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Younger & Bigger. The Italian government expects that the twin ships will lure tens of thousands of tourists to Italy, and that 70% of the voyagers will be dollar-dispensing Americans. By introducing two ships at once and simultaneously retiring the older Vulcania and Saturnia, the line reduced from 15 years to seven years the average age of its fleet on the competitive "Southern Atlantic" route, increased its capacity by 30%. Equally important, the twins created work for the Genoa and Trieste shipyards and the Italsider steel complex-all of which are owned by the Italian Line's parent...
...Michelangelo, a 43,000-ton superliner for the North Atlantic run. Last week, to the crash of band music and the splash of spumante, Michelangelo's twin, Raffaello, slid down the ways at Trieste. When the two ships go to work next year, replacing the prewar Saturnia and Vulcania, they will be the fastest liners on the New York-Mediterranean run, cutting the voyage to Naples from eight to seven days...
...eastern and southern U.S. were as idle as millponds last week, immobilized by a sudden wildcat strike by the crime-ridden International Longshoremen's Association. Pickets in New York took a "coffee break" to let Alfredo Cardinal Ottaviani, Vatican diplomat, make a hasty departure from the Vulcania without suffering the embarrassment of crossing their line. A troupe of Yemenite dancers walked ashore with their luggage on their heads, and pursers and stewards from the U.S.S. Constitution helped 983 home-coming travelers tote their baggage ashore. Perishable goods were in danger of rotting on the piers and in ships...
...Mauretania 35,677 1,157 Media 13,700 250 NETHERLANDS Veendam 15,652 530 Noordam 10,726 150 Wester dam 12,149 150 FRANCE De Grasse 18,435 711 SWEDEN Gripsholm 18,134 1,400 Drottningholm 11,055 700 ITALY (but U.S.-operated) Saturnia 19,637 1,600 Vulcania 24,469 1,600 SPAIN Magallanes 9,689 550 Marques de Comillas 9,922 550 Habana 8,279 100 POLAND Batory 14,287 832 Sobieski 10,030 766 NORWAY Stavangerfjord 13,156 750 GREECE Nea Hellas 16,991 1,450 CANADA Empress of Canada...
...Vulcania-Saturnia mission was larger-scale and generously unilateral. No less than 11,000 Italian civilians-men incapable of military service, women & children-marooned in East Africa when Allied troops brought Mussolini's imperial dream crashing down, were to be repatriated gradually from coastal camps. Notable was the fact that the Italian ships were headed round Africa's Cape of Good Hope...