Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced today that it has agreed with STX France to order a fourth Oasis-class ship for delivery in 2018. Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO: The Oasis Class was a revolution in maritime design when…
When STX released these renders last week I dove into some of the changed that they plan to make. Here’s one more that I just realized. After looking at the rendering more there’s another difference I noticed. If you look…
Yesterday, STX France quietly release the first two images of the the unnamed third Oasis ship. She will be identical in size to Oasis and Allure and is set fro delivery from the French yard in mid-2016. Two features jump…
Royal Caribbean as so far been pretty quiet about the 3rd Oasis ship they ordered back in December 2012. I’m sure it’s because they don’t want to eclipse the hype they’re building for the soon to be launched Quantum of…
UPDATE:Click the below photo to enlarge It may or may not have a split superstructure in the stern like the boardwalk on the Oasis-class. The funnels have the stacks definitely splits and the stern looks a bit different at…
Thursday Update: MSC and STX made the joint announcement this morning in Paris. The two firms have a memorandum of understanding for the construction of two “prototype” ships. There is also an option for an additional two ships, bringing the total…
STX announced last year that they would be closing one of its Finnish yards for good. Roughly 700 jobs have been lost as a result. The closure comes amid South Korea’s STX Corporation’s massive financial troubles. The yard recently announced…