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Standard content:
Ferry presentations: All ferries delivered between July 2008 and June 2009 with specifications, photos and GA plans.Cruise presentations: All cruise vessels delivered between July 2008 and June 2009 with specifications, photos and GA plans.
Ro-ro presentations: All ro-ro vessels delivered between July 2008 and June 2009 with specifications, photos and GA plans.
Featured Articles:
An Authentic Celebrity: The CELEBRITY SOLSTICE storyWe embarked the CELEBRITY SOLSTICE during several occasions to make the most comprehensive report, by letting photos tell the story. See the inside and outside with several new features being industry firsts, such as the glass factory and the lawn.
The Height of a Solstice: The concept and hard facts
Whatever couldn’t be shown in photos in the Onboard Report is covered up for in this article. With a list of suppliers, as well as a side-bar telling about the recent development of Indonesian passenger ships built in Papenburg.
The Meyer Example: Future past and future present
Quite appropriately, CELEBRITY EQUINOX and AROSA AQUA were caught by a photographer in Warnemünde recently. Different in size and concept, they tell a lot about the wide scope of production at Meyer Werft and its subsidiary.
A German Attraction: Visiting a ship building process
How Meyer Werft created a “Visitors Centre” attracting the public to attend to shipyard production – and to book cruises.
Talking with Bernard Meyer: All about being better in a difficult situation
The head of the yard talking about production efficiency and challenges. With a view on orders for 2013!
Celebrity Innovation: Green thinking achieves savings
The new Solstice class has some 30 per cent lower energy consumption than the RADIANCE class, yet it is some 30 per cent larger. Let us explaing how it was achieved.
Feminine Intuition: A distinctively different piece of 122,000 tons
The new influence on colours and material in cabins and beyond is a result of Celebrity’s co-operation with Leading Ladies and others. Here’s the story how it was developed, with some due references to other “lady products” such as the Volvo YCC.
Dazzling Inside and Out: In the search of revenue innovation
Based on experience from previous Celebrity cruise ship classes, the company has certainly not rushed into a new breed of generation but developed new signature features. What is really new? Let us embark the vessel again for another tour.
AquaSpa: World-class floating spa
Not only the new signature features have been in focus, but existing trends are taken to a state-of-the-art. Such as the spa on CELEBRITY SOLSTICE.
From 619 to 691: Meyer Werft and Celebrity Developing an Alliance
A long relation between Celebrity Cruises and Meyer Werft illustrated, with reports of the cruise ships built by this team. It all started with HORIZON as yard number 619. Yard number 691 is still not given a name, however we are of course anticipating a further continuance also in the future.
Design Log
As an update from our Best Practice article in ShipPax STATISTICS 06, we are here giving a list of new features seen on passenger and ro-ro vessels recently which adds to a design impression and/or revenue.
Featured ships:
FERRIES:ADAMANTIOS KORAIS, ARMORIQUE, BO HAI ZHEN ZHU, ELYROS, ISLAND SKY, KANHAVE, KANUNI SULTAN SULEYMAN, MARTIN I SOLER, MEGA EXPRESS FIVE, NORMAN ARROW, NORHTERN EXPEDITION, QUEEN CORAL PLUS, SEAFRANCE MOLIERE, SUPERFAST I, WAN RONG HAI, WIGHT LIGHT
CRUISE:
BRAEMAR, CELEBRITY SOLSTICE, COSTA LUMINOSA, EXPEDITION, MSC FANTASIA, SEABOURN ODYSSEY
RORO:
AL HURREYA 2, ASAKAZE 21, AVANGARD, CITY OF HAMBURG, GRANDE ANGOLA, INUYAMA, KUGELBAKE, MAZARINE, SMAT
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