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Attica Receives New Superfast Ferry

Greek ferry operator Attica Enterprises took delivery of its new Superfast VII ferry, the first of four sister ships, from Howaldtswerke Werft (HDW) shipyards in Kiel, Germany. Attica's new ferries will be deployed in the Baltic Sea, serving routes between Germany and Finland, and Germany and Sweden. Superfast VII will start commercial operations linking the German port of Rostock with Hanko in Finland on May 17, with Superfast VIII joining it in about six months. Attica Enterprises said its new Baltic cruise-class ferries have a capacity for 626 pas- sengers, 85 cars and 110 trucks each.

Seabulk Receives Second 152 ft. Crewboat

Seabulk International has received a second modern 152-ft. (46.3-m) crewboat - concluding a two-vessel, $5 million purchase from Crew- boats. Inc. Both the Seabulk St. Martin, deliv- ered in early May, and the Seabulk St. Landry, delivered in December 2000, are operated in the

Gulf of Mexico by Seabulk Offshore, a global firm providing marine services to the offshore energy industry.

Built by Breaux's Bay Craft in 1996, the alu- minum-hulled Seabulk St. Martin and Seabulk

St. Landry each generate 4,400 blip and are capable of speeds up to 25 knots.

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Flender Werft Books Three

More Contracts

Three shipbuilding contracts exceeding $175.1 million became effective last week at

Liibeck, Germany based Flender Werft. The contracts include a RoRo passenger ferry for

Smyril Line of the Faroe Islands, which will be built in accordance with the plans and docu- ments of Flensburger Schiffbau-Gesellschaft.

In addition, a pair of 3,600-TEU containerships will be built for Hamburg-based shipowner

Claus-Peter Offen. These newbuildings will be initiated directly following the Superfast Ferries currently under construction at the yard, and will keep the yard fully occupied to the start of 2003.

OOCL Orders Three Containerships

Canada Maritime and Orient Overseas Con- tainer Line (OOCL) have contracted Daewoo

Shipbuilding and Heavy Machinery to build three containerships. The orders are the first in seven years by the two companies, which are long-term partners in the St Lawrence Co-ordi- nated Service (SLCS), said OOCL, a wholly- owned unit of Orient Overseas (International)

Holdings Ltd.

The financial terms of order were not avail- able. The three ice-strengthened, winterized containerships each measure 964 x 106 ft. (294 x 32.2 m), with a draft of 35 ft. (10.7 m). They will be deployed in trade between North Europe and North America, via Montreal.

The ships will be delivered in 2003.

June, 2001

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