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Ferries built in Sweden also used DCC – for example the
Kronprinsessan Victoria, Prinsessan Birgitta, Visby and
Wasa Star, the former pair of which were built by Gothenburg Arendal for Sessan Linjen and the latter by Öresundsvarvet in Landskrona for Rederi AB Gotland, all entering
service in 1981-1982. New ferries for Stena Line, the Stena
Danica and Stena Jutlandica, built in Dunkirk in France and
delivered in 1983, also had extensive installations of DCC.
These were all unprecedentedly large so-called ‘jumbo ferries’ with wide and rectilinear public rooms and hallways for
eating, drinking, entertainment and shopping, meaning that
the ceilings were prominent aspects of their interiors.
In the USA, meanwhile, the same economic and cultural
trends of consumerism and leisure gave rise to a new generation of Caribbean cruise ships, a couple of the initial examples of which, the Tropicale and the Holiday of Carnival
Cruise Line, were Danish-built by the Aalborg shipyard.
Their cabins, hallways and some of the public rooms likewise featured DCC panels.
Another significant contract was for Norwegian Caribbean
Line’s conversion of the famous trans-Atlantic liner France
into the cruise ship Norway, which upon re-entering service
was the biggest in the world. These contracts marked the
beginning of what was to prove a very lucrative and glamorous new outlet for Dæmpa – and one which presently
remains most important for the company.
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