Marella Explorer
 The Marella Explorer as Mein Schiff leaves Hamburg
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The Marella Explorer is a cruise ship from Marella Cruises , which was commissioned as Galaxy for Celebrity Cruises in 1996 . It corresponds to the Panamax form factor and is measured at 76,998 GT .
history
Construction and commissioning
The ship was laid down on May 25, 1995 with hull number 638 as the Galaxy at Meyer Werft in Papenburg as the second ship of the Century class . Compared to the type ship Century , the ship is about 15 meters longer. After completion, the ship was handed over to Celebrity Cruises on October 10, 1996 , which at that time was a subsidiary of the traditional Greek shipping company Chandris . The ship sailed under the Liberian flag with its home port Monrovia . The ship began service on December 21, 1996, cruising from Florida to the Caribbean. At that time it had 13 decks, 974 passenger cabins, four restaurants and six bistros. Ten bars, two lounges and a 11,991 m² sun deck were available to passengers . A total of 780 crew members were on board to guide and maintain the ship and to look after the guests.
On June 2, 2001, the ship Nahe IJmuiden was damaged on the propeller. The subsequent repairs were carried out by Blohm + Voss in Hamburg until June 16, 2001 .
From 2002 the ship sailed under the flag of the Bahamas with home port Nassau . In February 2008 it was named Celebrity Galaxy and has been sailing under the flag of Malta with its home port of Valletta ever since
Sale to TUI Cruises and renovation
In April 2008, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. , The parent company of Celebrity Cruises announced that the Celebrity Galaxy will end its service for the shipping company in March 2009 and will then be sold to TUI Cruises, a 50:50 joint venture between TUI and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. The handover took place on March 18, 2009 in San Juan (Puerto Rico) . The parties agreed not to disclose the purchase price.
The ship was transferred to Bremerhaven and converted from the end of March to the beginning of May 2009 in just 38 days in the dry dock of the Lloyd Werft Bremerhaven for 50 million euros. The interior, once tailored to American tastes, has largely been replaced and adapted to the European market. In order to meet the tight schedule, unnecessary walls and fixtures were removed during the transfer to Germany . In Bremerhaven, 200 balconies were then added and 202 were extended and converted into verandas . Due to the additional weight, the structure had to be partially adjusted and a steel substructure weighing around 380 tonnes - a so-called ducktail - had to be inserted in the rear area to compensate . The area of the spa area has been doubled; Restaurants and bar areas were expanded and renewed.
On May 15, 2009, the Galaxy was renamed Mein Schiff . The new christening took place - in Low German - by Ina Müller on May 15, 2009 in the port of Hamburg in front of the fish auction hall . The name emerged as the winner of a competition that TUI Cruises held in cooperation with the illustrated magazine Bunte . The ship was launched under the Maltese flag. The language on board was German.
After the renovation, Mein Schiff was the first TUI Cruises cruise ship to resume operations on May 23, 2009 with a Baltic Sea cruise. On September 11, 2009, she set out for the first regular cruise from Hamburg along the Western European coast into the Mediterranean. In November 2010 the Mein Schiff was renamed Mein Schiff 1 .
Switch to Marella Cruises
In May 2015 it was decided that the ship would be decommissioned at TUI Cruises in 2018 and replaced by the fifth newbuild . The new Mein Schiff 1 is 52 meters longer than the previous Mein Schiff 1 and is designed for 2894 guests with double occupancy of the cabins. In April 2018, the last journey of led Singapore to Palma and ended on 11 April 2018. On 13 April 2018 the ship was within the TUI Group to Marella Cruises passed and 14 April 2018 to 13 May 2018 Cadiz at Navantia rebuilt. The Mein Schiff 1 was the end of April 2018 Marella Explorer renamed after initially named TUI Explorer should receive.
Machine system and drive
The Marella Explorer is equipped with a conventionally constructed diesel-mechanical drive system. This consists of two engine groups, each consisting of a six-cylinder and a nine-cylinder four-stroke diesel engine of the type MAN 48 / 60B. These rotate at 500 rpm and are connected in pairs via clutches of the "Vulkan-Rato" type to a spur gear unit manufactured by Renk . Each drive group acts via a propeller shaft (diameter: 614 mm) on a four-blade controllable pitch propeller with a diameter of 5.80 m. In order to minimize vibrations and noise, the motors and gears are floating. Depending on the respective requirements (speed, weather conditions), the ship can be operated in different drive configurations.
The ship is controlled via two active rudders. As a maneuvering aid, three transverse thrusters are installed in the bow and two in the stern . Each system has an output of 1,400 kW (approx. 1,900 hp). Together with the active rudders that can be controlled via joysticks, the Marella Explorer can also be maneuvered comfortably without the assistance of a tractor. To dampen rolling movements, the ship is equipped with a pair of stabilizers from Blohm + Voss . Each fin is around 6 m long and has an effective area of 15 m².
The average fuel consumption at normal speed (15 kn) is around 60 t / d, at top speed around 140 t / d. The ship has a mass of 9,900 tons, 7,700 tons of which are below the waterline.
In normal operation, the Marella Explorer is powered by four separate generators, which are driven by six-cylinder MAN 40/54 diesel engines with an output of 4,320 kW (approx. 5875 hp) each. If the diesel generator sets are not available, an electrical output of around 5,200 kVA each can be provided via two shaft generators that are flanged to the main gearbox.
The ship's electricity requirement is around 6,000 kVA at temperatures around 20 ° C. At higher outside temperatures, the demand can rise to around 12,000 kVA due to the higher utilization of the air conditioning system.
Cabins and on-board facilities
The Marella Explorer has 307 inside and 655 outside cabins on six decks, 430 of which have a balcony. The spectrum ranges from 16 m² inside cabins to suites with 49 m² with an additional 24 m² veranda.
The ship has 13 decks, the top ten of which are accessible to passengers. Among other things, it has four restaurants, six bistros as well as 13 bars and lounges of different orientations with a total area of 4,743 m². The sun deck has an area of around 12,000 m², the pool deck 2200 m².
Various sports, sun and relaxation areas, as well as a spa and wellness area with a Finnish sauna for 54 people and a hammam of 1,700 m² are intended to complete the range of indoor cycling and cardio training. Outside there is a golf simulator, a basketball court and a jogging path. In addition to entertainment, games and a range of information, the ship has all the usual facilities such as a hospital or shopping facilities. This also includes a library, theater, internet terminals, college and conference room.
Trivia
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- As part of the cooking program Die Küchenschlacht , ZDF filmed a total of ten episodes of the program on the ship from September 20 to 30, 2009.
- The musician Udo Lindenberg used Mein Schiff 1 in May and August 2010 as a venue for rock concerts as part of a cruise. Lindenberg received the special prize of the Cruise Guide Award for the idea of the rock liner . Later rock liners took place on other ships in the TUI Cruises fleet.
- The Wacken Open Air team organized the heavy metal festival series Full Metal Cruise on board from 2013 to 2016 . After Mein Schiff 1 switched to Marella Cruises, voyages were relocated to Mein Schiff 2 and Mein Schiff 3 .
- In 2010, Mein Schiff was the location of an episode of the ZDF series Der Landarzt .
- A pilot episode of the ARD show The Wedding Ship , conceived as a series, was filmed on Mein Schiff in April 2010 (production: hr); however, no further programs were produced.
- Since the ship sails under the Maltese flag, the captain is authorized to conduct legally valid weddings . By December 2010, almost 50 ceremonies had taken place on board.
See also
literature
- Oliver P. Mueller: Successful in 38 days - Lloyd Werft is building the »Mein Schiff« as part of a joint venture. In: Hansa . Issue 6/2009, ISSN 0017-7504 , pp. 28-30.
- Douglas Ward: Complete Guide to Cruising & Cruise Ships 2006 . Berlitz Publishing, London 2006, ISBN 3-493-60252-9 .
Web links
- Mein Schiff 1 on the TUI Cruises website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Publications. Retrieved February 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Horst W. Koehler: The New MAN B&W 48 / 60B Engine - The Allure of Power . MAN B&W documentation, MAN B&W Diesel
- ↑ http://vesselregister.dnvgl.com/VesselRegister/vesseldetails.html?vesselid=38808
- ↑ a b M / S Galaxy. Facta om Fartyg, accessed March 4, 2018 .
- ↑ TUI Cruises takes over Celebrity Galaxy in San Juan. ( Memento of March 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Lloyd Werft is converting "MS Galaxy". November 13, 2008, accessed October 6, 2017 .
- ↑ Sure ship. Lifting a luxury liner . In: Spiegel Online . Retrieved July 3, 2009.
- ↑ "Mein Schiff" - Christening party on the Elbe: With Madeleine Wehle, Susanne Stichler and Ludger Abeln . ( Memento from May 18, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) NDR television, accessed on October 9, 2015.
- ↑ Interim results for the first half of the year (October 1, 2014 - March 31, 2015). (PDF) May 13, 2015, accessed October 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Start of production for the new Mein Schiff 1 ( Memento from February 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive ), press release from TUI Cruises, August 16, 2016
- ↑ Goodbye Mein Schiff 1! April 11, 2018. Retrieved April 11, 2018 .
- ↑ Ina Müller's dream ship no longer runs for TUI Cruises. April 14, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018 .
- ↑ MEIN SCHIFF 1 (TUI Cruises) will become TUI EXPLORER (Thomson Cruises) in 2018. March 30, 2017, accessed October 1, 2017 .
- ^ Marella Explorer Enters Drydock for Transformation. Cruise Industry News, April 19, 2018, accessed April 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Marella Explorer Refurbishment Begins As Ship Goes Into Dry Dock Ahead Of May Launch. Press release. TUI Cruises, April 18, 2018, accessed on July 20, 2018 .
- ↑ Thomson to turn Mein Schiff 1 into TUI Explorer. Cruise Industry News, March 30, 2017, accessed March 31, 2017 .
- ↑ New Marella Explorer Launched in Palma Ceremony. Cruise Industry News, May 18, 2018, accessed May 19, 2018 .
- ↑ Deck floor plans
- ↑ Tour of the ship: cruise ship MEIN SCHIFF . (PDF) accessed March 3, 2010.
- ↑ Cruise Prize: Six 'Ships of the Year' honored on udo-lindenberg.de
- ↑ Full Metal Cruise - Heavy Metal on the high seas
- ↑ "Country Doctor" makes a sea voyage. In: Kiel News . May 30, 2010.
- ↑ Mein Schiff: "Der Landarzt" comes with an offer of extras on board the TUI ship. January 22, 2010, accessed June 8, 2018 .
- ↑ The debacle with the ARD wedding ship . In: The West . , February 4, 2011.
- ↑ Getting married on board - extras wanted! In: Stuttgarter Zeitung . March 8, 2010.