STX Europe laid keel of large cruise vessel
Impression of the "Allure of the Seas"
04. December 2008
| Editorial staff Ship&Offshore
The keel of "Allure of the Seas", the second in the series of two of the world's largest cruise ships was at the Turku yards of STX Europe.
The keel laying ceremony marked the placement of the very first block of "Allure of the Seas" in the dry dock where the ship will begin to take shape.
STX Europe, Turku, has in its orderbook two huge luxury cruise vessels of the Oasis class to be delivered for Royal Caribbean in 2009 and 2010. The vessels called "Oasis of the Seas" and "Allure of the Seas" will be 47 m wide and 360 m long. Height over the water line will be 65 m. Various boutiques and restaurants, pool and sports zone etc. will be offered to passengers.
