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NEWSThe 114,500-gt, 3,800-passenger Costa Fascinosa, the latest ship to join the fleet of Costa Cruises, lastmonth touched the water for the first time during its technical launch ceremony at the Fincantieri ship- yard in Marghera. The ship is scheduled to depart on her its cruise in May 2012. A few days after the launch, Costa Crociere placed a new order with Fincantieri S.p.A. for the construc-tion of a new cruise ship, a 132,500-gt, 4,928-passen-ger cruise ship;the 10th ship ordered from Fincantieri by Costa Cruises in the past 10 years. Delivery is planned for October 2014. Drydocks World DDW Delivers Crest Olympus Drydocks World delivered the Anchor Handling Offshore Support Vessel Crest Olympus. The vessel was built at the company?s shipbuilding yard in Nanin- dah, Indonesia. The vessel is being built for Singapore based Pacific Crest Pte Ltd at a contract value of $20.4 million, excluding owner furnished equipments. Crest Olympus measures 76 x 18.5 mwith a draft 6.8 m. The 150TBP vessel has DP2 capability and is of fire fighting class 1. The vessel is equipped with deck machinery from Rolls Royce Marine, main engine 9M32 from CAT, Kawasaki side thruster and Berg propulsion. It is designed by Wärtsilä Ship Design and classified by ABS. The owners are part of Pacific Radiance Group, which is a Singapore based Company providing In- tegrated marine solutions for oil & gas, mining, subsea engineering contractsand related services support industries. Fincantieri shipyard in Marghera Cruise Ship Costa Fascinosa Launched12Maritime Reporter & Engineering News MR Aug. 11 # 2 (10-17):MR Template 8/4/2011 1:41 PM Page 12