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Papenburg, 17.06.2006 -
- In the covered building dock of Meyer Werft in Papenburg, one of a total of 67 steel blocks of the new 93,500-gt cruise vessel “S.670” was put into place on the keel blocks on Saturday. Following an old shipbuilding tradition Mr. Loui Keong Hui, son of Tan Sri Lim, Chairman of Norwegian Cruise Line, laid the traditional "lucky penny", before the block was put down by the yard´s 800-ton crane. The first block weighs more than 350 tons, is 20 m long, 27 m wide and about 9 m high.
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The ships length overall will be 294.13 m, the breadth is 32.2 m. The ship will be able to reach a speed of more than 25 knots. 2,384 passengers will be accommodated in 1,188 cabins and will be taken care of by a crew of over 1,000.
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quote:Originally posted by Beezo:Interesting fact...the ship will be delivered only 16 months from now!
quote:Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:that section is a bow piece?
quote:Originally posted by Frosty 4:I see the gentlemen appear to be Korean? Execs. What country is NCLs Corp HQs in ?? Just wondering??
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser:Malaysian, I think, not Korean. I believe that Star Cruises is corporately based in Hong Kong but also listed in Singapore.
They are a Malaysia company but HQ is located in Hong KOng
quote:HKcruises wrote:They are a Malaysia company but HQ is located in Hong Kong
They are Malaysian ethnic Chinese, correct HKcruises?
******
Cheers
quote:Originally posted by Globaliser:I'm no expert, but I believe that this must be so. The ships are assembled in the orientation that you can see. And the block that's been laid is at the "bow" end of the building dock, as the "stern" end is still occupied by Norwegian Pearl. So it must follow that this is a bow piece. Its shape is also very suggestive of that.
Yes, i was looking at the shape and thinking so, but i still wasnt 100% sure so thats why i asked..cruiseshipluver
quote:Originally posted by bulbousbow:They are Malaysian ethnic Chinese, correct HKcruises?******Cheers
he is Malaysian ethnic Chinesehe is boss/CEO of Genting. Star cruise's parent is Genting .Star cruise currently listed in HKG and SINGenting listed in MalaysiaGenting International listed in SINGenting owns Malaysia's only casinoGEnting internatioanl and Star cruise bid Singapore's first and 2nd integrated resort which costs around SGD$5b each . $1USD=$1.67SGDThey team up with Universal Studio to bid Singapore 2nd Integrated resort. Anyway SIngapore's first integrated resort awarded to Las Vegas Sand. the 1 with highest bid $SGD3.8b + $SGD1.2b (land price). Las Vegas Sand's largest ever single betGenting is a cash rich corp. Most of the revenue comes fr casino.
Malaysia is a islamic country where gambling is prohibited, except for chinese and indian there.
That's y Genting desperately diversify its asset to overseas, such as cruise, power station, bidding Singapore and England's casino license.
Genting is the largest shareholder of Valuair(Singapore's budget carrier), which is now merged with Jetstar Asia
That's y Star cruises able to offer competitive Fly-cruise package to feed Superstar Virgo and Superstar Gemini.
[ 06-23-2006: Message edited by: singapore girl ]
quote:singapore girl wrote:Malaysia is a islamic country where gambling is prohibited, except for chinese and indian there.
Interesting that they haven't banned it completely. Could it be because of taxes?
quote:Originally posted by cruiseshipluver:that section is a bow piece?cruiseshipluver
The section is not the Bow section is the section behind the bow . Main laundry , deck 3 FWD .
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