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(Continued from page 40) control room and on the bridge; a designated storage room for pas- senger and crew luggage; spare parts storage and inventory sys- tem; underwater lighting at the stern and side boarding platforms; and high standards of crew accom- modation. The ship will have a capacity for 200 passengers and more than 100 crew members. Designed for long distance self-sufficient cruising, the vessel will have large storage areas for extra food and drink as well as fuel and water. It will be fully air-conditioned and be fitted with extensive electronic systems including the latest navigation, steering and engine control sys- tems as well as entertainment and communications systems. "The exterior styling of the ves- sel has been proportioned so the vessel's length, height and beam are all in harmony to create a bal- ance between classic and contem- porary design that is so often over- looked in Cruise Ship design today," said Mr. Mansfield. The details of the interior design and furnishings have not been final- ized to date. Sterling Design International has worked with Chantiers de l'Atlantique in the past on the design of cruise ships, including Star Princess and Nordic Empress. The company, headed by Joel Bretecher, also designed the exterior and interior of the 328-ft. (100-m) cruise ship Le Levant, recently commissioned at Leroux & Lotz for Compagnie Des lies du Ponant. Circle 86 on Reader Service Card Beau Mansfield Design/ Sterling Design International Project Main Particulars The shipbuilder, owner/operator, name, or flag of the vessel cannot be disclosed at the present time. Country of owner/operator European Classification Det Norske Veritas Length, o.a 460 ft. (140 m) Length, b.p 384 ft. (117 m) Breadth, molded 62.3 ft. (19 m) GT 9,975 Displacement 6,410 at 5 m draft Lightweight 5,840 tons DWT, design 570 DWT, scantling 860 at 5.15 m draft Speed, service 21 knots Bunker 464 tons diesel oil Water ballast 195 tons Fuel consumption 190 tons Main engine mftr. Bergen Diesels Main engine type .. .2 x KVMB 12 / 2 x KRMB 8 Total hp 2 x 2.180 kW / 2 X 1.480 kW Auxiliary engines Bergen Diesels Propellers Lip Thrusters Brunvoll Generator engines AEG Motor starters Sitte Fin stabilizers Blohm + Voss Couplings Lohmann & Stolterfoht Reduction gears Lohmann & Stolterfoht Engine controls Noris Steering controls Frydenboe Fire alarm system Elna Deck machinery Steen Shafting Lips Coatings International VHF, SSB radio Standard Marine Debeg Radar Krupp Atlas Compass, Autopilot Anschutz SATCOM EB Nachrichten Pumps Behrens Heat Exchangers Gea-Ahlborn Air conditioning Noske-Keaser Rescue boats Alusafe Lifeboats Harding Liferafts Vikin Fifi system Minimax Incinerator plant Techno Product AC cooling compressors Stal Fuel separators Alfa Laval Desalination equipment Alfa Laval Steam boiler plant Sunrod International Sewage plant Deerberg Electric motors AEG PA system, general alarm Backens Electronic Automatic telephone Nixdorf Computer AG Main switchboard Interschalt Lifts Lutz linking ports, coasts and continents by passenger ships and ferries February, 1999 Passenger ships and ferries are connected with ports, coasts and continents by timetables that are accurate down to the last minute. Worldwide Service Under such circumstances the reliability of the propulsion plant takes on particular importance. MAN B&W four-stroke Diesel engines have been proving their reliability either as straightforward Diesel propulsion or Diesel-elec- tric propulsion plant on board famous cruise liners and ferries. With its comprehensive engine programme and the lowest heavy fuel consumption rate ever reached, MAN B&W is able to supply the ideal propulsion r- concept ipr every ship. MAN B&W Diesel, Stadtbachstr. 1, D-86153 Augsburg, Telephone (-821) 3220 MAN B&W Diesel, Inc., 17 State Street, New York, NY 10004, Telephone (2121 2 69-0980 Circle 265 on Reader Service Card