In fact, the Jewel is not the largest cruise ship, only 100,000 tons.
Later, the Oasis of the Seas was a super-large luxury cruise ship with a displacement of up to 225,000 tons.
It is 362 meters long, 47 meters wide and 65 meters above the water, and cost 900 million euros to build.
The Oasis of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world and the most luxurious cruise ship in the world.
On 28 October 2009, the Oasis of the Seas was handed over at the Finnish dockyard, and a film company dedicated a film of the same name to the event.
The Oasis of the Seas is 40 percent larger than the largest cruise ship ever called in the UK, with a capacity of 5,400 passengers and 3,400 crew members.
It was five times larger than the Titanic.
There are thirty-seven bars and twenty restaurants on board.
Of course, the most shocking thing is that on this huge ship, there is also the largest offshore swimming pool, which is filled with more than two thousand tons of water.
Even on the top deck, there is a park, and the plants in the park are real, there are more than 10,000 plants.
The Oasis of the Seas has more than 2,700 cabins, so to illuminate them, the cables on board are five million meters long.
In fact, most of the world's top ten luxury cruise ships were built after 10 years, and their tonnage is mostly more than 100,000 tons, generally around 150,000 tons.
These top-level luxury cruise ships can only be built in Europe, and even the countries of sticks and foot basins are far inferior to Europe in the construction of luxury cruise ships.
Of course, China's shipbuilding industry is even weaker in this regard, which is also the dream of Shen Huan and even most Chinese shipbuilders, that is, one day, to take down the crown jewel of the shipbuilding industry with large luxury cruise ships.
It's just that the day came a little late, and even Shen Huan, a reborn person, didn't see the scene of China's first large luxury cruise ship being launched.
However, Shen Huan remembers that China Shipbuilding Industry Group began to lay out the large-scale luxury cruise industry in 2014, and by 2016, China Shipbuilding Cruise Company was established and began to make formal efforts.
CSSC Cruises is the business sector platform for the development of the cruise industry and the overall responsible unit for promoting the development of the cruise industry of CSSC, which is committed to building the first domestic large-scale luxury cruise ship, and using CSSC Cruise Company as a platform to promote the layout of the whole industrial chain such as cruise design and manufacturing, investment and operation, and industrial chain construction.
There are five major shareholders of CSSC Cruises, of which CSSC Group invested 800 million yuan, holding 60.6% of the shares; Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding invested 460 million yuan, holding 34.8% of the shares; Guangzhou Shipbuilding, China Shipbuilding Offshore Engineering Design and Research Institute, and China Shipping Ship Research and Design Institute invested 20 million yuan respectively, each holding 1.5% of the shares.
On 6 November 2018, Waigauqiao Shipbuilding signed a newbuilding contract with CSSC Carnival Cruise Lines Co., Ltd. and CSSC Cruise Technology Development Co., Ltd. for two large cruise ships, plus four options, each valued at US$770 million for a total contract value of US$1.54 billion.
And the customer also has the option of four ships, if all of them come into effect, the total contract amount will reach 32 billion yuan, and this contract will also become the largest order in the history of China's shipbuilding industry.
And this type of luxury cruise ship has also become the No. 1 project of China Shipbuilding Industry Group, of course, referring to civilian products.
The size of these two large luxury cruise ships is also quite large, with a displacement of 135,000 tons and a capacity of more than 5,200 passengers.
Large luxury cruise ships are known as the pearl of the world's shipbuilding industry, synonymous with high technology and high profits, and the international cruise ship construction market is still monopolized by the five European countries.
China's shipbuilding industry has finally overcome this last barrier after overcoming high-tech ships such as aircraft carriers and large LNG carriers.
And the construction site of this type of large luxury cruise ship is in Jiangnan Changxing Shipbuilding Base!
Because in this shipbuilding base, there is a production line of Waigaoqiao Shipbuilding, and Waigauqiao Shipbuilding has also signed a contract with China Shipbuilding Ninth Institute for production facilities for the construction of this type of luxury cruise ship.
Li Fusheng didn't have any concept of luxury cruise ships, after all, he was just a working boy, and he had never seen luxury cruise ships, so he asked with some curiosity: "Brother Shen, what is the difficulty in building that kind of large-scale luxury cruise ship?"
” Shen Huan smiled and said: "Large luxury cruise ships are known as the crown jewels of the shipbuilding industry, this is not called in vain, its design and construction are extremely difficult, and it is not even simpler than building aircraft carriers, and the entry threshold is extremely high, which can be called a huge system engineering."
At present, the world's large-scale luxury cruise ship design, construction and supporting industry chain are mainly concentrated in five European countries, and the global annual production capacity is only about eight.
Once, the footbasin country also wanted to set foot in this field, but the result was a failure, which shows how difficult it is!
” When Li Fusheng heard this, he was also interested, so he asked: "Ah, Brother Shen, come and hear it!"
” Shen Huan said: "Sanlin Heavy Industries, the largest shipbuilding enterprise in the foot basin country, has entered the luxury cruise ship construction market in order to improve its global competitiveness.
It is important to know that due to the large number of cabins and flammable items in luxury cruise ships, and the complex and large number of personnel involved in the construction of luxury cruise ships, this also puts forward higher requirements for the safety production of shipyards.
However, Sanlin Heavy Industry is obviously inexperienced in this area. ” After a pause, Shen Huan continued: "In October 2002, due to the carelessness of the welders in the outfitting process of the Diamond Princess luxury cruise ship of Sanlin Heavy Industries, the steel plate on the ceiling was ignited, resulting in a fire in the cabin in the previous cabin, and the fire spread to 40% of the total area.
In order to build the Diamond Princess, Sanlin Heavy Industries Changqi Shipyard installed water sprinklers from the start of construction and formulated fire prevention measures during welding operations, but the fire was still not avoided.
Due to this accident, Sanlin Heavy Industry suffered heavy losses and withdrew from the luxury cruise ship construction market. ” Li Fusheng said in shock: "So that's the case!"
It seems that luxury cruises are really not simple!
” Shen Huan nodded and said, "Isn't that right?"
Luxury cruise projects are huge and complex, and shipyards must first have strict management capabilities, perfect construction technology and cutting-edge R&D and design capabilities, which are the foundation and necessary conditions for construction.
Therefore, in the planning and design of our Jiangnan Changxing shipbuilding base, we have taken into account that we will enter the world luxury cruise market in the future, and I really hope that day can come as soon as possible, and we can also take our own luxury cruise ships around the world!
” At this time, someone shouted: "The dance has begun, go, go to Hi Pi!"
” Shen Huan laughed and said, "Fusheng, let's go, let's go and see it together!"
” In the luxurious ballroom on the top floor, the lights were already shining, and the men and women were all happy.
Shen Huan and Li Fusheng were also infected by such an atmosphere, Li Fusheng thought to himself, no wonder people have money and want to take a ride on that luxury cruise ship!