New propulsion system for SuperStar Virgo

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SuperStar Virgo has been retrofitted with a new fuel efficient propulsion system. Photo: Star Cruise

Star Cruises' SuperStar Virgo has become the first cruise vessel in Southeast Asia with Rolls-Royce's Promas Lite propulsion system, designed to save fuel and enhance energy efficiency.

Norwegian Spirit, operated by Star Cruises' subsidiary Norwegian Cruise Line, was the first vessel in the fleet to be installed with Promas Lite, retrofitted into its integrated propeller and rudder system in 2011.

Efficiency gains and fuel saving benefits from this first upgrade led to the second order from Star Cruises, said Rolls-Royce.

"Typical fuel savings for Promas Lite range from 5% to 15%, depending on the type of operation and the performance of the existing propeller," said Rolls-Royce.

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Spain: The Land Where Incipient Deflation Becomes Good News For Headline GDP (Updated 29/05/2014).

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The Spanish National Statistics Office (INE) today published the first detailed estimate of Spain’s Q1 GDP. Basically they confirm the gist of the original Bank of Spain numbers (see my report of 25 March below) although there are some important nuances.

In my earlier report, I stressed that Spain’s Q1 surge was as much a statistical artifact as anything else since:

a) Nominal GDP growth was virtually stagnant, and the application of the (negative) GDP price deflator (see explanation in earlier report below) explained most of the annual growth.

b) Spain’s strong export drive has stalled, with exports being little changed in March 2014 from September 2013.

c) There was a major input from government

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The Collision between the S/S Empress of Ireland and the S/S Storstad

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- February 2005, by Marion Kelch
 

This article was provided by Marion Kelch, chairperson of the Empress of Ireland Artifacts Committee. The Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River the night of May 29, 1914, after colliding with the Norwegian collier S/S Storstad. The accident took 1012 lives of which 14 were Norwegians. The Empress of Ireland is the world's second worst sinking, in peacetime, after the Titanic until 1987 when over 3000 persons lost their lives when a ferry sank in the Philippines.

The Empress of Ireland, a Canadian Pacific Railway ocean liner, was built in the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Yards in Govan, Scotland. This luxurious CPR pride of the Atlantic set out on

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The Collision between the S/S Empress of Ireland and the S/S Storstad (2)

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Great Disasters

- February 2005, by Marion Kelch
 

This article was provided by Marion Kelch, chairperson of the Empress of Ireland Artifacts Committee. The Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River the night of May 29, 1914, after colliding with the Norwegian collier S/S Storstad. The accident took 1012 lives of which 14 were Norwegians. The Empress of Ireland is the world's second worst sinking, in peacetime, after the Titanic until 1987 when over 3000 persons lost their lives when a ferry sank in the Philippines.

The Empress of Ireland, a Canadian Pacific Railway ocean liner, was built in the Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering Yards in Govan, Scotland. This luxurious CPR pride of the Atlantic set out on

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