The Allure of the Seas, the second Oasis class vessel under construction at STX Finland’s Turku Shipyard, reached its natural element today, 20 November, 2009 as the valves of the dry dock were turned on and the vessel was launched.

The Allure of the Seas is the second in a series of the world’s largest cruisers built at Turku Shipyard. The first vessel in this series, the Oasis of the Seas, was handed over to the owners, a US shipping company Royal Caribbean, at the end of October. These are revolutionary vessels of a totally new type, whose striking design and bold innovations will radically change the cruising business. Under the contract, the Allure of the Seas will be delivered to the owners towards the end of 2010.

- Both in its innovativeness and other features, the Allure of the Seas is the twin of the Oasis of the Seas, excluding some colour and material changes, explains Toivo Ilvonen, Project Manager of the Oasis class.
Last week, Mr Ilvonen together with Mr Martin Landtman, CEO of STX Finland Oy, received the Finnish Quality Innovation award for the design and construction of the Oasis of the Seas.

- Thanks to this innovative ship concept and successful delivery, STX Finland has further reinforced its global position as the leading builders of large passenger vessels, says Mr Landtman.?
As a building project, the Allure of the Seas is just as complex a whole as its predecessor.
- A sister ship is more straightforward to produce as part of a series, as the design work has already been completed, Mr Ilvonen says.
The project has progressed on schedule, and in the launching stage, over 60% of the work has been finished. Once the Allure of the Seas is moored at the outfitting quay, the next step will be interior outfitting.

The length of the Allure of the Seas will be 361 m, beam 66 m and height from sea level 72 m. The gross tonnage of the vessel will be 225,000. At full capacity, the Allure of the Seas will ac-commodate 6,320 passengers and a crew of 2,100. It will have 16 passenger decks and 2,704 cabins.

The predecessor of the Allure of the Seas, the Oasis of the Seas, reached its home port in Fort Lauderdale on 13 November, 2009 after a 14-day voyage across the Atlantic. The planting of palm trees and other vegetation in the Central Park area has been completed and the vessel will be christened in a naming ceremony on 30 November, after which it will depart on its festive maiden cruise. This Finnish-built vessel has attracted a great deal of media coverage all over the world.

Images of the vessels in the Oasis class available on line: www.stxeurope.com – Media Centre – Download Centre – User ID: stxeurope, Password: group, and at www.allureoftheseas.com.

?

Source: STX Europe

Search to find what you want

• STX Europe offers the worlds largest and most innovative cruise ship

     STX Europe’s Turku shipyard delivered the world’s largest and most innovative cruise vessel to the U.S. cruise line Royal Caribbean International

• Prysmian: 5,000 km of cable for the largest cruise ship Ever, Oasis Of The Seas

     “Oasis of the Seas”, the largest and most revolutionary cruise liner in history, built by the international shipbuilding group STX Europe for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will be unveiled today in Florida, USA. Prysmian Cables & Systems has been the only supplier of approximately 5,000 km of energy and telecommunications

• Finland STX shipyard strike over layoffs

    More than 1,600 Finnish shipyard workers put down their tools Wednesday to protest planned job cuts at STX Finland’s shipyard in Turku, union officials said. The three-day strike began a day after the shipyard announced plans to eliminate 400 jobs and temporarily lay off many of the yard’s 2,300 workers.

• Cruising in 2010 will be bigger, better and cheaper

     (telegraph)  Even taking into account the staggering growth of the cruise industry over the past decade, 2010 will stand out as a milestone year. For a start, 16 new ships will be joining the global cruise fleet. In November Royal Caribbean International will be unveiling the world’s largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas.

• Unemployment threatens about Finnish shipyards

    Many of the 5,000 employees and subcontractors at the STX shipyard in the southwestern city of Turku are worried about what will happen to their jobs after the Oasis and her sister ship are delivered amidst a sharp downturn in the industry. “The mood at the shipyard is pretty low.

• Berth of a cruise ship: Worlds Biggest Gets a Home

     (NYTIMES) When the Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, departed Finland on its maiden voyage earlier this month, it barely squeezed under Denmark’s Great Belt Bridge, with less than two feet to spare.

• Heavy weather delays arrival of Oasis of the Seas

    no effect on inaugural events or revenue sailings Read at Heavy weather delays Oasis of the Seas arrival

• Propulsion of Oasis of the Seas

    New video from Royal Caribbean looks at the propulsion system of the world’s largest cruise ship Read at Propelling Oasis of the Seas

• Royal Caribbean takes the Oasis of the Seas

    STX Europe hands over world’s largest cruise ship Read at Royal Caribbean takes delivery of Oasis of the Seas

• World s Most Expensive Cruise Ship

     (forbes)  After five years of planning and construction, Royal Caribbean is unveiling the Oasis of the Seas, a $1.4 billion ship that will be the largest and tallest cruise liner in the world when it takes its maiden voyage this December.  Source

• On board the worlds largest cruise ship

     (BBC) From the outside, the world’s biggest and most expensive cruise ship looks like a floating block of flats.  It is only when you are on board the Oasis of the Seas that you start to get a sense of the scale of this enormous liner, which can cater

• Oasis of the Seas: A Sneak Peek

     (washingtonpost) In Turku, Finland, construction is well underway on Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, the largest passenger ship ever built. The $1.4-billion ship is five times the size of the Titanic, and eclipses the U.S. Navy’s Nimitz-class supercarriers.  Source and VIEW THE PHOTOS

• Small South Florida company is a driving force in the worlds largest cruise ship

     Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD.

• World’s largest cruise ship nears completion

    In a little more than two months, Oasis of the Seas will be cruising the waters of the Caribbean on its maiden voyage. For now, however, it is in a shipyard in Turku, on the south-west coast of Finland, with 2000 workers on board, busy putting the finishing touches to

• Worlds largest cruise ship nearing completion

    In a little more than two months, Oasis of the Seas will be cruising the waters of the Caribbean on its maiden voyage. For now, however, it is in a shipyard in Turku, on the south-west coast of Finland, with 2000 workers on board, busy putting the finishing touches to