MIAMI, Fla. a me PAPENBURG, Kelemānia - Ua kau inoa ʻo Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. i kahi leka o ka manaʻo me ka hale moku ʻo Meyer Werft e kūkulu i ka mua o ka hanauna hou o nā moku holo moku ʻo Royal Caribbean International. Hoʻokumu ʻia ma lalo o ka code-name "Project Sunshine," ua hoʻokomo ka hoʻolālā moku hou i nā hiʻohiʻona hou a hoihoi e hoʻohana i ka maikaʻi o ka ʻike a me ka noʻonoʻo o Royal Caribbean. ʻO ka hopena o ka makahiki o ka noiʻi a me ka hoʻomohala ʻana.
Ke kauoha nei ke kauoha i hoʻokahi moku e hāʻawi ʻia i ka hāʻule o 2014 me kahi koho no ka moku lua no Spring 2015. ʻO ka 158,000 Gross Registered Tons (GRT) hale hou e lawe wale ma luna o 4,100 mau malihini ma muli o ka noho pālua. ʻO ke kumu kūʻai āpau i manaʻo ʻia ma kahi o 170,000 euro. ʻO kēia kumukūʻai āpau e pili ana i ke kumu kūʻai ʻaelike kumu o ka pā a me nā mea āpau e pono ai no ka hoʻolālā, hana a kūkulu ʻana i ka moku, mai nā uku hoʻolālā a hiki i nā kumukūʻai nānā a me nā mea waiwai āpau mai nā kamepiula a hiki i ke kiʻi a me nā lole moe.
"Ua hana ikaika ʻo Royal Caribbean no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka inoa o ka hāʻawi ʻana i nā moku hou loa i ka ʻoihana holo moku a ʻaʻole e hoʻohilahila kēia hanauna e hiki mai ana," wahi a Richard D. Fain, Luna Hoʻomalu a Luna Nui o Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd. "ʻOiai mākou e hoʻomau nei i kā mākou ʻO ke kulekele o ka mālama ʻana i kā mākou mau manaʻo hou a me nā hiʻohiʻona i ka wā o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke kūkulu ʻana, hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo ua hauʻoli nui wau i ka makemake a me ka noʻonoʻo a kā mākou hui i hoʻolaʻa ai i ka papahana. Kūkulu ʻia ʻo Project Sunshine ma luna o nā manaʻo maikaʻi loa o kā mākou moku e kū nei a hoʻohui i nā hana hoihoi hou a me nā manaʻo leʻaleʻa. Hāʻawi ʻo ia i nā hiʻohiʻona no kēlā me kēia: mai nā wahi ākea a i nā wahi liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi; mai nā hana hoʻoikaika, hoʻoikaika i ka mālie o kahi ākea pilikino; a mai kahi plethora o nā mea ʻai ʻokoʻa i kahi cornucopia o nā manawa kūpono no nā ʻohana. Hauʻoli nō hoʻi au i ka pono o ka ikehu a me nā ʻenehana kaiapuni i hoʻohui ʻia. ʻO kā mākou mau moku e kū nei kekahi o ka ikehu maikaʻi loa ma ka honua a ua lawe ʻo Project Sunshine i kēia hana hou. Ma muli o kā mākou ʻike ma mua o 20 mau makahiki me Meyer Werft, me kā lākou noi koi, ʻike mākou e hāʻawi lākou i nā mea hou a pau a nā malihini o Royal Caribbean i manaʻo ai.
"Ua hauʻoli ʻo Meyer Werft e hana pū me ka Royal Caribbean ma muli o ko lākou kaulana no ke kūkulu ʻana i kēlā mau moku hou. Nui koʻu hauʻoli e hoʻomau nei mākou i kā mākou hui lōʻihi me Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. a me kāna brand Royal Caribbean International. Hāʻawi mau kā lākou mau papahana i nā manawa kūpono loa no Meyer Werft e hana i ka ʻoihana ʻokiʻoki hou loa i ka ʻoihana holo moana, "wahi a Bernard Meyer, ka hoa hoʻokele o Meyer Werft moku moku.
Aia ka leka o ka manaʻo i nā kūlana maʻamau i kūleʻa ʻia.
He aha e lawe ʻia mai kēia ʻatikala:
- “While we continue our policy of keeping our newest ideas and features under wraps during the early stages of construction, I can say that I am very excited about the passion and imagination that our teams have devoted to the project.
- has signed a letter of intent with shipyard Meyer Werft to build the first of a new generation of Royal Caribbean International cruise ships.
- The order calls for one ship to be delivered in the Fall of 2014 with an option for a second ship for Spring 2015.
