seatec - Finnish marine technology review 1/2007 | Page 9

Waterpark H2O on Freedom of the Seas. Photos: Aker Yards / Indav: Gero Mylius the Seas” is to be delivered in spring 2007 and the third, “Independence of the Seas” is scheduled for delivery in 2008. The 154,000 GT Freedom class is a lengthened version of the five Voyagerclass vessels, delivered during 1999 to 2003. Under production in Turku yard, roughly 15 percent larger than the Voyager-class, the Freedom-class vessels have a length over all of 339 m and a beam of 38.6 m. At double-occupancy, they carry 3,600 passengers and a crew of 1,400. When delivered, Freedom of the Seas was Finland´s biggest export product seatec 2007 7