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  • One of the two partners in Silja Line, Effoa-Suomen Hoyrylaiva Oy, has placed an order for a large passenger ship intended for service on the Helsinki-Stockholm route. The vessel is expected to be delivered in the spring of 1990. At the same time the other partner, Johnson Line Ab, ordered a sister ship to be delivered in the spring of 1991.

    Both vessels will be built at Wartsila Marine Industries Inc.'s Turku Shipyard.

    The new vessels will replace the MS Finlandia and the MS Silvia Regina now operating on the Helsinki route.

    The Silja Line's new vessels will have the following approximate dimensions: length 656 feet; breadth 103 feet; and draft 22 feet. They will have a maximum passenger capacity of 2,500, and will have space for 450/ 60 private cars/trucks.

    For free literature giving full details on Wartsila Marine's facilities and capabilities, C i r c l e 16 on Reader Service Card

  • Rederi AB Slite of Gothland recently placed an order with Wartsila Turku Shipyards for a high-speed car/passenger ferry. The 36,400-grt vessel with accommodations for 2,500 passengers is a sister ship to the ferry ordered from the Turku yard by SF-Line in December last year. The Slite ferry will be

  • IMO AB of Stockholm, Sweden, one of the companies that will be exhibiting this month at the International Ship Machinery, Marine Technology (SMM) Exhibition and Congress in Hamburg, Germany, has announced some of the new products it will be showing. Among these products will be the IMO-ACF-pump

  • Cityvarvet AB, previously Gotaverken Cityvarvet AB, recently introduced a new United Statesbased service for their subsidiary, Ciserve AB, at a reception in the Waldorf-Astoria in New York City. Ciserve is the travel arm of Sweden's Gothenberg-based shipyard that specializes in providing highly

  • Transamerica Delaval Inc. has dissolved its joint technical assistance agreement with IMO AB of Stockholm, Sweden. Henceforth the name of the division will, be the Pyramid"' Pump Division of Transamerica Delaval Inc., and the registered trademark IMO will no longer be used to describe the division

  • Oy Wartsila AB Turku Shipyards, Finland, has delivered the gas tanker Paramacay to Maraven S.A. of Venezuela. The vessel and its accommodations were designed for tropical conditions. It is equipped with four tanks with a total volume of 14,000 cubic meters. Pressure and temperature may be regulated

  • In response to the threat of invasive marine species, Sweden-based Kockum Sonics AB has developed a new concept for safe and efficient ballast water exchange on high seas. The concept is based on their two products LoadRite and Levelmaster - as exchanging ballast water in deep water requires careful

  • Finnlines' subsidiaries, Finncarriers Oy Ab, a company specialized at sea transportation and FG-Shipping Oy Ab, a company specialized at ship management and technology, were recently merged to the parent company Finnlines Pic. In addition, port operation companies of Finnlines, Finnsteve Oy Ab

  • Shipbuilding Ltd. (FELS) has signed a contract to construct a semisubmersible accommodation and construction platform for Consafe Offshore AB. The rig will be built in Singapore, and is scheduled for delivery in the third quarter of 1982. The platform, the first of its kind to be fabricated

    • RORO 92 Maritime Reporter, May 1992 #60

    , new Safety Of Life At Sea (SOLAS) regulations, and the latest in swapbody and cassette handling. For over 15 years the exhibition has been firmly established as the leading international event for those involved in the Roll-on/Roll-off industry and an excellent business environment in which to promote th

  • Lars G. Larsson, presently managing director of Consafe AB of Gothenburg, has been named chief executive of MacGregor-Navire International effective June 15 this year. He will bring with him a lifetime of experience in the marine industries, both afloat and ashore. Beginning his seagoing career

  • Ciserv AB of Gothenburg and ScanMarine Services BV/ScanMarine Trading BV of Rotterdam has agreed to collaborate in a new, jointly owned company—Ciserv Rotterdam BV. Ciserv will buy 50 percent of ScanMarine; at the same time the name will be changed to Ciserv Rotterdam. The partners foresee positive