This ship is sch...loooOOOooong.

[Apollo]

Chris Angel did not do this..

 

 

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...add-rooms.html

[Anakin]

... stretched! limo version

 

but structurally sound or not in rough seas? may be some marine engineers can comment ...

[Robo]

very common to do on barges and accomadation barges.. nvr seen it on a liner thou.. nice

[Miles]

Marine Engineers wont know nuts about ship construction.

It's naval architect's job.

 

jumborisation of vessels are very common.

[Scion]

haha... interesting...

like legos...

[Hiphiphoray]

This is a huge project. Our local Sembawang Shipyard does penty of this, in addition to its oil rig projects.

[Princey_anne]

Yes, it is common, anyway vessels are built from blocks and joined together.

[Princey_anne]

You working for Sembawang?

[KapitanE]

This is not so uncommon.....

 

Here one done in Vietnam..... I was there, shot the pictures myself (not copied from some websites).......

 

 

 

 

And this will be what's happening if the naval art did not do their sums correct....

 

[Pencapchew]

I've seen longer vessels than that cos im working in the marine sector. Fyi, many VLCC's(very large crude carriers) transit Singapore straits everyday transporting oil to Korea and Japan and these vessels are around 330m in length weighing more than 100000tonnes

 

The Passenger ship above (Enchantment of the Seas) is 279m and weighs 74136tonnes Just retrived it from my database!!

Edited August 26, 2008 by Pencapchew

[Relagsingh]

Large vessels are actually built this way... very normal.

[Relagsingh]

Marine Engineers wont know nuts about ship construction.

It's naval architect's job.

 

jumborisation of vessels are very common.

 

But marine engineers do need to know some stuff about naval arch. although its a seperate specialisation all by itself.

[Yellowrx8]

whaaaa, car carrier...

[Hiphiphoray]

Enchanment of the Seas

 

Conversation done by one of the Keppel Group Shipyard.

 

When passengers board Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas in early July after the ship's refit and lenghtening that is currently in progress, they will see a ship that Harri Kulovaara -- RCI's head of marine operations -- promises will look a lot more like the latest ships of the company. Built in Finland in 1997 as one of the fleet's six Vision-class vessels, the ship will change so much that it could be called Vision-plus, he says. In fact, Enchantment of the Seas, which was built at 74,000 tons and carrying 2,446 passengers, will gain 74 feet in length, measuring 81,500 tons and carrying 2,252 folks.

 

We're reporting, near-live, from the Keppel Verolme shipyard in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, where Royal Caribbean has assembled a group of travel journalists to witness the Enchantment of the Seas' remarkable "surgery."

 

The shipyard is a veritable beehive of activity and we wander about quite gingerly. Onboard, Enchantment of the Seas is being cut in two by torches and special saws, and workmen are inserting cabling above ceiling panels. This creates a fine white dust which finds its way to your throat and make you want to cough. Furniture is covered by plastic and piled up in corners to allow workmen to carry out their job. Light is dimmer than usual as noisy generators placed by the gangway provide power and maintaine water pressure in the fire-fighting system. In the evenings, sparks fly from the stern end of the midsection as welders remove plating that had been placed to seal off inner spaces and to, necessarily, stiffen the structure for the weeklong 1,220-nautical-mile sea passage by barge to Rotterdam.

 

The starboard propeller of the ship has been removed for maintenance, and workmen are spraying the bulbous bow with some grey stuff using very noisy pressure cleaners. Near the stern, lots of boxes and steel are lying about, adjacent to an opening cut in the bottom of the hull. A stabilizer wing stretches out, well, like the giant wing of a stranded, enormous seabird.

 

The 73-ft. midsection will increase the ship's length to 989. There will be 151 new cabins, which offers a new total of 1,126. The number of outside cabins will increase to 663 from 576 and those with balconies to 248 from 212.

 

However, these will not be the only claims to fame Enchantment of the Seas can stage: Much of the surgical work will be completed here, at Rotterdam's Keppel Verolme shipyard, using new technology. The midsection was actually built in Turku, Finland, then transported to Rotterdam by barge. The dock was then pumped dry so cutting of the ship could start. Its bow section, weighing 10,265 tons, will then be carried some 85 to 90 feet forward on hydraulic equipment, which will also be used to move the midsection in its rightful place. Once there, the bow will be nudged back again and welding the ship back together can start.

 

RCI has past experience from similar projects from a quarter of a century ago as Song of Norway received a midsection of roughly the same length in 1978 and Nordic Prince, the company's second ship, two years later. The surgeries raised the gross tonnage of these vessels from the original 18,800 to some 23,000, fairly modest figures compared to modern day cruise ships. Enchantment of the Seas will sail with 80 more crew members (the new total will be 840) after the job has been finished, and these are, primarily, restaurant waiters and cabin stewards

Edited August 26, 2008 by Hiphiphoray

[Hiphiphoray]

Status In service

 

IMO Number 9111802

 

Type Cruise ship, Vision class

Propulsion Motor ship

 

Built 1997 by Kvaerner Masa Yard, Helsingfors, Finland, #493 New midsection built 2005 at Kvaerner Masa, Turku, Finland and installed at Keppel Verolme Shipyard, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

 

GRT

1997: 74,136

2005: 81,500

 

Length

1997: 279.2 m (916')

2005: 301.8 m (990')

 

Beam 106'

 

Draught 25'

 

Max Psgr Capy

1997: 2446

 

Berth Capy

1997: 1950 lower berths, 2446 total

 

No. of Cabins

2005: Lengthening added 151 staterooms.

 

History

1997: Delivered to Royal Caribbean.

1997-07-13: Maiden voyage.

2005-05 to 2005-06: Lengthened by 22.2m at the Keppel Verolme Shipyard in Rotterdam.

[Miles]

I've seen longer vessels than that cos im working in the marine sector. Fyi, many VLCC's(very large crude carriers) transit Singapore straits everyday transporting oil to Korea and Japan and these vessels are around 330m in length weighing more than 100000tonnes

 

The Passenger ship above (Enchantment of the Seas) is 279m and weighs 74136tonnes Just retrived it from my database!!

 

330m 100,000 tons?

you aint see nothing yet.

 

Anyway, VLCC, ULCC have long been made floating storage.

 

new large vessels, Suez max (52m width) and even Malacca max (60m width)... will be underway soon. largest container vessel now - 399m length overall, 156,000 DWT, 14500 teus capacity. ... operated by Maersk Line.

 

But soon, many of such will be in operation ... probably sometime end of this year or next year.

[Modykoh]

this is called lengthening la...

cost is cheap,,the dry dock cost is beri high...

[Modykoh]

who work in sembawang shipyard?