Oasis of the Seas: World’s Largest Cruise Liner Launched

Oasis of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise liner has been launched on November 20. Oasis of the Seas is expected to be ready for operation to the Royal Caribbean International in end 2009. The vessel is under construction at STX Europe’s (erstwhile Aker Yards) Turku shipyard, Finland and 65 percent work is already completed.

Some of the interesting features of Oasis of the Seas (yard no 1363) to justify the vessel as the world’s largest cruise liner are:

has a price tag of US $2.5 billion (euro2 billion).
Ship’s data:
- Guest Capacity: 5,400 double occupancy
- Gross Tonnage: 222,900
- Staterooms: 2,700
- Decks: 16 high
- Length: 1,184 feet
- Max Beam: 154 feet
- Draft: 30 feet
- Cruising Speed: 22 knots

Some construction details (estimated quantity):
- area of steel: 525,000 sq metres
- welding seam: 2,500 km
- painted surface: 850,000 sq metres
- paint: 630,000 litres
- electric cable: 5,000 km
- automation sensors: 30,000 pcs
- pipeline (>25 mm): 250 km
- sprinkler heads: 16,000 pcs
- sprinkler pipelines: 100 km
Some accommodation facts:
- seats for passengers: 26,000 pcs
- air conditioned area: 150,000 sq metres
- carpet area: 90,000 sq metres
- window area: 8,000 sq metres
- works of art: 7000 pcs
- water in pools: 2,300 metric tons
- fresh water generated: 4,100,000 litres per day
- ice cubes generated: 50 metric tons per day
Some more facts:
- power plant: 97,020 kw
- propulsion power: 60,000 kw
- bow thrusters: 22,000 kw