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First sea trails for world’s largest cruise ship
Saturday, 15 Jun, 2009
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Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, has undergone its first sea trials.
The trails took place over a week near the Finnish shipyard where construction of the vessel is being completed.
The 5,400-passenger Royal Caribbean International vessel, which enters service in December running cruises from Florida, has been undergoing tests to see how it performs in the ocean.
The $1.4 billion ship will dwarf all cruise ships that have come before it when it begins cruising in the Caribbean.
Oasis of the Seasis 1,187 feet long, making it 75 feet longer than the company’s Freedom-class ships, such as Independence of the Seas which is now sailing year-round from Southampton.
The ship will have16 passenger decks, 24 elevators and have 7,000 works of art on board.
Of the 2,706 cabins and suites, almost 2,000 will have balconies.
Royal Caribbean president and CEO Richard Fain said in a regular blog about the ship: “Sea trials for a ship are just what they sound like . . . taking the ship out to sea to make sure she operates properly in the ocean.
“The ship has b een afloat for six months, but this is the first time that we will get to test out all the systems in a fully operating environment.
“The trial lasts about four days and the ship is tested for many key operating performance factors.”
by Phil Davies
Phil Davies
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