Steel Cutting Ceremony Of The Sunstone Expedition Cruise Vessel 3

Steel cutting for SunStone Ships' X-BOW Expedition Cruise vessel

On 16 March 2018, the steel cutting ceremony of SunStone Ships' ULSTEIN X-BOW expedition cruise ship took place in the Haimen base of CMHI (China Merchants Heavy Industry).

  • BV Class Project Lead Surveyor, BJ KWAK, CMHI project manager Baibo Yin and SunStone Ships' Captain Rodolfo Spinelli.
  • The CMIH DMD David Zhu and the SunStone Ships' CEO Niels-Erik Lund congratulating eachother on the steel cutting ceremony.
  • Preparations for the steel cutting ceremony,
  • Steel cutting for the first SunStone Ships' expedition cruise vessel designed by Ulstein.
  • SunStone Ships' first X-BOW vessel well underway, first important milestone now completed.
  • Ready for steel cutting.

ULSTEIN provides the design and equipment package for one vessel and options for additionally nine vessels. The equipment package includes the bridge system, ULSTEIN COM and integrated automation system ULSTEIN IAS and ULSTEIN POWER, and site team support to ensure the vessel delivery time.

The ULSTEIN CX103 expedition cruise ship is 104.3 metres long and 18.4 metres wide. The ship will accommodate 255 persons including passengers and staff. The hull will be built in accordance to polar class PC6 and complies with the notation Safe Return to Port and Virtual Anchorage.

The vessel will be operating for Aurora Expeditions, and has received the name 'Greg Mortimer'.

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