THE RESURGENCE OF THE OCEAN LINER

After being battered for years by competition from the airlines, the cruise industry is riding a wave of prosperity. This article tells of how many of the old ocean liners have been updated with new propulsion machinery, state-of-the-art navigation equipment and automated engine rooms. A fleet of new vessels will soon leave the shipyards and some of these are mentioned and their features briefly described.

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• Supplemental Notes:
  • Journal article
• Authors:
  • Friedlander, G D
• Publication Date: 1989-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 3 p.
• Serial:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 111
  • Issue Number: No.7
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • ISSN: 0025-6501

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cruise lines; Cruise ships; Economic conditions
• Old TRIS Terms: Overviews
• Subject Areas: Economics; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00657931
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Maritime Technical Information Facility
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 21 1994 12:00AM