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SHIP REPAIR & CONVERSION casinos as well as restaurants, bars and executive suites. In addi- tion to the major steel work, the vessel will be upgraded to meet the latest SOLAS regulations as well as DNV's strict class rules for cruise vessels. It is expected that the vessel will be at the yard for four to five months, with the scheduled date of re-delivery set for January 3, 1998. Meanwhile, Belfast's Harland & Wolff's (H&W) Ship Repair & Marine Services Division, and Mivan Marine, are to fly a team to Florida to make an early start on the first major cruise ship contract won by the joint venture, estab- lished earlier this year. The team will board P&O Cruises' Arcadia at Fort Lauderdale and start work afloat during its voyage back to Belfast. The ship is expected to arrive at Circle 317 on Reader Service Card Sailed any uncharted waters lately? H&W's yard by the end of this month and will undergo a major refit, enhancing its facilities for the U.K. passenger market. Other work to be carried out by H&W includes drydocking and general repairs (mechanical overhaul and survey, as well as a complete hull cleaning and painting). Mivan Marine has been contract- ed to carry out major refurbish- ment of the public areas and cab- ins, including the creation of new public spaces, and the upgrading of other public areas. Arcadia is expected to leave Belfast in early December, com- mencing her cruise program with a 12-night Christmas cruise, fol- lowed by a maiden three-month world cruise, which is scheduled to leave Southampton on January 5, 1998. Swedish ferry owner Gotland AB has placed a two-ship order with Bremerhaven's Lloyd Werft to upgrade and refit the two ferries, 23,775-grt Stena Felicity, which is to return to its original name, Visby; and 16,829-grt Sally Star, which will be renamed Thjelvar. Both vessels, which will also be upgraded to the new SOLAS regu- lations, will be used on the Gotland/mainland Sweden service. It has also been announced that when Lloyd Werft completes the upgrading and lengthening of the 39,213-grt cruise vessels Windward and Dreamward between January 15 and May 12, 1998, they will be renamed Norwegian Wind and Norwegian Dream, respectively. The two new mid-body sections have been sub-contracted (under guarantee) to Schichau Seebeck Werft, despite this yard being bankrupt under the recent Bremer Vulkan closure. For more information on the repair companies and equipment suppliers mentioned in this article, circle the appropriate number on the Reader Service Card in this edition. Autronica 13 Astilleros Espanoles 14 Caterpillar 15 DNV 6 Gdansk Shiprepair Yard (Rementowa) 17 Halter Marine 18 Hitachi Zosen 9 Jurong Shipyard 20 Mitsui Ocean Development 21 Mitsubishi Heavy Industries 22 Ulstein 23 ARCS, the weekly updated electronic chart service from the united Kingdom Hydrographic Office. • Official Admiralty electronic charts with familiar image and guaranteed reliability. • compatible with a wide range of navigational software. For voi|t<- FREE ARCS- INFORMATION PACK call our customer +4CTJIBI • Comprehensive worldwide coverage and distribution. • Remote access to chart data. THE UNITED KINGDOM HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE Taunton Somerset TA12DN United Kingdom Facsimile: +44 (0)1823 323753 Telex: 46274 IDMIRALTY RASTER CHART SERVICE 50 Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
