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FLOATING CITY ON THE OCEAN CHEST-THIS SHIP IS EQUAL TO 4 FOOTBALL FIELDS-ICON OF THE SEAS
Titanic was once the largest ship in the world.
Times have changed, ships much larger than Titanic are currently under construction in the form of the Khrushchev Icon of the Series, five times the size of the Titanic,
Icon of the Seas is a cruise ship under construction for Royal Caribbean International and will be the lead ship of the Icon class.
It is scheduled to enter service in early 2024 out of PortMiami.
It has a gross tonnage of 250,800,
making her the largest cruise ship in the world by gross tonnage.
In October 2016, Royal Caribbean and Meyer Turku announced an order to build two ships under the project name "Icon".
The ships are expected to be delivered in the third quarter of 2023 and in 2025. The ships will be classified by DNV.
Royal Caribbean applied to register a trademark for "Icon of the Seas" in 2016, which was at the time suggested as an indication of the name of the first ship.
Steel-cutting for Icon of the Seas began in June 2021. In October 2021, Royal Caribbean announced that the first LNG tank for the ship was installed at the Neptun Werft in Rostock, Germany. In December 2021, the floating engine room unit, including the LNG tanks, was towed to Turku by tug.
The keel was laid in April 2022.
In May 2022, Royal Caribbean confirmed that Icon of the Seas would be bigger than the Oasis class.
On 19 June 2023, Icon of the Seas set off for her first set of sea trials after being delayed due to poor conditions.
She returned to the Meyer Turku shipyard on 22 June.
The ship will now have final adjustments made to her systems,
and interior spaces will be completed and furnished during this phase.
Icon of the Seas uses fuel cell technology, supplied by ABB Group.
It is powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), with a gross tonnage of 250,800 GT. The ship has six multi-fuel Wärtsilä engines generating 67,500 kW (90,520 hp) of power. The engines can be powered with both LNG and diesel fuel.
The ship contains other alternative energy features, like the use of fuel cells to produce electricity and fresh water.
Icon of the Seas is the first Royal Caribbean vessel to utilize such technology.
The ship will have a crew of 2,350, and a capacity of 5,610 passengers at double occupancy, or 7,600 passengers at maximum capacity.
Icon of the Seas has 20 decks with 7 swimming pools and 6 water slides. The company claims the ship has the tallest waterfall, the tallest water slide, the largest waterpark, and the first suspend
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