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Working on the Norwegian Escape impressions, surpassing the cruise line’s EMC advanced hybrid communications “social media usage at sea” record set network of satellite-terrestrial-cellular during the 2013 inaugural events for connectivity allowed guests and crew

Norwegian Breakaway, exceeded in to connect their smartphones and other (Photo: NCL) 2014 with the Norwegian Getaway. The devices.

ALMACO Group delivered the ? rst of Norwegian Cruise Line’s Breakaway-

Plus class ships, Norwegian Escape. The largest in Norwegian’s ? eet, the ship was built at Meyer Werft and delivered on October 22, 2015. ALMACO’s scope for Norwegian Escape includes design, supply and installation of all catering- related equipment in the Galleys, Bars,

Buffets, Pantries, Provision Stores and

Refrigeration Machinery. The galleys feature ALMACO’s GEM system (Gal- ley Energy Management) that helps ship owners reduce the power consumption of the cooking equipment in the galley areas. Another technology delivered on

EXPERT CRUISE SHIP REPAIR this ship is ALMACO REM (Refrig- eration Equipment Monitoring), which

SEE US AT SEATRADE, BOOTH 2707 controls and monitors the refrigeration plants, provision stores and the galley refrigerators with one single system, al- lowing a full overview of the hundreds of cold consumers of the ship.

Norwegian Escape also features AL-

MACO PAC, or Precision Air Coolers, a proprietary design that achieves un- disturbed air? ow for an even tempera- ture throughout the provision store with a reduced footprint. Due to the unit’s con? guration, less space is required for maintenance, freeing up more space for provisions. Additionally, PAC requires less cabling and creates energy savings. (Photo: Almaco) (Photo: Almaco)

EMC, NCL Break Record for “Social Media Usage at Sea”

Norwegian Escape experienced a record-breaking social media mile- stone during its inaugural celebrations from October 22-November 11, 2015. 1.855.VIGOR99 VIGOR.NET [email protected]

Cruisers logged 576,896 Facebook posts, 14,150 tweets and 11,367 Ins- tagram posts for a total of 159 million www.marinelink.com 11

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