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Fire put out on Norwegian Getaway

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Fire put out on Norwegian Getaway

By Tom Stieghorst
Construction on the Norwegian Getaway was halted Monday after a fire broke out on the newbuild in its covered drydock building in Papenburg, Germany.

A statement from the Meyer Werft shipyard said the fire led to “significant smoke formation,” causing the affected production areas and the visitors center to be evacuated.

Members of the shipyard fire brigade and Papenburg’s fire department were called to put out the blaze.

The cause remains unknown. The statement said completion of the 4,000-passenger ship in 2014 “is not at risk according to information currently available.”

The Getaway is scheduled to enter service next January in Miami.

Royal Caribbean ships named Quantum and Anthem of the Seas

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Royal Caribbean ships named Quantum and Anthem of the Seas

By Tom Stieghorst

Royal Caribbean said it has named the two ships being built under the Project Sunshine program.

The ships will be called Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas. They will debut in the fall of 2014 and the spring of 2015, respectively.

Going forward, the ships will be known as the Quantum class.

The two ship names were among those filed on Nov. 2 with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Royal Caribbean said that with the release of the names, the first piece of steel has been cut at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, where both ships will be built.