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Investment in Design two Stena Seamaster-class newbuilds, the 43,500-gt Stena Britannica has been phased into the long-established ferry route linking the U.K. east coast port of

Harwich with the Hook of Holland, at the seaward end of Rotterdam's New

Waterway. Commercially significant in realizing a 20 percent advance in freight intake and 50 percent increase in capac- ity relative to the modern, IZAR-built

RoPax of the same name which she has superseded, Stena Britannica also denotes an industrial milestone for

Hyundai, as the latter's first large pas- senger vessel. The 22-knot, drive- through design provides unobstructed standing for 3,400-lane m of freight vehicles and units on four decks, with extra flexibility conferred by a light- weight, hoistable car deck dimensioned for 120 autos. The standard and quality of finish of the passenger spaces and cabin accommodation, along with the yard's convincing contractual perform- ance, give a solid foundation to

Hyundai's drive to raise its profile in the passenger vessel market.

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Alstom has been awarded a $20 mil- lion order to supply equipment for 10 new platform supply vessels, which are being built at Bender Shipbuilding &

Repair Co. The Mobile Ala. shipyard awarded Alstom the contract to design, install and commission the fully inte- grated AC electrical propulsion and con- trol systems for the 210-ft. (64-m) sup- port vessels, which will be based in the

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At the Communications & IT in Shipping (CITIS) conference at Inmarsat's

Headquarters in London, Telaurus

Communications emphasized the importance of communication in the recently passed ISPS

Code to a group of delegates largely unaware of its ramifications. A survey of the group showed that 78 percent of those attending knew little of the implications of the legisla- tion. With the compliance date only 16 months away, the conference was left in no doubt regarding the urgency of the issues.

The Telaurus presentation identified five aspects of the legislation where communica- tion was vital to its implementation and effec- tiveness. Those areas were Crew Calling,

Security Planning, Training, AIS & other sur- veillance technologies and Crisis and

Emergency Response. Telaurus' senior vice president of Sales and Marketing, Trevor

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