| | Investment in Design: DU-Sulzer 12RTA96C (January 1998) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14) |
 | | Homeported in Helsinki, the newbuildings will be strengthened to Ice Class 1A standard, and will emerge with higher capacities than the 2,500 lane meters and 380 passenger berths written into the original Stena specification. |
 | | This leaves Stena with three newbuildings due to be delivered by SEC in June and October 1998, and October 1999, and with the possibility of an additional two 4-Runners being awarded to the entrepreneurial Italian shipbuilding concern. |
 | | With ongoing rationalization in the liner sector, and the growing influence of powerful groupings and operating alliances, the pressure to realize ever-greater economies of scale by reducing unit costs per shipped container is unceasing. |
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