended the meeting of the

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) on July 11 where the Board dis- cussed a safety recommendation issued to the cruise industry in 1997. The Board thoroughly criticized the industry for not

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