List Of Stretched Cruise Ships
Cruise lines have opted to increase capacity by Jumboisation, stretching their current ships. Known as lengthening, the process of enlarging a cruise ship usually includes cutting the ship in half and adding a new midsection, adding more cabins and public areas. The first modern cruise ship to be stretched was Royal Caribbean Line's ''MS Formosa Queen, Song of Norway'' in 1977. File:Royal Viking Sky IMO 7218395 P Hamburg 08-1973 (1).jpg, ''Royal Viking Sky'' Before Stretch File:Kreuzfahrtschiff ROYAL VIKING SKY (norweg.) (Kiel 39.814) (restored).jpg, ''Royal Viking Sky'' After Stretch File:2016 05 01 Nor Wind Dream Majesty Verlängerung Lloyd Werft 111 IMG 7107.JPG, ''Norwegian Wind'' & ''Norwegian Dream'' Before and After Stretch External links ''Balmoral'' Stretch Time-lapse''MSC Armonia'' Stretch''Silver Spirit'' Lengthening VideoWindstar Cruises - How to Stretch a cruise ship References {{Reflist Lists of cruise ships, stretched cruise ships ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Jumboisation
Jumboization is a technique in shipbuilding consisting of enlarging a ship by adding an entire section to it. By contrast with refitting or installation of equipment, jumboization is a long and complex endeavour which can require a specialized shipyard. Enlarging a ship by jumboization allows an increase in its capacity and revenue potential without needing to purchase or build an entirely new ship. This technique has been used on cruise ships and tankers, as well as smaller vessels like sailing or fishing ships. Methods Large ships often have a long midsection with a uniform profile. In such cases, the ship is cut in two pieces and an additional section is inserted in between. This operation must be performed in a drydock. On large ships, the additional sections are typically 20 to 30 metres long, consisting of an oil tank, a cargo ship hold, or a group of cabins, depending on the type of ship. The tanker ''Seawise Giant'' became the largest ship in the world after her jumboi ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MS Marella Dream
Motor ship, MS ''Marella Dream'' was a cruise ship built in 1986 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, West Germany as ''Homeric'' for Home Lines, and their last newbuild to remain in active service. In 1988 she was sold to Holland America Line, renamed ''Westerdam'', and in 1990 lengthened by at Meyer Werft. In 2002 she was transferred to the fleet of Costa Cruises and renamed ''Costa Europa''. In April 2010 she was taken on a ten-year charter by Thomson Cruises, under the name ''Thomson Dream''. Following the 2017 renaming of Thomson Cruises to Marella Cruises, TUI Group also changed the ship's name to ''Marella Dream''. She was retired from Marella Cruises in November 2020 and was sold, then broken up in 2022. Concept and construction Home Lines planned ''Homeric'' during the first half of the 1980s as a replacement for their aging . Meyer Werft in Papenburg, West Germany was chosen as the shipyard to build her. The ship was named in honour of the company's earlier , a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Margaritaville At Sea Paradise
''Margaritaville at Sea Paradise'' is a cruise ship owned and operated by Margaritaville at Sea. The ship was built in 1991 in Italy for Costa Cruises as ''Costa Classica''. In 2000, a planned lengthening and refit was cancelled at the last moment. She was renamed ''Costa neoClassica'' in 2014, then left Costa fleet in 2018 when sold to Bahamas Paradise as ''Grand Classica''. Since May 2022, the ship has been sailing as ''Margaritaville at Sea Paradise'', after the cruise line announced a partnership with Margaritaville Resorts & Hotels. ''Costa Classica'' The contract for the ''Costa Classica'' was signed with Fincantieri Cantieri Navali Italiani in July 1987 with a value of $287 million. The ship was built as hull 5877 at Fincantieri's shipyard at Monfalcone, completed in 1991, and was Costa Cruises' first purpose-built newbuild since ''Eugenio C'' in 1966. The first of two ''Classica''-class sister ships, the other being '' Costa Romantica'', she was intended for Costa' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Costa Classica Shanghai (recropped)
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MS Crown Iris
MS ''Crown Iris'' is a cruise ship owned by the Israeli cruise line Mano Maritime since 2018. She was originally ordered by Birka Line as MS ''Birka Queen'' from the Wärtsilä Marine Turku Shipyard in Finland, but completed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards as MS ''Royal Majesty'' for Majesty Cruise Line. In 1997 she was sold to Norwegian Cruise Line as MS ''Norwegian Majesty'' and lengthened by at the Lloyd Werft shipyard in Bremerhaven, Germany. She was sold to Louis Cruises as MS ''Louis Majesty'' from 2008 to 2012 when she was chartered to Thomson Cruises as MS ''Thomson Majesty'' before being returned to Louis Cruises/Celestyal Cruises, as the ''Majesty''. In 2018 the ship was sold to Mano Maritime. Concept and construction ''Birka Queen'' was ordered by Birka Line for short cruises out of Stockholm as a running mate to . The ship was ordered from Wärtsilä Marine, but the shipyard went bankrupt in 1989. Operations were soon reorganized under the name of Masa-Yards, but the pri ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norwegian Majesty-5 (cropped)
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Norwegian Wind
MS ''Windward'' was a cruise ship that was built in 1993 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Kloster Cruise (Norwegian Cruise Line) as ''Windward''. In 1998 she was lengthened at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany and renamed ''Norwegian Wind''. In 2007 she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises as ''SuperStar Aquarius''. The ship remained in passenger service for the cruise line until the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown in 2020. The ship was sold for scrap as ''Arius'' in 2022 following the liquidation of the cruise line's parent company after filing for bankruptcy, which also led to the demise of Star Cruises. History Entering service in 1993 as ''Windward'', she was the second of two sister vessels built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique for Kloster Cruise for use under their Norwegian Cruise Line brand. In 1998 she was lengthened by insertion of a midsection and was renamed as ''Norwegian Wind''. This work was completed by Lloyd Werft shipyard ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norwegian Wind Gf16
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Lloyd Werft
Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven GmbH is a dockyard in Bremerhaven. It was founded in 1863 by the shipping company Norddeutscher Lloyd, first mainly used as a repair workshop for the company’s own merchant fleet. This new yard was established in exchange and addition to the former small Lloyd-workshop in Bremen which was already founded in 1857. In the 1970s, the shipyard became member of the Bremer Vulkan, Vulkan Group. As of 2016, the Lloyd facility is the last remaining major dockyard in Bremerhaven. It employs 500 workers and occupies . Ships with a draught as deep as can be accommodated. The dockyard is solely focused on ship repair, maintenance and reconstruction. In 2015, Genting Hong Kong, a Hong Kong–based holding company whose brands had a total of 10 ships on order from Lloyd Werft at the time, purchased a majority stake in Lloyd Werft. In 2016, Genting purchased the remaining 30% of Lloyd Werft, as well as Nordic Yards Wismar, Nordic Yards' Wismar, Warnemunde, ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norwegian Cruise Line
Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) is an American cruise line founded in Norway in 1966, headquartered in Miami, Florida, and incorporated in the Bahamas. It is the List of cruise lines, fourth-largest cruise line in the world by passengers, controlling about 8.6% of the total worldwide share of the cruise market by passengers . It is wholly owned by parent company Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. History The cruise line was founded in 1966 by Norwegian Knut Kloster and Israeli Ted Arison, with the 8,666-ton, 140 m long Cruiseferry, cruise ship/car ferry, , which in 1966 operated as a car ferry between Southampton UK and Gibraltar, for that one short season only. The ''Sunward'' was first managed under the Arison Shipping Company, and marketed as Ensign Cruises. Arison soon left to form Carnival Cruise Lines, while Kloster acquired additional ships for Caribbean service, with the line renamed and marketed as Norwegian Caribbean Lines. Norwegian Caribbean Lines Norwegian pioneer ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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MV Dreamward
MS ''Dreamward'' was a cruise ship owned and operated by Star Cruises. She was built in 1992 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France as MS ''Dreamward'' for traffic with Norwegian Cruise Line. In 1998 she was lengthened at Lloyd Werft in Bremerhaven, Germany and renamed as ''Norwegian Dream''. In late 2012, she was transferred to the fleet of Star Cruises and renamed ''SuperStar Gemini''. History Concept and construction ''Dreamward'' was the first in a pair of two identical cruise ships ordered by Kloster Cruise for Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL) from Chantiers de l'Atlantique. The sisters were planned with a gross tonnage of approximately 40,000, and maximum passenger capacity of 1,246 persons. However, they were also designed from the start with the concept of lengthening in mind, making it possible for the company to easily expand their capacity without having to order entirely new ships. The lengthening was eventually carried out in March–May 1998 a ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Norwegian Dream1 (cropped)
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