Got a 150,000 Ton Rumor for You

[Rdabadie]

Hey Everyone

 

Just got off Victory last week. When I was waiting to tender back to Grand Cayman in the late afternoon I overheard one of the ship's officers talking to some invited guests. Heard him saying that Carnival had ordered a ship in the 150,000 ton range for delivery in 4 years. I was a little disappointed as I assumed that Carnival's next ship would trump RCCL's Ultra-Voyager in size (payback for RCCL annoucing Ultra Voyager as soon as Cunard finalized the size of the Queen Mary) I'm looking forward to seeing a mardi gras parade down Carnival's version of the Royal Promenade

 

Rob

[Littlegoo75]

I thought the big building boom was ending with the Liberty.... hopefully you're right. It's nice to see more and more ships out there. It means more competition and better prices for us!

 

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Sitmar Fairsea 4/ 1983 ( I was just a little kid!!)

[Snowball]

FYI - the Conquest class ships, currently Carnival's largest ships in their fleet, are 110,000 tons according to Carnival's website. So if they are planning on building one that is 150,000 tons it would be significantly larger than the Conquest class. I'm not sure whether that is bigger than the ultra-voyager class or not, but just wanted to put it in perspective.

 

Debbie

 

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[CruiseFever]

I too thought the big ship building boom was over but on Princess (affiliated brand) they're already talking about a Caribbean Princess 2 and 3 and that ship just went into service last month!

 

I'd think the QM2 would hold them for a while in the big ship category.

 

Is Ultra-Voyager actually being built?

 

Happy Cruising

 

Chris

 

www.LifeIsCruising.com

 

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[L2J]

Chris - I'm not sure if it's actually being built at this time but I seem to recall something like 2006 was a target for delivery and it was in the 160K ton range.

 

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NCL Sky 2/02

[CruiseFever]

Man, that's big!

 

Happy Cruising

 

Chris

 

www.LifeIsCruising.com

 

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Star Princess 10/24/04

Diamond Princess 12/22/04

Carnival Miracle 03/13/05

 

[yst347]

Ultra-Voyager was ordered last September. It is being constructed by Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. It is scheduled for delivery in May of 2006.

 

It will be 1,112 feet long, 126 feet wide and displace appx 170K tons.

 

Elation 11/2003

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Geotide 11/1992

United States 06/1962

[BigDoug]

Here is a list of ships I found that are on order.

 

http://www.cruisenewsdaily.com/newships.html#Carnival%20fall%2005

 

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Carnival Legend 3/19/05

[tef43]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by yst347:

It will be 1,112 feet long, 126 feet wide and displace appx 170K tons<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Displacement tonnage is not the same measurement as Gross Register Tonnage (GRT).

 

GRT is the number that is most often quoted when comparing ships.

 

Gross Registered Tonnage is stated in tons of 100 cubic feet per ton. This is the total internal capacity of a vessel.

 

Displacement Tonnage is the actual weight of the ship and is equal to the weight of water displaced by the vessel, measured in long tons (2,240 pounds per ton).

 

Tom <--- Curmudgeon of the Seas

 

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