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(Continued from page 31) bility was also evident in eight hours of trouble-free operation at 100 percent maximum continuous power rating. The highlight of the program was its attainment of 41.3 knots at ser- vice power equating to around 90 percent MCR on 1,200-dwt, repre- senting a 1.3-knot gain on the con- tractual speed. Given the expecta- tion from the market of all-year service dependability, no less sig- nificance should be attached to seakeeping properties that should allow the class to substantially exceed the operational limits of existing fast ferries on the Sardinia/mainland route network. Tirrenia had earlier demonstrat- ed its forward-thinking approach to the business when it introduced the 102-m Aquastrada monohull sisters Guizzo and Scatto to the Sardinian traffic in 1993/94. 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From a fishing ves- sel orientation and subsequent diversification into factory ships, the company embraced stainless steel tanker technology in the mid 1980s, becoming one of Europe's most prolific builders of vessels for the petrochemical trades. Its activities in the specialized tanker category have reached new heights in terms of scale and design sophistication through a current project involving two 22,000-dwt stainless tankers for domestic owners Finaval and Marnavi. SEC is now showing its mettle in an entirely different area of ship construction, having forged a link in the RoRo domain with Gothenburg-based Stena, widely perceived by shipbuilders world- wide as one of the most exacting clients. The recent completion of 12,350-dwt Und Ege, the first of five 4-Runners firmly ordered, and Maritime Reporter/Engineering News
