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Rodriquez To Construct

High Speed Monohull

Rodriquez Cantieri Navali SpA of

Italy and Arab Bridge Maritime Compa- ny of Jordan have signed a contract for a

TMV 84 high-speed monohull to oper- ate on their route from Aqaba, Jordan to

Nuweiba, Egypt. The ship is scheduled to be delivered in less than a year from now. This route is currently served by a series of older passenger ferries as well as a 1992-built 131-ft. (39.9-m) Flying

Cat.

For Arab Bridge Maritime Company, this will be the first new building in the history of the company and will also be the first new passenger ferry ever in Jor- dan with a Jordanian flag. For

Rodriquez, this contract continues the diversification efforts of the company as it is the first contract with a Middle East- ern company in their history and further solidifies Rodriquez as a leading fast ferry builder.

The TMV 84 is an 275-ft. (84-m), 35 knot, all aluminum monohull with a capacity for 710 passengers divided between economy class, first class and a special VIP salon. It can also carry 58 cars or a mix between 10 buses and 18 cars. Loading of both passengers and vehicles will be via the stern ramps with two being dedicated for the passengers and the third being for vehicles only.

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RINA Backs Emission

Cruise Ship Project

SAFENVSHIP, a $14.9 million EU project to develop design methodologies and testing technologies, which can be used in the development of future large passengerships, was launched at the

Genoa headquarters of Italian classifica- tion society RINA on July 5. The project aims to provide the basis for a "safe and almost zero emission" cruise ship or ferry.

The project is being developed through the co-operative efforts of 10 companies including, Fincantieri, Carni- val Corporate Shipbuilding, Grimaldi

Napoli, RINA, Wartsila, Rochem UF,

Scanship, Safety at Sea, Marintek and

Vienna Model Basin.

According to Fincantieri, coordinator of the project, "SAFENVSHIP is a good example of collaboration between ship- yards, owners, class societies and manu- facturers. We are joining forces to pro- vide the basis for designing and building environmental friendly and safe passen- ger ships at an achievable cost. It is a challenge at which we are sure to suc- ceed, because the team is made up of companies who are the world leaders in their market."

SAFENVSHIP, part of the Eureka

R&D project, which is planned to be completed by September 2004, covers issues connected with fire and structural safety, evacuation, reduction of emis- sions into the air and minimization of releases to the sea. Besides the general management, Fincantieri will be in charge of the design aspects; RINA will be in charge of the fire safety aspects and of all the regulatory issues; Carnival and Grimaldi will be in charge of the impact of the new technologies on ship operations respectively on cruise ships and on RoRo passenger ships; Wartsila will be looking at further reduction of emissions from the engines; Rochem,

UF and Scanship will explore promising technologies for (black and gray) water treatment and waste incineration;

SAFETY AT SEA will be mainly in charge of the evacuation models; Marin- tek and Vienna Model Basin will be in charge of an exhaustive model test pro- gram related to structural safety and to the effect of wind and waves on the ship stability.

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