Royal Caribbean Cruises, Bygg nr. 1400 og 1401 ved Meyer Turku, 200.000 Gt Cruiseskip "Icon/Star of the Seas"

As the year is drawing to a close, we celebrated the end of 2023 with another big milestone! The hull assembly of Star of the Seas, the second Icon-class ship, has started at the Meyer Turku shipyard. The keel laying ceremony was held on the 15th of December.

The laying of the keel and the related ceremony have long traditions. At the Meyer Turku shipyard, a crane lowered a massive steel block to the bottom of the construction pool on trestles to signal the start of assembling the ship's hull. Under the steel block were left the coins placed there by the ship's customer and builder's representatives a moment before. Since ancient Roman times, such lucky coins have sailed with ships, bringing them protection.

"Star of the Seas is very important for both the shipyard and the partner network: the 13,000 man-years spent on building the ship create employment and business in Varsinais-Suomi and, with the supply chains, significantly wider as well. Once the ship is complete, it will strengthen a completely new kind of cruise experience with the standards set by its sister ship Icon," says CEO Tim Meyer.

Kilde: Meyer Turku

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Foto: Tuukka Salo / Mediascope Productions
 
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