Maritime Reporter, July, 1984

<BODY> <div> WALLENIUS LINES is a family- owned company and the youngest of Sweden's major shipping com- panies. The name is an overall name for several companies that were all started by Olof Wallen- ius (1902-1970). The parent com- pany—Rederi AB Soya—was founded in 1934. In the mid-fifties global trade in automobiles and other vehicles was rapidly expanding. Olof Wallen- ius foresaw the growing need for tonnage to carry vehicles. In 1955 the first two purpose built car-car- riers entered service between Eu- rope and the USA (the Great Lakes). The ships were custom built to go through the locks to the lakes and, by today's standards, were small. At 2,700 dwt, each ship had a capacity for 290 auto- mobiles—all lifted on and off. Between 1959 and 1963, the size of the ships in the fleet succes- sively increased up to 15,000 dwt. All were combined car/bulk cargo vessels. The RO/RO concept was intro- duced in 1963 when Wallenius built a number of ships for the North Sea traffic equipped with ramps in the stern or bow. In 1966, the first of a series of six ocean-going RO/RO vessels was commissioned. The mid-sixties were important for Wallenius Lines. Japan began exporting cars to Europe and the USA without suitable Japanese tonnage being available. In 1965, Wallenius was able to sign an agreement with the Japan-Europe Freight Conference that is still in force. In the sixties, containers were introduced for unit loads, and in 1967 Olof Wallenius took an ini- tiative that resulted in the forma- tion of Atlantic Container Line (ACL), at present the largest con- tainer shipping line on the North Atlantic. The partners in the con- sortium include three Swedish lines and three European shipping com- panies. Wallenius owns 22 percent and manages the car-carrying op- erations. ACL's fleet consists of 10 container vessels of which Wallen- ius owns three. In 1975-76 the two first PCC ships were delivered, each having a capcity of 4,900 cars. In 1977 two more somewhat larger PCC ves- sels were delivered. They took 5,500 cars and could also carry heavy or high vehicles (PCTC). In 1978,. the fleet was enlarged with the addition of two similar car-car- riers, each taking 5,900 vehicles. The eighties began with the con- version of the two Polish built ves- sels into pure car-carriers. At the same time, four new PCTC vessels were ordered for delivery in 1981 and 1982. The expansion of the Wallenius fleet continued. In 1983, orders were placed for four sister vessels to those delivered in 1981 and 1982. Delivery is planned for 1985. A drawing of the 200-meter-long, 17,000-dwt ships is shown above. Two are building at Hitachi in Ja- pan and two at Kockums in Sweden. The company's own fleet con- sists of 17 specialized vessels for carrying vehicles together with eight chartered ships. All the com- pany's own ships (apart from the ACL vessels) are named after fa- mous operas, e.g., Aida, Otello, Carmen, Figaro, etc. The Wallen- ius fleet of car carriers is the most modern and flexible in the world and the company is one of the world's largest car-carrying ship- ping companies. For a free color brochure detail- ing Wallenius Lines worldwide services, Circle 96 on Reader Service Card $190,000,000 IK FOUR DAYS? Impossible you say. Try again, for at the last Boston Fish Expo in 1982 over9000 qualified buyers representing nearly 5000 fishing vessels and work boats negotiated sales orders from 435 companies. Exhibitors said that the show stimulated industry wide sales in excess of $190 million.* While Fish Expo has always been known as the best marketing medium for reaching fishing vessel owners worldwide, it is also the only large exposition that draws maritime buyers from the Northeast. More qualified buyers attend and more buying takes place at Fish Expo than at any com parable exposition in the world. The numbers speak for themselves! For exhibit space availability. call or write: National Fisherman Expositions, Inc. 5 Milk Street, P.O. Box 7437 Portland, Maine 04112 (207 ) 772 3005 West Coast Office: Fish Expo 4215 21st Ave. West Seattle, Washington 98199 (206) 283 1150 SPONSORED BY NATIONAL FISHERMAN October 17-20, 1984 Hynes Veterans Auditorium. Boston, Mass Tell me more about exhibiting at Fish Expo*'84! Company City _ .Zip Product/Service . Study Survey Available From Lubritech On Fuel And Maintenance Savings A new field study report from Lubritech International Corp. of Bethesda, Md., contains detailed information on reducing mainte- nance and fuel costs savings. During one test an operator re- ported a seven percent fuel reduc- tion representing an annual sav- ings of $76,000. 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By the end of 1987 it is ex- pected that there will be 12 operational satellites which would be sufficient to provide continuous two-dimensional navigation world- wide. Meanwhile, users will have only a few hours of full coverage per day in most parts of the world. Since the current GPS satellites are experimental, the U.S. Gov- ernment cautions that it has the right to modify or terminate their operation at any time. Sale of GPS upgrades is subject to U.S. Gov- ernment export regulations. Retrofit of Series 1100 Satellite Navigators entails the addition of a GPS receiver and processor card, a software update, and the re- placement of the antenna with a combined GPS and TRANSIT an- tenna using the same coaxial ca- ble and mounting hardware. In most cases, installation may be quickly accomplished in the field by authorized Magnavox Marine Dealers worldwide. 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