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Brodosplit will construct a cruise ship for the polar regions
Long 107,6 meters and wide 17,6, will be able to accommodate 196 passengers and 69 members of the crew
November 10, 2016
The Croatian ship yard Brodosplit will realize a suitable cruise ship to carry out shipments in the polar regions. The navalmeccanica society has specified that the unit will be constructed in class LR PC6 (Polar Class 6) and will be the first cruise ship to the world to being constructed in this class.
The ship, long 107,6 meters and wide 17,6 meters, will have eight bridges and 95 cabins and will be able to accommodate 196 passengers and 69 members of the crew. The propulsion will be entrusted to two engines of the total power of 4.200 kW that it will place able the ship to reach the speed of 15 knots.
The delivery will happen in the course of 2019. Brodosplit has not announced the outsourcer, but the ship would have to be is former by a company tourist Dutch who offers crocieristici routes in the Arctic regions.
"With the subscription of this contracted - it has evidenced the managing director of the Croatian shipbuilding society, Tomislav Debeljak - Brodosplit the realization of own business plans is getting ahead with decision and is sure placing itself as European shipbuilding system that highly constructs complex ships that anticipate an elevated competitiveness".
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