Coming attraction: world’s largest cruise ship
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. says it has ordered a second 220,000-gross ton ship, which will give the company the world’s two largest cruise ships by 2010.
The $1.4 billion ship, part of the Royal Caribbean International brand’s “Project Genesis,” will hold 5,400 passengers, according to the Miami-based company.
The ship will become the 24th vessel in the Royal Caribbean International fleet when delivered by the projected date of August 2010.
Royal Caribbean announced last year it was building its first Project Genesis ship, with delivery projected in fall 2009. That ship will become the largest in the world when completed — bigger than Royal Caribbean’s 160,000-gross ton Freedom class vessels, the Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas.
The cruise industry has 34 ships on order for delivery by the end of 2011, adding more than 80,000 berths at the cost of more than $15 billion.
Report by David Wilkening
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