Celebrity Equinox
 The Celebrity Equinox on her maiden voyage on July 31, 2009
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The Celebrity Equinox is a Maltese cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises .
history
Shipbuilding
The Celebrity Equinox was built on behalf of the Celebrity Cruises shipping company at Meyer Werft in Papenburg as part of the shipping company's own Solstice class . Construction began with the cutting of the first steel plate on September 7, 2007. The keel was laid on August 6, 2008 and the ship was delivered on July 16, 2009. Their construction costs amounted to approximately US $ 641 million
Lawsuit from environmental organizations
So that the Celebrity Equinox could be transferred from the shipyard to the North Sea on June 29th, the Lower Saxony State Agency for Water Management, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) issued a 2.20 meter damming of the Ems at the Gandersum barrage on June 20, 2009 for the first time in summer Storage height for 25 hours. In May 2009, environmental associations filed a lawsuit against this decision on summer traffic jams at the Oldenburg Administrative Court : 500 hectares in bird sanctuaries would be flooded, at least 1,000 young birds would drown and enclosures would be destroyed. A community of heirs withdrew their previous urgent application. The environmental associations and the shipyard agreed on a compromise.
Maiden voyage
On July 31, 2009, the ship set sail for her maiden voyage, an eight-night voyage from Southampton to Norway . The voyage around Western Europe , which started on August 8, 2009, was originally planned as a maiden voyage, but due to the early delivery, the trip to Norway took place before that.
Today's use
The Celebrity Equinox now sails between spring and autumn in the western and eastern Mediterranean , and in the winter months the western and southern Caribbean .
technical description
hull
The ship is 317.2 meters long and 36.9 meters wide. The draft of the ship, measured at 121,878 GT, is 8.3 meters. It has 17 decks , 13 of which are passenger decks . A crew of 1250 men is available to transport and supply the ship and the up to 2850 passengers. The Celebrity Equinox is powered by two controllable so-called Azipods from ABB with an output of 20.5 MW per pod drive. This means she can reach a speed of around 24 knots . Four Wärtsilä 16V46CRs are available for the energy supply, each generating 16,800 kW.
Special equipment
In order to be able to offer the passengers excursions, six tender boats are available, which can be used as lifeboats in case of distress . The twenty-four lifeboats, which are only intended for this purpose, are mounted at a height of 12 meters above the waterline, reach a maximum speed of 25 knots and can accommodate up to 150 people per boat. Before the start of the voyage, each passenger is assigned a lifeboat, which is then provided with 10 megajoules of food and 3 liters of water if the boat is fully occupied . For quick deployment in special cases, such as a man overboard case , a rescue cutter with 144 HP is also available, which can also reach up to 25 knots.
See also
Sources and further information
Sources cited
The information in this article is largely based on:
- Ems-Zeitung: Magazine for the Emspassage of the "Celebrity Equinox" in cooperation with Meyer Werft
- Celebrity Equinox. DNV GL, accessed on February 19, 2017 .
The following sources are also cited:
- ↑ Celebrity Cruises orders another ship. February 17, 2006, accessed April 21, 2015 .
- ↑ Undocking the Celebrity Equinox. May 29, 2009. Retrieved July 4, 2015 .
- ↑ Burning start for Celebrity Equinox. September 7, 2007, accessed February 20, 2015 .
- ^ Eigel Wiese: The new floating small towns , Die Welt, February 28, 2009. Accessed December 6, 2009
- ^ Abendblatt : Decision for Jobs: The Ems will also be dammed in the summer , April 8, 2009
- ↑ Die Welt : General Plan for Coastal Protection , June 6, 2009
- ^ NWZ : New cruise ship on the way to the North Sea , June 20, 209
Web links
- Oliver Pietschmann, Christian Wöste: Equinox: With the joystick through the Ems , Frankfurter Rundschau, June 20, 2009