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  • Kvaerner Masa-Yards has delivered the $375 million, 2.124-passenger Carnival Miracle, to Carnival Cruise Lines - its 20th Fun Ship - in the traditional handover ceremonies in Helsinki.

    For anyone who has ever had the privilege to attend such a delivery, seeing a new cruise ship rolled out in the middle of the Finnish winter is truly an aweinspiring, if not one of the most ironic, sights. However, it is a testament to accrued cruise industry expertise and a stable infrastructure of equipment and system suppliers that keeps the shipyard at the forefront.

    Carnival Miracle is the sixth cruise ship in the Spirit class series of new Panamax-size cruise ships for Carnival Cruise Lines (four ships) and Costa Crociere (two ships). The first ship in the series, Costa Atlantica, was deliv- ered in year 2000. Carnival Spirit and Carnival Pride were delivered in 2001, Carnival Legend in 2002 and Costa Mediterranea followed in 2003.

    Carnival Miracle was officially named February 27, 2004, by former Army private Jessica Lynch, after which is was schedule to depart on its inaugural threeday voyage from Jacksonville.

    "Not only is the Carnival Miracle a spectacular 'Fun Ship' with all the features and facilities desired by today's discriminating vacationers, it also will operate a truly innovative inaugural schedule with departures from four convenient U.S. homeports, including our first-ever voyages from Jacksonville," said Bob Dickinson. Carnival president and CEO.

    Following the trend towards more rooms with outside views, 80 percent of Miracle's 1,062 staterooms offer an ocean view, with 80 percent of those featuring private balconies. All the prefabricated staterooms have been manufactured by Piikkio Works Oy.

    In designing a more narrow superstructure, one more deck with passenger staterooms could be added. In the superstructure most of the staterooms face the sea, and the technical spaces, including the air conditioning machinery, are placed in the center of the ship, behind the passenger corridors.

    The ship was floated out from the cov - ered newbuilding dock in June 2003 and the successful sea trials took place in November. At the completion party held onboard Carnival Miracle at the Helsinki yard already on January 17.

    Micky Arison. Chairman and CEO of Carnival Corporation noted that the ship was completed three weeks before the date agreed on. "You have done a fantastic job." he said.

    Carnival Miracle carries a total of 2.680 passengers (lower beds: 2.124 passengers) in a total of 1.062 staterooms.

    The maximum crew capacity is 961. Carnival Miracle measures 959.6 ft. (292.5 m) x (maximum breadth over the bridge wings) 127.3 ft. (38.8 m).

    with a breadth at dwl of 105.6 ft. (32.2 m) and draught at dwl 25.5 ft. (7.8 m).

    Miracle features 12 passenger decks plus four decks below for machinery and crew spaces.

    The central idea of "Famous Fictional Icons" has inspired Joe Farcus, Carnival's ship architect, in the design of the public rooms aboard Carnival Miracle. The dramatic interiors exist in the architecture and decor throughout Carnival Miracle.

    High technology design and construction Carnival Miracle has a diesel-electric machinery, consisting of six Wartsila 9L46D diesel engines, with a total power of 62,370 kW. each connected to an alternator producing electricity to the ship's main electric network. The propulsion consists of two azimuthing electric Azipod propulsion units, with a power of 17.6 MW each. Carnival Miracle has three 1.91 MW tunnel thrusters in the bow. The service speed is 22 knots.

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  • Reporter & Engineering News has recognized excellence in ship construction. This year 18 ships in total were honored, including many “world firsts.”   Carnival Vista - New, Largest Flagship of Carnival Cruise Lines Builder: Fincantieri Monfalcone Owner: Carnival Cruise Lines   Carnival Vista is the new

  • Chief Maritime Officer and EVP, Carnival Corporation & PLC When Vice Admiral (ret) Burke joined Carnival Corporation & plc in December of 2013 as Executive Vice President and Chief Maritime Officer of Corporate Maritime Operations, it is likely that the way cruise ship lines do business may have changed

  • Voices: John Haeflinger, VP of maritime policy and analysis, Carnival Corporation   While the cruise industry grows globally in earnest, this maritime niche is under the microscope like no other, operating high profile, high design billion dollar ships in and out of some of the most pristine places on the

  • Walking into Bob Dickinson's spacious office at Carnival Corp. 's Miami, Fla. headquarters, one would be shocked to hear that he isn't in the cruise business to make money. Many executives would be eager to find out how the president of the world's largest cruise line can live by this philosophy.

  • In a working partnership between Carnival Corp. and the Finnish marine power systems supplier Wartsila Corp., the new 86,000-ton cruise ship Carnival Spirit will be fitted with the cruise industry's first smokeless diesel engines. The Carnival Spirit, the first ship in a new class for Carnival Cruise Line

  • The latest testament to Finnish cruise ship building prowess is embodied in the recently delivered Carnival Spirit, a ship that will become well-known not only for what it contains within, but for what it does not let out. Carnival Spirit, newbuilding no. 499, was built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Helsink

  • line — tentatively titled RCP Lines. The new company, which with 41 vessels and 75,000 berths is expected to surpass even Micky Arison's powerhouse Carnival Corp., is expected to be up and running by 2003. That is of course if Arison and his executive team are not successful in their hostile takeover

  • Back when most owners were still debating how to handle the 2020 sulfur cap, or whether the deadline would even stick, Carnival forged ahead with a massive bet on LNG for cruise-ship propulsion. That early move is now starting to pay off.AIDAnova, the first cruise ship to ever be powered at sea by LNG

  • Carnival Pride, the third cruise ship in a series of new Panama-Max size cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corp was delivered to the cruise line last month at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Helsinki shipyard. The vessel will be operated by Carnival Cruise Lines and Costa Crociere. The first ship

  • MS Carnival Legend was delivered on August 14 to Carnival Corp. at Kvaerner Masa-Yards' Helsinki shipyard. Legend, which is the fourth cruise ship in a series of new Panamax-Max size cruise ships under construction for Carnival Corporation, is operated by Carnival Cruise Lines and Costa Crociere.

  • Carnival Corp. reported that fiscal second- quarter profits dropped eight percent, in line with expectations, as prices for sea vacations remained tepid. The Miami-based owner of Holland America, Cunard and four other cruise lines said profits were SI87 million, or $0.32 per share, for the three

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    for Advanced Wastewater Treatment vent its discharge. President Iain Milnes started working with at RWO, says that the CleanSewage Membrane Reactor (CS- Carnival Corporation 10 years ago on the management of its MBR) system’s submerged ultra? ltration membranes remove food waste stream. Most recently, that

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    style, a global leader. Top 5 Cruise Owners by Fleet Value Type # of Vessels Value ($) MSC Cruises 21 9,401 Royal Caribbean International 27 7,983 Carnival Cruise Line 25 6,716 Norwegian Cruise Line 19 6,358 Princess Cruises 15 4,766 Grand Total 107 35,224 Cruise Fleet Type Breakdown Type

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    earlier this summer. Photo courtesy Bartolomej Tomic ranean: Savona, Rome (Civitavecchia), is sail on Tuscany [on Costa Toscana], tion came from Carnival Cruise Line, and Naples, Italy; Ibiza and Valencia, sail on Venice [on Costa Venezia], but which said that it was partnering with Spain; and Marseille

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    able to optimize the space utilization that was offered by a new platform of this size. ” – Tom Strang, Senior Vice President, Maritime Affairs at Carnival Corporation Can you tell us more about why Costa opted for LNG? Costa Toscana was part of an order including ? ve different ships, pioneering

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    SHIP DESIGN COSTA TOSCANA COSTA TOSCANA – What’s under the Hood Tom Strang, Senior Vice President, Maritime Affairs at Carnival Corporation, explains the rationale behind the choice of LNG for Costa Toscana, plus insights on what this means for a cruise ship from the point of daily operations, safety

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    . 59 Buyer’s Directory By Greg Trauthwein 60 Classifieds 64 Advertising Index 42 Designing Costa Toscana Tom Strang, SVP, Maritime Affairs, Carnival Corp offers a look under the hood of the LNG-fueled mega cruise ship Costa Toscana. By Bartolomej Tomic 48 Maritime’s Nuclear Option Fuel choice

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    Tech Files Innovative new Green Marine Solutions Carnival Corporation © Wärtsilä Wärtsilä Launches 46TS-DF Marine Engine Wärtsilä launched the 46TS-DF medi- um-speed marine engine. The ? rst order for this engine type was placed by Chan- tiers de l’Atlantique for Royal Carib- bean Cruises in April 2021.

  • MR Jan-22#40 Professional Development, Carnival Corpo- training budgets)
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    initiatives across all industries, John Allen, Di- While past surveys saw a consistent trend of growth in rector Maritime Professional Development, Carnival Corpo- training budgets for vessel operators, nearly 30% saw a de- ration & plc, wrote “There is little doubt, however, that online crease in this

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    Certi? cation is lines were said to be looking into a vaccine requirement. based on the International Standard Organization’s systematic Among the Carnival brands, a January, 2021 ? ling indicated approach to management systems combined with scienti? c that: “Costa and AIDA have a comprehensive set

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    isolating capabilities and adding equipment in line with the cine (ICSM), points out that it “…has offered health risk miti- updated protocols.” Source: Carnival Media 32 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • February 2021 MR #2 (18-33).indd 32 2/4/2021 9:39:04 A

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    from the cruise sector con- tinued. For some cruise brands, their own version of “lock- downs” will have spanned an entire year. By late January, I 2021, Carnival and others were hesitantly pegging their restarts for April/May 2021, and for some markets, late summer, under a Conditional Sail Order promulgated

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  • MR Jan-21#55 Meyer Turku: Mardi Gras to Carnival Meyer Turku delivered)
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    Meyer Turku: Mardi Gras to Carnival Meyer Turku delivered a 180,000 gt, LNG-powered cruise ship to Carnival Cruise Line. Mardi Gras has classical ship lines and predominately blue hull. The ship’s centerpiece is a three-stories-high atrium in the middle of the ship, opening up to a ? oor-to-ceiling

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    .82 Vard Soviknes 3 $0.78 West Sea 5 $0.55 Top European Owners by Fleet Value Owner # of Vessels $bn MSC Cruises 30 $17.68 Moller Maersk AS 218 $10.17 Carnival PLC 25 $6.89 Zodiac Maritime 146 $6.38 TUI AG Cruises 11 $6.33 Costa Cruises 13 $6.10 Aida Cruises 16 $6.02 CMA CGM 69 $6.02 MSC 204 $5.74 Hapag

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    a which will operate out of Port Canaveral, Fla. Initial cli- molded depth of 32.5 feet. Both vessels’ detail design was ents for the new vessel will be Carnival Cruise Line’s two done by Halter Marine under mutual agreements. new dual-fuel ships and two dual-fuel Siem Car Carrier The ATB is the ? rst to

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    improvement. SkillGrader was initially developed as a collaboration between Marine Learning Systems and the training and assessment experts at Carnival Corporation. Watch MLS CEO Murray Goldberg discuss SkillGrader @ bit.ly/3ol9uWd or Visit: https://skillgrader.com/maritime Kongsberg Digital RightShip

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    main engines, with Wärtsilä Z-drives. Wärtsilä as well. This will give the ATB a 10-knot design speed with an Initial clients for the new vessel will be Carnival Cruise estimated 65-ton bollard pull. The tug will have tankage Line’s two new dual-fuel ships and two dual-fuel Siem Car for 105,686 gallons of

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    . [email protected] oped as a collaboration between Ma- rine Learning Systems and the training and assessment experts at our largest customer, the Carnival Group of cruise lines. The original goal was to support a sophisticated competency framework and performance-related training. This required a

  • MR May-20#19 Systems (MES), Crisis Manage- Carnival UK vessels, but also)
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    bespoke courses in Polar Sur- of several e-learning courses which were launched, not only for vival, Maritime Evacuation Systems (MES), Crisis Manage- Carnival UK vessels, but also to the wider Carnival Corporation. ment, Tanker Operations and Alternative fuels beyond LNG,” In 2019, he joined the global

  • MR May-20#18 Electro Technical Offcers for Carnival UK. boat training facility)
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    designed to help “would be” electrical offshore fre courses. In early 2020 SMT opened its new £500k engineers to become Electro Technical Offcers for Carnival UK. boat training facility in Greenock moving from its previous site “I left the college and joined Carnival UK where I became which was opened

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    coffee shop), vessels such as Koningsdam, and Costa cabin on a cruise ship must offer a great the cruise line explains: “Located on Serena, in the Carnival family, among sense of space and comfort and also be the Promenade of MSC Meraviglia (op- others. extremely ef? cient to the guest and to erating

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    in the coming decade as vessel owners explore new portation. means to keep vessels running ef? ciently and cost-effectively. WSS recently said that Carnival Maritime, Thome Ship Management, OSM Maritime Group, Berge Bulk, Executive Ship Management and Wilhelmsen Ship Management have all signed up with

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    for Costa ed in the construction of ? ve new LNG touted by owner and builder as a travel- ly, the hull shape has been optimized to Cruises, part of Carnival Corporation. ships altogether. ing “smart city”. Apart from the LNG, reduce drag in the water, and new gen- The mammoth cruise ship continues the