2024-01-01 16:56:25
It is the first cruise ship built in China. L’Adora Magic City left the port of Shanghai this Monday, January 1, 2024, for its first maiden voyage: heading to South Korea and Japan. With this liner, Beijing wants to catch up in the construction of these enormous tourist ships.
Published on: 01/01/2024 – 5:56 p.m.
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In images from official Chinese television, theAdora Magic City sets sail and displays its gigantism: 323 meters long, 16 decks.
On board, restaurants, theaters, a water park, a shopping center. The liner has 2,125 cabins and can accommodate up to 5,246 passengers.
« This is our first large cruise ship built in our country, and I am very proud of it », rejoices this woman interviewed on board.
It must be said that the delivery of this liner was long overdue, postponed several times due to Covid. Its inauguration marks China’s ambitions in the sector of these cruise ships. Beijing wants to catch up with other countries like France.
L’Adora Magic City is part of a larger order for this type of boat built in China at the initiative of the national shipbuilding giant CSSC. And no matter the carbon footprint of these very polluting boats. A second, even larger liner is still in Chinese shipyards. Its delivery is expected by the end of 2026.
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