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This is especially true on diesel electric ships or vessels equipped with systems such as dynamic positioning. On larger vessels such as cruise ships, electro-technical officers can have ranks within their profession, such position names include, lead ETO, 1st electrician, chief electrical officer or chief electrical engineer.
MS Insignia is the lead ship of the R class of cruise ships built for Renaissance Cruises. She is now owned by Oceania Cruises as part of its Regatta class of ships, but recently sailed for Hapag-Lloyd as the Columbus 2. She was built in 1998 by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire, France for Renaissance Cruises as MS R One. [4]
Naval heraldry commonly takes the form of a badge, seal, crest, or coat of arms designed specifically for a ship [a] (or a series of ships bearing the same name), which in Commonwealth navies takes the form of a large plaque, referred to as the ship's badge, mounted on the superstructure of the ship, and in the United States Navy is known as ...
The ship is powered by four diesel 6.525 MW engines each of which drives a 6.3 MW 60 Hz 6.6 kV 3-phase generator. [2] The electricity from the generators power two VEM AC Electric 8.5 MW double winding synchronous motors each of which powers a fixed-pitch propeller. [1] The ship also has a 900 kW 60 Hz 440 V 3phase emergency generator. [2]
Carnival Jubilee is a cruise ship built for Carnival Cruise Line. It is the third ship of the line's Excel class , although it was the first built by Meyer Werft at Papenburg , Germany. [ 2 ] It was delivered to Carnival on 4 December 2023, [ 6 ] and entered service on 23 December 2023 out of the Port of Galveston in the United States.
Carnival Spirit is a Spirit-class cruise ship operated by Carnival Cruise Line, a subsidiary of Carnival Corporation & plc. Built in Helsinki by Kværner Masa-Yards , she was the first Spirit -class cruise ship to join Carnival's fleet after she was delivered in 2001.
A cruise ship ID card is a plastic card the size of a credit card that serves several functions for passengers on a cruise ship.Cruise ship ID cards are scanned at the entrances to the ship and at various points throughout the ship, either via magnetic strip, RFID readers or bar code in order to identify the passenger, [1] allow entry to and exit off the ship, allow entry into certain areas of ...
The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]