MS Allure of the Seas
IMO no. 9383948
The Allure of the Seas (English, Allure of the Seas ') is the second and so far last ship of the Oasis class. Although the Allure of the Seas was also measured with 225,282 GT, showed up at the acceptance by the classification society Det Norske Veritas, that she has her sister ship Oasis of the Seas replaced as the largest cruise ship in the world due to low construction tolerances. The Allure of the Seas can accommodate about 6300 passengers and 2100 crew members. It is for the American shipping company Royal Caribbean International in use and was registered under the flag of the Bahamas with the home port of Nassau.
History
Construction, transfer and deployment
On 31 March 2007, the American Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.. and the Finnish shipyard Aker Yards (since autumn 2008: STX Europe Cruise) the contract to build the second ship of the Oasis class.
The keel of the vessel, yard number 1364 took place at the shipyard in Turku on March 12, 2008. Compared to the type ship but there were several design changes in the Allure of the Seas. Among other things, the lifeboats were further transferred to the fuselage to the rear, to avoid damage by waves in heavy seas. For this reason, still had bumpers must be fitted at the Oasis of the Seas.
The flooding of the building docks took place on 20 November 2009. At this time the vessel was completed to about 60 percent.
After the completion of mid-September 2010 were carried out trial runs on the Baltic Sea. On the day exactly one year after the delivery of the Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas was delivered on 28 October 2010 to the shipping company, two weeks earlier than originally planned. Due to lack of follow-up orders the shipyard had to first be closed for several months.
After the Allure of the Seas had left the shipyard on 29 October 2010, she passed the Storebaelt Bridge on the evening of 30 October 2010. Despite retracted exhaust pipes and a cruising speed of 24 knots ( about 44 km / h) to take advantage of the squat effect ( also referred to as a " drawdown " ), there were only about 30 cm clearance between ship and bridge. After crossing the North Atlantic, the ship arrived on 12 November 2010 its home port in Port Everglades.
The Baptism of the Allure of the Seas was part of a charity cruise on November 29, 2010. Cabins for this trip had been sold to sponsors and donors. As part of the collaboration with the film studio DreamWorks had as godmother figure "Princess Fiona " from the animated film "Shrek - The daring hero " chosen. The naming ceremony was held at the Amber Theater of the ship before about 3500 viewers.
Use
The first cruise of the Allure of the Seas early December 2010 led to the shipping company 's own peninsula of Labadee in northern Haiti. Of the five days the ship spent two days at sea. Thereafter the ship under -week cruises in both the Western (among Cozumel and Costa Maya, Mexico) as well as in the Eastern Caribbean (Nassau / Bahamas, Charlotte Amalie / Saint Thomas, and Philipsburg / Sint Maarten) used.
Incidents
On April 21, 2012, a fire broke out in the engine room, the assistance of the sprinkler system has been deleted. As a result of the fire no casualties were reported. The Allure of the Seas was able to continue on their way to Fort Lauderdale.
On December 9, 2013, the Allure of the Seas near Nassau lost a lifeboat after a steel cable had snapped.