AgentM
02-06-2006, 10:18 PM
PLANS WERE announced yesterday for the world’s largest passenger ship, in defiance of an epidemic of disasters that has befallen cruise liners in recent years.
At 222,000 gross register tons, the Royal Caribbean International vessel will be nearly half as big again as the Queen Mary 2, which holds the title.
Measuring 360 metres long (1,181ft) and standing 65m, clear of the water, Project Genesis would also dwarf the Titanic.
Aker Yards, of Finland, which has won the €900 million (£616 million) building contract, said that the anticipated 5,400 passengers will be entertained by an unrivalled selection of activities — still to be confirmed — when she takes to the sea late in 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2028138,00.html
At 222,000 gross register tons, the Royal Caribbean International vessel will be nearly half as big again as the Queen Mary 2, which holds the title.
Measuring 360 metres long (1,181ft) and standing 65m, clear of the water, Project Genesis would also dwarf the Titanic.
Aker Yards, of Finland, which has won the €900 million (£616 million) building contract, said that the anticipated 5,400 passengers will be entertained by an unrivalled selection of activities — still to be confirmed — when she takes to the sea late in 2009.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-2028138,00.html