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Royal Caribbean takes delivery of Anthem of the Seas

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A signing ceremony in Bremerhaven, Germany, made the Anthem delivery official.

Meyer Werft shipyard formally turned over Anthem of the Seas to Royal Caribbean International on Friday, 10 days ahead of the ship’s naming ceremony in Southampton, England.

The 4,200-passenger Anthem, the second ship in Royal’s Quantum class, will sail from the U.K. on various European itineraries this summer and fall. In November, it will arrive in New York Harbor to dock at its permanent home port of Cape Liberty, N.J.

Unique features of the Quantum-class ships include the North Star aerial observatory, the SeaPlex bumper car arena and the RipCord by iFLY skydiving simulator.

Set the first block of the “Ovation of the Seas” into the Dock

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In building dock II Meyer Werft in Papenburg now the first block for the cruise ship ovation of the Seas was placed on the Pallungen. Adam Goldstein, Royal Caribbean International, together with Bernard Meyer, put the lucky penny on the Pallungen before the 800-ton crane deposed the block of the new ship.

This block is one of the 74 blocks of the new luxury liner and has a weight of 740 tons. This officially keel laying, construction begins on the Ovation of the Seas, which counts with a survey of 168,600 gross tonnage of the 5 largest cruise ships in the world.

The first flame cut steel for the ovation of the Seas took place in September 2014. Meyer Werft in laser center. The ship will be delivered in April 2016.

The Anthem of the Seas, which is currently on Equipment pier of the Meyer Werft is completed and the next week Papenburg leaves towards the North Sea, the second ship in a series of three ships being built for Royal Caribbean International at Meyer Werft.

Photo 2:. Vl Lambert Kruse (Managing Director Meyer Werft) Jarmo Laakso (Project Manager Royal Caribbean) Adam Goldstein (CEO, Royal Caribbean International) Bernard Meyer (Managing Director Meyer Werft), Dr. Jan Meyer (CEO Meyer Werft), Mika Heiskanen (Project Manager Royal Caribbean), Carsten Pengel (Project Meyer Werft) Claus Andersen (-Anthem captain of the Seas – Royal Caribbean)

Undocking the Anthem of the Seas is advanced on Friday afternoon

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Posted on 19/02/2015

Based on the latest weather forecasts, undocking the Anthem of the Seas is the February 20, 2015 brought forward to Freitagnachmitttag around 15:00 clock.

This is due, among other things, the wind sensitivity of the two floating parts of the Norwegian Escape, which lie at the time of Ausdockens the Anthem of the Seas in Werfthafen and moved.

Also, the placement of the chimney, organizing the required tests and raise the Northstar is brought forward to Saturday.

Delays and temporal changes in the undocking possible due to weather conditions.

In order to facilitate the application of the Anthem of the Seas at the pier, which is currently located at the fitting first floating part of the Norwegian Escape is hauled. The second part of swimming, which is currently in the dock II shipyard is undocked before the Anthem of the Seas and then also within the shipyard harbor. After undocking the Anthem of the Seas, the two floating parts of the Norwegian Escape, which will be completed in the fall of 2015 maneuvering for the further construction in the building dock II free.

For this purpose, it is necessary to cross the sea lock on 19 February from about 7:30 to about 16:00 clock clock and on February 20 from 12:00 clock until February 21 to about 15: back to 00 clock . Lock On Sunday, February 22, it is because of the Dockschleusung the tractor to another locking in from 12:00 clock bis 19:00 clock. All times subject to weather conditions