Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard has held a keel laying ceremony for the fourth liquefied natural gas (LNG)-powered Icon-class cruise ship being built for U.S.-based cruise company Royal Caribbean. The ship, known by its working name Icon 4, has thus progressed to the hull assembly phase.
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As disclosed, the traditional ceremony, held at the bottom of the building dock, included a symbolic act in which representatives of the cruise company, the classification society, and the shipyard placed coins under the first steel block to bring good luck and protection to the ship.
In the speeches, the ship project managers of Meyer Turku and Royal Caribbean noted that the cooperation is progressing well and that the lessons learned from previous sister ships are further streamlining the process.
