Page 27: of Maritime Reporter Magazine (December 2000)

New Generation Cruise Ships

Antillia Graving Dock

Dimensions:

Between dockwalls: 280 x 48.00 meters

Between fenders: 280 x 47.35 meters

Curacao Drydock Company, Inc.

Dokweg 1, Koningsplein

P.O.Box 3012

Curacao, Netherlands Antilles

Phone: (599)9-733-0000

Fax: (599)9-737-9950 ^ Depth of water over the keelblocks:

At the entrance: 8.00 meters with a slope of 1:200

Keelblock arrangement specially designed and adapted to dry-dock Large Cruise Vessels with a trim of 1:200 (angle of heel tg.alfa = 0.005)

Efficient modern hauling system with semi-automatic winches and trolleys moving along rails at both sides of the dry-dock, allowing complete control during the repairs.

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