Utopia of the Seas
History | |
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Operator | Royal Caribbean International |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France |
Identification | IMO number: 9880001[1] |
Status | Under construction |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Oasis-class cruise ship |
Utopia of the Seas is a cruise ship under construction for Royal Caribbean International. She will be the sixth ship in the Oasis Class and is scheduled to enter service in the summer of 2024 out of Port Canaveral.[2] She will be the only ship in the class to not hold the title as the world's largest cruise ship.[3]
History
On 18 February 2019, Royal Caribbean announced an order of a sixth and final Oasis-class cruise ship. She will be the first in the class to be powered by liquefied natural gas.[4]
Royal Caribbean applied to register a trademark for Utopia of the Seas in 2021, out of 23 other ship names.[3]
On 5 April 2022, Royal Caribbean announced the name, Utopia of the Seas and the steel cutting ceremony.[5]
The LNG-tanks were built by Wärtsila and delivered in November 2022.[6]
References
- ^ "Utopia of the Seas". Equasis. French Ministry of Transport. Retrieved 7 November 2022.
- ^ "Utopia of the Seas | Cruise Ships | Royal Caribbean Cruise". Utopia of the Seas. Retrieved 2023-06-21.
- ^ a b "Royal Caribbean's sixth Oasis Class cruise ship will be called Utopia of the Seas". Royal Caribbean Blog. 2022-04-05. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Sixth Oasis Class Ship | Royal Caribbean Blog". www.royalcaribbeanblog.com. Retrieved 2022-04-05.
- ^ "Next Oasis for Royal Caribbean To Be Utopia of the Seas, Powered by LNG". 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2022-04-11.
- ^ https://www.meretmarine.com/fr/construction-navale/les-cuves-gnl-du-futur-utopia-seas-sont-arrivees-a-saint-nazaire