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Silversea chooses KONE elevators for Silver Spirit

Finland-based KONE has designed, manufactured and installed a total of 10 customised marine elevators on board Silver Spirit, one of the world’s most luxurious cruise ships. The Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri presented Silver Spirit to its owner, Silversea Cruises...

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Technology alone will not triumph over pirates
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Although technical devices do play a positive role in the early and efficient detection of pirates and other threats or hazards, it is vital that crew are clued up on how to use them in an emergency ...
A difficult year ends with good news
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
I could not have chosen a better time to be writing my first comment in 12 months. After a gap of just about a year and a half, Carnival Corp has re-opened the cruise shipping orderbook with a ...
Keeping things quiet
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Prevention and control of vibration and noise in passenger ship design and construction can depend heavily on materials used in ‘hotel’ areas For passenger ships, particularly cruise ...
New strategies evaluated for noise reduction
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Two leading classification societies are taking different approaches to noise reduction Comfort levels achieved in terms of noise and vibration on cruise ships are now so good that they can ...
Wärtsilä supplies first LLC for passenger tonnage
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Wärtsilä is supplying Canadian shipowner, Transport Desgagnes, with a Low Loss Concept (LLC) electric propulsion system for a 95m-long passenger/vehicle/container vessel being built at the ...
Discharge regulations are set to tighten
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Legislation is tightening on sewage discharged from ships, and further restrictions are likely to follow, making conventional sewage treatment systems potentially unviable New global regulations due ...
New electric concept is adopted for river cruiser
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Viking River Cruises has introduced the world’s first river cruise vessel equipped with a compact, modular and flexible diesel-electric propulsion system, based on inverter-driven asynchronous ...
Japanese concept for zero-emission ferry
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Following the success of previous small vessels using diesel-electric propulsion and contra-rotating propellers, IHI Marine United (IHIMU) of Tokyo, whose experience includes building a VLCC with a ...
Bristol Channel gets new fast ferry service
Passenger Ship Technology news desk, 5 January 2010
The first fast ferry service from South Wales to South West England is due to commence operation early this year, sailing between Swansea and Ilfracombe. Travel times between the destinations should ...
WSS signs cruise liferaft exchange agreement
Passenger Ship Technology December/January 2009/10
Wilhelmsen Ships Service (WSS) has secured a five-year agreement with Delphin Kreuzfahrten to supply 16 liferafts to the cruise ship, Delphin, as part of WSS’s Liferaft Exchange Programme ...

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