Posted on July 29th, 2009 by Richard
I know that’s a lousy title for a posting, but these are important letters for OASIS. All ships are inspected by independent inspectors who certify that the ships meet certain safety and other standards. These inspectors were originally established to help insurance companies classify the insurability of different ships and are known as “Classification Societies”.
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Posted on July 27th, 2009 by Richard
In some earlier postings, I’ve talked about some of the new systems and processes our people have been developing to improve the OASIS experience. In this posting, I thought I’d describe another one.
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Posted on July 22nd, 2009 by Richard
While onboard CELEBRITY EQUINOX for the delivery, I am able to spend more time with Harri Kulovaara and his team. It reminded me yet again what great group of people they are. I am in awe of their innovativeness and passion. EQUINOX is just stunning.
Harri reported that this week there were 1,800 [...]
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Posted on July 17th, 2009 by Richard
I’m onboard Celebrity Equinox. We just took delivery of this ship this morning and have now finished the flag changing ceremony. The ship is magnificent. She is the second in the Solstice series and they have done us proud. The decor, the art, the range of activities are all simply stunning. [...]
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Posted on July 13th, 2009 by Richard
I’ve gotten a lot of requests for pictures from the construction. Here is a sampling of some of my favorites along with my description.
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NOTE: To get my comments on the pictures, click “options”.
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Posted on July 8th, 2009 by Richard
This may have little to do with OASIS OF THE SEAS, but we just completed a public Bond offering of $300 million. These are indeed interesting times and we’ve already seen many things happen that “just can’t happen.” Who would have imagined that Lehman Brothers would be liquidated; not just gone into reorganization, but liquidated? [...]
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Posted on July 2nd, 2009 by Richard
One other thing that is done on a sea trial is to actually measure the physical size of the ship. For a cruise ship, the most important measure is not its weight or the weight of its cargo, but the space available onboard. And just to confuse matters, space is measured as “gross registered tons” [...]
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