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 | | The technical challenge presented by a return to new construction in the ULCC segment is all the greater for the added structural complexity imposed by mandatory double hulling. |
 | | Main tenets of the design philosophy have been to build ships which reflect the construction standards applied by Japanese yards in the mid 1970s, manifested in a robust generation of vessels still trading with many owners, and which should be able to last 40 years or longer without steel replacement or costly repairs. |
 | | Hellespont's up-to-the minute experience with ULCCs has provided a solid basis for the design and equipment input to the new breed, while the Bureau Green Award Certificates conferred in recent years on its existing, 1970s-built vessels is an endorsement of the operating practices which it espouses. |
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