Diesel engines and gas turbines in cruise vessel propulsion

摘要

The Celebrity Cruises' gas turbine-driven cruising vessel Millennium made her maiden voyage this summer. The 91,000 gt vessel with a passenger capacity of 1,950 (lower berth) denotes a technological shift in cruise ship design primarily because she is the first cruise ship powered by a pure gas turbine plant. Apart from this, the ship has the biggest azimuthing pods ever built (two Mermaid pods of 19.5 MW each). Currently there are three further cruise ships of this series under construction.