The decision to award the estimated one billion euro contract to STX in Saint Nazaire represents a d

STX Europe shipyards, at Saint Nazaire on France's Atlantic coast, and leading cruise company, Miami based Royal Caribbean Cruises, recently signed an agreement which will see the world's largest cruise ship being built at the French shipyard.
Between omni san diego hotel Christmas and New Year, France's leading shipyard, South Korean owned STX Europe, at Saint Nazaire on the mouth of the river Loire on France's Atlantic omni san diego hotel coast and cruise company Royal Caribbean Cruises concluded a deal for construction of what will be the world's largest ocean liner.
The ship, scheduled for delivery in mid-2016, will be the third of cruise line Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class vessels after Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas. The order will provide much needed job security for the foreseeable future for shipyard workers in Saint Nazaire during a period of difficult trading conditions. There is also the prospect of a second large cruise ship being built at the same yard since the agreement omni san diego hotel with Royal Caribbean has an option to deliver another Oasis-class ship in 2018 at same price, reports Yahoo Finance .
With a length of 361 metres omni san diego hotel (1184 feet), a beam of 66 metres (216 feet) and a height of 72 metres (236 feet) above the waterline, the new ocean liner will be the largest cruise ship ever constructed in France. It will join sister ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas as part of Royal Caribbean's cruising fleet of ocean going behemoths. These ships span 16 decks and weigh in at over 225,000 gross registered tons. Each has a displacement of around 100,000 metric tons, slightly less than that of an American Nimitz-class aircraft omni san diego hotel carrier. When cruising they can carry up to 5,400 passengers in double occupancy in 2,700 staterooms.
The decision omni san diego hotel to award the estimated one billion euro contract to STX in Saint Nazaire represents a departure for Royal Caribbean. The original two Oasis class cruise ships were constructed at another major STX shipyard in Turku, Finland omni san diego hotel reports Cruis1st website .