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MS AMERA

With that, Mass offers a few bits of salient advice for any- combine the old with the new.” one mulling an extensive conversion project. “Take your time Upon completion, MS Amera started again a worldwide in planning and don’t trust the original drawings. We experi- itinerary, in the spring of 2024 sailing in South America, the enced a few surprises. Only believe what you have seen, mea- Caribbean and North America. She will then cross the Atlan- sured and veri? ed yourself. An older design can have good tic to Europe, where to spend the rest of the year including prerequisites, but you have to look very closely, if you want to cruises to the Atlantic Westcoast, Norway, Baltic Sea, Ice- land, Greenland, Mediterranean and Canary Islands. At the beginning of 2025, Amera will go back across the Atlantic to South America.

“It is interesting that my mariner career started nearly the same year as the inception of the MS Amera,” said Webb from Wabtec. ”While she was in her design and build stage,

I was in a maritime school preparing for my career launch in New York City. Certainly, as we both circumnavigated around the globe we crossed paths from time to time. With her sleek lines, the 205 meter MS Amera has maintained her youth and attractive shape better than I have! These new en- gines make this once grand lady a supermodel once again,” concludes Webb.

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