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A Collaborative Effort

With a gross tonnage of approx. 140,000, a passenger capacity of 3,800 and a crew capacity of 1,200 — totaling some 5,000 people onboard — the

Voyager-class cruise ships are by far the biggest in the world. The total length of

Navigator of the Seas is 1,020 ft. (311.1 m), the breadth is 126 ft. (38.6 m) at waterline level (161 ft./49.1 m breadth at the bridge wings) and the height is 237 ft. (72.3 m) from keel to the top of the funnel. "Again we have built and handed over a great cruise ship to our client - to spec- ification — on time and to budget," said

Jorma Eloranta, President and CEO of

Kvaerner Masa-Yards. The concept design of the Voyager-class cruise ships was made by Kvaerner Masa-Yards

Technology in close co-operation with

Royal Caribbean. The layout of the ship areas have been designed by the yard and the owner together with several highly reputed architects such as the

Norwegian Njal R. Eide, - RCI

Newbuilding Design, RTKL Snoweiss

Design Group Tom Graboski &

Associates, Morris Nathanson Design and Wilson Butler Lodge Inc. from USA - Tillberg Design and Arkitektbyran from Sweden, - Design Team,

Stephenjohn Design and London

Contemporary Art (artwork) from the

UK.

A Long Relationship

The relationship with Royal Caribbean dates back to the mid 1960's, when the cruise line's first ship, the 18,417

GT/725 passenger cruise ship Song of

Norway was on the drawing boards. The yard in Helsinki built Royal Caribbean's

Main particulars —Navigator of the Seas

Length o.a 1,020 ft. (311.1 m)

Breadth max 161.1 ft. (49.1 m)

Breadth waterline 126 ft. (38.6 m)

Draft dwl 28.2 ft. (8.6 ra)

Gross tonnage 138.3(H)

Classification Del Norske Veritas.

Passenger capacity, lower bed 3,138

Passenger capacity, max 3,807

Passenger cabins, total 1.55

Passenger cabins with view 1,077 (69'/H - of which with balconies 753 (48.49.) - facing the Royal Promenade 138 (99r)

Crew capacity 1.213

Speed, service 22 knots

Machinery Diesel-electric power station

Main Engines 6 x Wartsila I2V46C

Total power 75.600 kW

Total propulsion power 42.000 kVV

Propulsion machinery 3x14 MW AZIPOD® propul- sion. two azimuthing. one fixed

Bow thrusters... ." 4x3 MW, total 12 MW

Some interesting statistics

Total main engine power . .75 600 kW (102 790 hp)

Total electric power 73 800 kW 1100 340 hp )

Propulsion power 42 000 kW (57 105 hp)

The total volume of the ship is about.450.000 cubic m (15,885,000 cu.ft)

Total deck area ... .137.000 sq. m. (1.522.000 sq.ft.) first four ships, the Song of Norway (1970), Nordic Prince (1971) and Sun

Viking (1972). The 1,400 passenger

Song of America was completed in 1982.

Kulovaara noted that it took Royal

Caribbean 15 years to reach 4,000 beds.

As a comparison, the company added 5,500 beds... in 2002!

Also, the yard lengthened both Song of Norway and Nordic Prince in the first such operation ever performed on a pas- senger ship. The yard also developed the concepts of the RCCL third genera- tion (Sovereign-, Monarch-, Majesty of the Seas), fourth generation (Project

Cruise Industry Annual

Vision I & II and V & VI) vessels, of which Grandeur of the Seas and

Enchantment of the Seas were delivered in 1996 and 1997 respectively, and developed the concepts of the recent

Vantage and Millenium class ships.

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