Brodosplit, the Croatian shipbuilder, said it had won an order for a 196 passenger capacity expedition cruise ship from an undisclosed customer.
The ship, which will be delivered in 2019, will be built to the LR PC6 (Polar Class 6) ice class and it will be the first cruise ship in the world to meet the requirements of this classification
The ship will have 95 passenger cabins, and the crew will number 69 in all. The ship will be 107,6 m long and 17,6 m wide. It will be driven by two engines with a total output of 4200 kW and will be able to reach a speed of 15 knots.
This is the second Croatian yard that has won an order to build an expedition cruise vessel. Earlier this year, Scenic, the Australian travel company, ordered a 16,500 gross ton ship from the Uljanik shipyard. Heavy workload at mainstream cruise ship yards that build large vessels open a window for smaller yards to seek foothold in the rapidly expanding expedition cruise sector.
