Cruise ship ’Harmony of the Seas’ under construction at STX France’s St. Nazaire shipyard.
I
n December 2012, Royal Caribbean
will be 362.15 metres. The ship can carry
siainen notes that the ship under construc-
ordered the third Oasis-class ship from
more than 6 000 passengers. With gross
tion will be equipped with several types of
STX France’s shipyard in St. Nazaire. Keel-
tonnage of 227 700 GT, the new ship will
air-conditioning systems.
laying ceremony was held on 9 May, 2014.
also outweigh its Oasis-class predecessors
The ship will be larger than the pre-
by 2 418 gross tons.
”Overall, the ship will have hundreds
of units that are related to air-conditioning,” he estimates.
ceding Oasis-class ships ’Oasis of the Seas’
and ’Allure of the Seas’ and will in fact be
ENERGY EFFICIENCY
the biggest of its kind in the world. It will
IN AIR CONDITIONING
air-conditioning designs were originally
exceed the dimensions of earlier ships in
A number of Finnish marine subcontrac-
based on the systems of the previous
the Oasis-class by 2.15 meters length and
tors participate in the construction of
cruise ship ’Allure of the Seas’ but with
by 5.5 meters width.
’Oasis 3,’ or ’Harmony of the Seas.’
quite a few alterations suggested by the
The length of ’Harmony of the Seas’
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Koja Marine’s Director Esko Nou-
According to Mr. Nousiainen, the
cruise line.