Customer:

Royal Caribbean International

Owner:

Royal Caribbean International

Shipyard:

STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland

Main dimensions:

• LOA  360.0 m

• LPP  330.0 m

• Breadth  47.0 m

• Draught, design  9.15 m

• Speed, service  22 kn

• Passengers  5,400 D.O.

• Passenger cabins  2,700

COMMISSION FOR THE OWNER

Pre–Shipbuilding Contract Phase:  Participation in the project development team, including

• Weight calculations

• Maneuvering studies

• Specification development, special items, including guidelines for Safety Design

• Stability checks

• Platform optimization and subdivision

• General Arrangement development, lower part of the vessel

• Alternative hull forms

• Propulsion and powering studies.

Shipbuilding Phase in Alliance with Safety at Sea (SaS)

• Third party studies and reviews of Weight, Hull Form, Model Tests, Subdivision and Stability

• Development of Maneuvering and Vessel Handling Performance, extensive maneuvering simulations 

• Survivability Analysis and Model Testing

• Participation in the alternative design project team for the prototype high capacity life boats

• Fire Safety Assessment

• Wind / Micro Climate – Study with CFD

• Open Deck Passenger Comfort Analysis

• Safety Level Studies

• Redundancy Verification of Power Production, Propulsion and selected comfort systems

• Membership of Safety Advisory Board, Prof. Dracos Vassalos of SaS

CUSTOMER BENEFITS

• Reduced fuel consumption based on optimised hull form.

• Safety Level method leading to high survivability, fire safety and evacuability.

• Vessel subdivision and high survivability based on Solas 2009 and risk based design methodology.

• Tested and verified design solutions.

SPECIAL FEATURES

World largest cruise vessel with unique open promenade layout analysed with extensive CFD

Customer:

STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland

Merima, Finland

Orsap, Finland

Owner:

Royal Caribbean International

Shipyard:

STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland

COMMISSION FOR THE YARD:

Basic Design including:

• Hull, Machinery, HVAC, Outfitting, Electric for the middle section (MFZ 3,4,5) and part of Interior design: windows scheme, insulation plan, fire integrity and further possible revisions for all ship.

• 3D Modelling of Navigation Bridge including rules compliance, functionality and ergonometry studies

Detail design including:

• Hull design for the fore part: Tribon modelling system used for hull production documentation.

COMMISSION FOR THE SUPPLIERS:

Detail design including:

• HVAC and Interior for promenade area, main stairs and observation lounge and electric design for main stairs and observation lounge. 3D Cadmatic software used for HVAC design.

CUSTOMER BENEFITS:

Package solution for comprehensive engineering entities.