Celebrity Equinox
The Celebrity Equinox on its maiden voyage on 31 July 2009
IMO no. 9372456
The Celebrity Equinox is a Maltese cruise ship owned by Celebrity Cruises.
- 2.1 Hull
- 2.2 Special equipment
- 4.1 Sources Cited
History
Shipbuilding
The Celebrity Equinox was built on behalf of Celebrity Cruises at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg as part of the carrier-owned Solstice class and delivered on July 16, 2009. Your construction costs amounted to approximately 641 million U.S. $
Criticism from environmental groups
This could be transferred Celebrity Equinox from the shipyard to Southampton for the ship's christening on 29 June, gave the Lower Saxony Water Management, Coastal Defence and Nature Conservation Agency (NLWKN ) for June 20, 2009 for the first time in the summer of congestion of the Ems on barrage Gandersum 2, 20 meter water storage level for 25 hours. Against this decision to the summer jam complained in May 2009 environmental groups to the administrative court Oldenburg: 500 hectares in bird sanctuaries were inundated by the damming, drowning at least 1000 young birds and destroyed enclosure. A heritage community pulled her previous urgent appeal back. The environmental organizations and the shipyard agreed to a compromise.
Maiden voyage
On 31 July 2009, the ship of eight nights long voyage from Southampton to Norway was brought forward to the maiden voyage. Launched 8 August 2009 trip around Western Europe was originally planned as a maiden voyage, due to the early delivery of the trip to Norway was however already held.
Today's use
Meanwhile, the Celebrity Equinox runs between spring and autumn in the western and eastern Mediterranean, during the winter months the western and southern Caribbean is busy.
Technical Description
Hull
The ship is 317.2 meters long and 36.9 meters wide. The depth of the measured with 121 878 gt vessel is 8.3 meters. It has 17 decks, of which 13 are passenger decks. For transport and supply the ship and up to 2,850 passengers is a garrison of 1,250 men at his disposal. Celebrity Equinox is powered by two controllable so-called Azipod the company ABB with a capacity of 20.5 MW per pod drive. So that it can reach a speed of approximately 24 knots. For the power supply, four Wärtsilä 16V46CR available, which each generate 16,800 kW.
Special equipment
In order to provide passengers with excursions, there are six tender boats available, these can be used in the event of distress as lifeboats. The measures provided for this purpose only twenty-four lifeboats are mounted at a height of 12 meters above the water line, reach a maximum speed of 25 knots and can accommodate up to 150 per boat people. Before the start of the trip, each passenger gets a lifeboat assigned, this is then available in case of emergency at a packed boat 10 megajoules food and 3 liters of water. For quick use in special cases, as in a man -overboard - case construction, a rescue boat with 144 hp at your disposal, which can also reach up to 25 knots.
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