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- Grat Cruise Ships of 2000 Maritime Reporter, Feb 2001 #71
Vessel name Explorer of the Seas Shipyard Kvaerner Masa-Yards Owner Royal Caribbean Cruises Explorer of the Seas, the second cruise ship in the Voyager-class was delivered by Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Turku New Shipyard on September 28. Explorer of the Seas is the second in a series of five Voyager-class cruise ships for Royal Caribbean Cruises, which are reportedly the largest in the world. The first ship in the Project Eagle series, Voyager of the Seas, was delivered in October 1999, and has proven very successful in operation.

Explorer of the Seas has a gt of 137,300, and a passenger capacity of 3,840, and a crew capacity of 1,180. In addition to the vessel's length of 1,020 ft. (311.1 m), the most striking feature of its physical size is undoubtedly its breadth of 126 ft. (38.6 m) at waterline level and height of 237 ft. (72.3 m) from keel to the top of the funnel. This Post- Pamamax size has allowed for unique design features and interior solutions specifically a four deck high horizontal promenade.

Vessel name Millennium Shipyard Chantiers de I' Atlantique Owner Celebrity Cruise Lines Incorporating old-world style with new-world technology (the first application of gas turbine propulsion on cruise ships) Celebrity's newest vessel truly exemplifies a bridge between two centuries.

Celebrity, owned by Royal Caribbean, made history in the cruise industry with its decision to install the gas turbine system on the 965-ft. (294 m), 91.000-ton Millennium. Comprised of 11 guest decks, the vessel can move at 24 knots holding 1,950 passengers and 999 crew. Celebrity opted to install a pair of GE LM2500+aeroderivative gas turbines, using a combined gas and steam turbine integrated electric drive system (COGES) configuration — an extremely efficient use of energy: Energy that would otherwise be lost in the exhaust from the gas turbines is captured to produce steam from boilers for the steam turbines. The vessel also boasts the latest black and gray water treatment systems equipped with technologically advanced waste handling environmental equipment. While the turbines offer the environmentally friendly 80 to 90 percent reduction in exhaust emissions and noxious gases, Celebrity has gone a step further in its environmental safety precautions with a flue gas cleaning system and de-ashing incinerators.

Vessel name Aurora Shipyard Meyer Werft Owner P&O Cruises In April 2000, Meyer Werft shipyard of Papenburg, Germany delivered the 76,000-gt Aurora to P&O Cruises at Eemshaven in the Netherlands. The second luxury liner to be built by Meyer Werft for P&O, Aurora melds Britishstyle decor with state-of-the-art technology for voyages in the Mediterranean, the North Sea and the Baltic. Divided into seven main fire zones, the ship is compliant with the rules for a two-compartment vessel and is designed in accordance with the latest IMO Regulations.

Aurora is equipped with two "Marine Evacuation Systems," which enable passengers to be evacuated via a chute onto the liferafts. The vessel also holds four tenders, 10 lifeboats and two rescue boats. An integrated navigation and command system. Atlas Nacos 65-3, is fitted onboard Aurora to ensure safe navigation — even in much travelled and narrow waters. With the system's main feature noted as the Multi Pilot II, all radar units have high-resolution color monitors that provide the navigator with advanced means of distinguishing between the different symbols used. An automation system is supplied by Siemens. Electrical power is supplied by four diesel generator sets by MAN B&W, each of which are developing an output of 14,700 kW at 514-rpm driving an ABB generator.

Vessel name Olympic Voyager Shipyard Blohm+Voss Owner Royal Olympic Cruises Royal Olympic Cruises celebrated the U.S. arrival of its newest flagship, Olympic Voyager - dubbed the fastest cruise ship in the world. Able to travel comfortably at speeds of 28 knots, the 590 ft. (179.8 m) Olympic Voyager is the fastest ship of its class in the world. The ship's high speed, attributed to its proprietary Fast Monohull design, enables it to introduce unique destination focused itineraries in the Mediterranean and South America.

Olympic Voyager will be the only ship to sail roundtrip cruises from Ft. Lauderdale to South America. Olympic Voyager is the first newbuild for Royal Olympic Cruises and the first new cruise vessel in a decade to fly the Greek flag. The 25,000-ton, 836-passenger ship was built by Blohm + Voss GmbH Shipyard in Hamburg.

Vessel Name Costa Atlantica Shipyard Kvaerner Masa-Yards Owner Costa Cruises Costa Atlantica, a 85,700-ft cruise ship for Costa Crociere, was delivered from Kvaerner Masa-Yards Helsinki New Shipyard. Measuring 960 ft. (292.5 m) with a maximum breadth 127 ft. (38.8 m) and a draft of 25 ft. (7.8 m), the vessel is the first ship in a series of Panamax-Max size cruise ships of a completely new type for Costa Cruises and Carnival Cruise Lines. The largest ship in the Costa fleet, the vessel is the largest ever to be built for a European operator — and at Kvaerner's Helsinki yard. Compared to earlier cruise liners of Panamax- size, the relative number of outside passenger staterooms and staterooms with balcony are very high; 80 percent of all the 1,057 passenger staterooms face the sea and 70 percent are fitted with a balcony. This is achieved, compared to the Panamax-ships built in the 1990's, by adding one passenger cabin deck to a narrower superstructure.

The vessel left the yard in early July for Venice, Italy, where the naming ceremony took place. Subsequent to this, on July 16, Costa Atlantica began weekly cruises from Venice in the Eastern Mediterranean, to Greece and Turkey. In November, the vessel was repositioned to begin seven day cruises from Fort Lauderdale alternating to the western and eastern Caribbean. Able to move at 22 knots, Costa Atlantica has a diesel-electric machinery, consisting of six Wartsila NSD 9L46D diesel engines, with a total power of 62,370 kW, each connected to an alternator producing electricity to the ship's main electric network. The propulsion units consist of two azimuthing electric Azipod propulsion units, with a power of 17.6 MW each.
- First Of Four Lauritzen Reefers Launched At Hyundai's Ulsan Yard —Two Bulkers Delivered To Apex Maritime Reporter, Aug 1984 #12
, 39 on the hatch covers and 109 on the weather deck. Two recent deliveries from Hyundai's Ulsan shipyard were the 63,800-dwt Panamax bulk carriers Aurora and Archon, built for Apex Marine Corporation of Lake Success, N.Y., a company of the Berger Group. The vessels are basically sister ships, but
- Green GL Passports For Boxship Trio Maritime Reporter, Sep 2002 #40
three self-owned newbuilds are being phased into Contship Containerlines' core Australasian trades during the 2002 second- half. The 4,115-teu Contship Aurora class is technically distinguished by its considerable scope for perishable cargo, in that 1,300 plugs have been incorporated for integral type
- Shipbuilding in Sweden: Oresund Dry Docks Maritime Reporter, Aug 2018 #49
out modernization work surrounding ABB’s project to convert two HH Ferries’ vessels into the world’s largest emission-free ferries. M/F Tycho Brahe and M/F Aurora were both be fitted with 4.16 MW of batteries and the containers with the battery racks. Tycho Brahe was dry docked first, followed by Aurora in October
- Satellite Communications Maritime Reporter, Jul 2000 #34
Limited, a subsidiary of Inmarsat Holdings Ltd., has installed and commissioned a new 2.4 m C-Band marine communications antenna on The Aurora, P&O's new $350 million cruise liner. Aurora becomes the first cruise ship to be fitted with Invsat's new generation of marine stabilized systems
- 'Petromar Bravo# Delivered By Halter —Third Of Six Ordered Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1981 #52
generators driven by two GM8V71 diesel engines, two Quincy D325 air compressors, and Carrier air-conditioning and heating for crew comfort. Four Aurora 344 pumps move bilge, ballast, and fuel oil and fire-fighting liquids, while one Viking HL195D pumps oily water bilge and another serves as a fuel oil
- Inside Wärtsilä’s Sustainable Technology Hub Marine News, Nov 2023 #56
where you can jointly benefit from the innovation.”An example of the type of collaborative work underway is the Wasaline dual-fuel LNG ro-pax ferry Aurora Botnia, which makes daily transits between Umeå, in Sweden, and Vaasa, docking a short distance from the STH facility.The 150-meter-long vessel
- 1st Annual OUTSTANDING VESSELS REVIEW Maritime Reporter, Dec 1980 #18
, machinery & stores cranes Aqua-Chem, distilling plant main L-0 cooler, drain inspection tank cooling coil, F-W heat exchanger, heaters & pumps Aurora Pump, pumps Basic Engineers, spring hangers, sway braces Bethlehem Steel, shafting forgings Broehl Deck Machinery, anchor windlass, mooring winches
- Mid-Coast Marine Delivers Second Trawler And Tugboat Maritime Reporter, Sep 15, 1980 #54
, 4.5:1 reduction gears. Two Perkins 4-236, 30-kw auxiliary diesel generator sets provide ac power. All engines are cooled by Fernstrum grid coolers. Aurora Communications of Ketchikan provided the electronics and communications package. The vessel is equipped with Mathers controls, Argus Auto-Watch
- Halter Marine Delivers Supply Boat 'Tara Alyene' To Briley Marine Maritime Reporter, Apr 1980 #44
, 375-hp diesel engine. Two GM8V71, 125-kw generator sets provide electric power for auxiliary services. Bilge, ballast, and fuel transfer pumps are Aurora model 344; f r e s h w a t er and sanitary water pressure sets are Barnes model 1400. The offship firefighting system is a Feecon DM 750 turret-mounted
- Gulf Fleet M a r i n e Adds 9 5 t h Vessel To Expanding O f f s h o r e Service Fleet Maritime Reporter, Mar 15, 1980 #12
vessel's twin 16-645E7 EMD engines developed in excess of 6,100 horsepower and drive the boat at a top speed of 13 knots. The boat is equipped with an Aurora Fire Monitor driven by a 12V71 Detroit Diesel engine, and is capable of projecting 800 gallons of water per minute for a distance of 440 feet.
- Halter Marine Delivers Three Supply Boats To D.F. Levy Marine Ltd. I Maritime Reporter, Sep 1981 #17
engines provide e l e c t r i c service while two Quincy D325 compressors supply air service. Ballast, bilge and fuel transfer pumps were provided by Aurora. The vessels were built to American Bureau of Shipping classification at Halter Marine's Moss Point Yard, Miss., one of a group of shipyards owned

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WASALINE EQUIPMENT LIST AURORA BOTNIA MAIN PARTICULARS Main engines: 4 × Wärtsilä 8V31DF (4 × 4,400 kW) Ship Type: RoPax Ferry Fuel type: LNG, biogas, battery (Leclanche) Shipbuilder: Rauma Marine Constructions Total installed power: 17,6MW Material: Steel Bow thrusters: Wärtsilä FPP
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, control system and bow thruster motors. Finland, and launched in 2021, the 150-meter-long In addition to the engines, Wärtsilä also supplied its LNG- Aurora Botnia boasts a long list of onboard equip- Pac technology for LNG storage, supply control and monitor- Bment that help it to earn its “green” designation
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267,757 passengers and freight daily, operating the 3.5- to 4-hour transit between • Vehicles: 55,661 Vaasa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden. As such, the Aurora Botnia is built to • Cargo Units: 22,191 1A Super Ice Class. • Busses: 413 The line is maintained via a unique cross-border cooperation between the
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as fuel in maritime. 12 The Path to Zero: Leveraging By Greg Trauthwein America’s Cup Innovation 16 Autonomy: U.S. Navy Leans Toward Uncrewed 30 Aurora Botnia is Lean & Green 18 Coatings Built by Rauma Marine Constructions in Finland and launched in 2021, the 150-m 40 In the Shipyard Aurora Botnia
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Campe and his team pioneer the use of dual-fuel hydrogen on ships & boats and in ports CRUISE & FERRY Since 1939 | Number 1 | Volume 86 Inside Wasaline’s Aurora Botnia WASTE WATER Cruise Lines Aim for ‘ZERO’ PATH TO ZERO A Fuel Cell Future? AUTONOMY US Navy Stresses Uncrewed COV1 MR Jan 2024.indd 1 1/9/2024
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control system for navigation, automation and dynamic po- sitioning as well as power and propulsion. All the Wärtsilä equipment and systems aboard the Aurora Botnia are covered by a 10-year Wärtsilä Optimized Maintenance agreement, and through an additional agree- ment with Wasaline, Wärtsilä is able to
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Yes, this collaboration is best evidenced with the collabo- you do within the walls of Wärtsilä research ration we have in this vessel from Wasaline, Aurora Botnia, and development center? where we collaborate on new technologies. [We have an en- Arti? cial intelligence and machine learning are indeed
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the maritime industry for the coming generation, including insights on its unique arrangement for a future fuel engine testbed onboard Wasaline’s MS Aurora Botnia. By Greg Trauthwein to relocate the activity about two kilometers from the older To start off, can you give a scope of the Wärt- place, close
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heat is stored and used. power and propulsion. All the Wärtsilä equipment and Juha Päivike, Wärtsilä’s director of logistics chain man- systems aboard the Aurora Botnia are covered by a 10-year agement and STH facility stream, said the ? rst element of Wärtsilä Optimized Maintenance agreement, and through
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. Another taken delivery of several Z-Drive tugs operating in Texas Shell entity, Shell Energy Solutions, installed a plug-in ports. The Eva, Brizo and Aurora are based on the Rapport charging station utilizing kit from Zinus- well known for 2600 design from Robert Allan Ltd., and built by Master Boat
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provides a range of on the environmental research of our world’s oceans. Using solutions, from miniature to high accuracy. Com- this 1,300m depth-rated Aurora-80 SEAmagine submersible, bined with calibration techniques and advanced em- the organization will spend ? ve years studying, documenting bedded
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? fth of the In? nity class delivered from China Merchant Heavy Industries, and both will be on long-term, year-round charter: the Sylvia Earle with Aurora Expeditions, and the Ocean Odyssey with Vantage Deluxe World Travel. The In? nity series of ships represents a collaboration between European design
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agencies, according to WETA. and construction management services were provided by Dorado is ? tted with twin MTU 12V 4000 M65L diesel San Diego-based Aurora Marine Design. engines, producing 2,575 horsepower at 1,800 rpm each, “WETA is building a world class ferry system for the and paired with HamiltonJet
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, Muench chairs, including agricultural groups and farming Steenhoek cited the following: interests. One goal is encouraging the USACE to complete • In Aurora, Ind., (near Cincinnati): negative soybean its plan by the end of December. That timing allows river basis was $1.29. Normal negative is $0.35-$0
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class, Delphinus, is underway. The EPA Tier 4 ferry was designed by One2Three Naval Architects, and construction management services were pro- vided by Aurora Marine Design. Dorado carries 320 passen- gers and will initially enter service rotating among WETA’s routes to collect operational data and allow
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GREAT SHIPS of 2021 Photos courtesy Nexans Nexans Aurora lectri? cation is at the heart of what Nexans does, and equipped with a dual turntable and laying lines for bundled its latest ? eet addition – Nexans Aurora which has DC applications,” a new capability. E been four years in the making – is
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42 The Final Word ship, and the first bespoke newbuild for owner/operator Mercy Ships. Other 44 Buyer’s Directory featured ships include: Nexans Aurora, an innovative cable-layer looking to a 45 Classifieds bright future in offshore wind; SSG Michael H. Ollis, the first in a new class 48 Advertising
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VESSELS NEXANS AURORA Bjørn Ladegård Director, Subsea Services & Installation, Nexans lectri? cation is at the heart of what Nexans does, and DC applications,” a new capability. its latest ? eet addition – Nexans Aurora which has Another highlight of Aurora is its shallow water capabili- been
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VESSELS NEXANS AURORA All images courtesy Nexans NEXANS AURORA Nexans Aurora is more than a cable laying ship: Nexans Aurora is central to the company’s core electrification strategy, of playing a key role in the NetZero journey, as Bjørn Ladegård, Director - Subsea Services and Installation
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Tech Feature: Coatings housed on a refurbished 240-ft. deck barge. 56 Tech Feature: Heavy Lifting By Greg Trauthwein 62 Tech Files 66 Vessels: Nexans Aurora 40 A Seismic (Survey Vessel) Shift 68 History: Bear Hunting Despite oil prices recently edging past $80 a barrel, scars from two 68 The Final Word:
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. The latter can also new 55,000-barrel, articulated by a Cummins QSK60 generating 1,724 generate electrical power when paying tug-barge (ATB), the Aurora/ kWe/3x440 VAC/60Hz at 1,800 RPM. out lines. Excess electrical energy can Qamun. The 410-ft. vessel is The QSK60 engine will be ? tted with be
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Vessels Aurora/Qamun Crowley recently took delivery of its new 55,000-barrel, articu- lated tug-barge (ATB), the Aurora/Qamun. The 410-foot vessel is the second ATB in Crowley’s ? eet, after the Aveogan/Oliver Leavitt, to be dedicated to the Alaska market. The ATB is specially designed to add ef?
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now a BC Ferries, serving ports further north, has seen Island Dis- factor in riders’ modal choices, and, more broadly, in carri- covery and Island Aurora, the ? rst two of six Island Class hy- ers’ funding sources. In a hybrid situation, one or more diesel brids (up to 400 passengers/47 vehicles),
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conditions. change vessel and another designed for 13 boats is now This was demonstrated last year with a pair of Vestda- being installed on the Nexans Aurora subsea cable laying vit’s PLR-5002 davits on Norwegian Coast Guard vessel vessel under construction at Norway’s Ulstein shipyard, KV Svalbard that