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Adventure Cruise

Panama in winter and Oregon, Washing- preparation or launch zones. “It links Ulstein Verft, the builder, and an un- erator, perhaps, rather than Ulstein, will ton, Alaska and Canada in summer, so seamlessly with single-point davits” to named owner. Then came the Chinese have to “de? ne the activity, the hazards lots of water craft. Quest passengers will deploy or recover boats from both sides seeking a 100m CX103. … the operational measures”. Leave it get closer to marine life via bow cams of a vessel so one operator on a remote When built, the CX104 design ren- to Ulstein to “select (The Code’s) design and the cameras of an onboard ROV. can “launch and recover the mission dered by Ulstein Design & Solutions measures,” is how we interpret it.

Quest, now on its maiden journey, will boat, including all on-deck handling.” will be 120 m long and wrapped by an It’ll be interesting to see whether the have a sister ship in spring 2018. The system seems made for the stable, ice-class “belt” for “polar capability”. extra X-bow space afore becomes “un-

Interestingly, Bergen-based Vestda- dry environment of an expedition cruise Delivery is set for 2019. The company derwater observation lounges” or rec- vit — a well-run, multi-million-dollar vessel’s “mission (equipment) bay.” has several CX designs, but only the 103 reational areas “such as large cinemas,” davits-producer — is opening an of- and 104 appear to be in our “adventure rooms for kids or a spa. ? ce in Seattle after success serving the cruise” envelope due to their smaller size WARMER CLIMES offshore sector, the U.S. Navy, USCG, Vard’s Coral order marks the cruise of 7,000 GT to 10,000 GT and stowage MORE SUN

NOAA and now adventure cruise. A U.S. segment’s other focus areas — the trop- for adventure craft. Other Ulstein draw- For experienced expedition cruise ship sales and after-sales of? ce will be run by ics and the Asia-Paci? c — also require ings show cruise vessels of from 17,000 builder Vard, the September 2017 pact

Magnus Oding who con? rmed the deliv- “tailor-made solutions” for a customer’s GT to 25,000 GT. with Coral to design and build a luxury ery to NBBB. Produced in Norway, the cruise concept and destinations. The new contract with China Mer- expedition vessel shows the ef? cacy and company’s multiple-boat MissionEase “VARD has entered into a ? rm con- chants Group to build a CX103 for their the challenge of being a designer-yard handling system was shown for the ? rst tract for the design and construction of client SunStone includes an Ulstein de- versus just a designer. The 93.5 m VARD time at NorShip 2017 after tests aboard the vessel, so this one will de? nitely be sign and an equipment package for one 6 01 design that’ll be built at Vard Vung an offshore service vessel. Seen on a built,” says Holling. Prior to the new vessel and options for another nine ships. Tau in Vietnam for early 2019 will have

YouTube video depicting an X-bow hull, contract, Vard had six luxury expedi- The SunStone CX103 expedition vessel comfort for 120 adventurous travelers

MissionEase allows boats to be moved tion cruise vessels under contract: four is 104 meters long, 18 m wide and built and an environment geared for daily safely and quickly on “cradles” — “even for PONANT and two for Hapag-Lloyd. to keep 255 passengers comfortable. shore expeditions and brie? ngs on des- in high seas or during a vessel listing.” Hoping to match that success, Ulstein’s Polar Code PC6 denotes Safe Return to tinations that include the Great Barrier

Boats and equipment feed to the davits quest for adventure cruise success has Port and Virtual Anchorage, a nod to the Reef, Papua New Guinea and South Pa- for launch or stowage after retrieval. lead to the opening of a new design de- new stricture’s focus on ice operations. ci? c islands.

The system avoids overhead cranes and partment in Norway’s marine research “(The Polar Code) is goal-based code. “Independent designers may propose “slow” slinging procedures to overhead capital, Trondheim. In May, the Ulsteins You can’t say what’s required because it concepts, but from there it is a long way gantries in favor of the hydraulic cradles penned a letter of intent for “at least one” demands … what a vessel can do or can- to a complete project that can actually be that move craft to stowage, maintenance, CX104 expedition cruise vessel between not do,” says Sawhill. So, the tour op- realized,” Dilling said.

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