2024-01-28 01:51:54
The world’s new largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, cast off from the Port of Miami on Saturday for its maiden voyage, despite accusations of anti-ecological monstrosity. 365 meters long, it has 2,805 cabins and 40 restaurants.
This immense Royal Caribbean liner, the latest addition to a cruise sector in full recovery following the Covid-19 years, is heading to the Caribbean.
The Icon of the Seas is the first ship from the American cruise giant to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a fossil fuel that the industry presents as a cleaner alternative to heavy fuel oil, but which releases methane, a powerful greenhouse gas.
Five times the size of the Titanic
The ship is equipped with a system that converts waste into energy and another to recycle water on board, says Royal Caribbean, thus promising to reduce the environmental impact of this type of ship, one of the most common criticisms of the cruise industry.
During its maiden voyage to the Caribbean, it will visit Basseterre, capital of the state of Saint Kitts and Nevis, before heading to Charlotte Amélie, in the American Virgin Islands, then to the island private of Coco Cay, Bahamas, before returning to Miami, Florida.
The Icon of the Seas can accommodate 5,610 passengers and 2,350 crew members. Divided into eight different districts, it includes twenty bridges, seven swimming pools, nine jacuzzis and a 17 meter high waterfall. With a gross tonnage of 250,800 tonnes, five times the size of the Titanic, it left the Turku shipyard in Finland.
/ATS
1706418920
#largest #ocean #liner #world #sets #sail #Miami
