Utopia (cruise ship)
History | |
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Name: | Utopia |
Owner: | Utopia Residences |
Operator: | Utopia Residences |
Port of registry: | Bahamas |
Route: | circumnavigation of the world |
Ordered: | November 20, 2009 (amended in 2012) |
Builder: | Samsung Heavy Industries |
Cost: | US$1.1 billion |
Maiden voyage: | 2016 (planned)Still unknown as final papers not signed |
Notes: | [1] |
General characteristics | |
Type: | Residential cruise ship |
Tonnage: | 108,000 GT |
Length: | 296 m (971 ft) |
Beam: | 36 m (118 ft) |
Height: | 50 m (160 ft) |
Draught: | 8.3 m (27 ft) |
Decks: | 16 |
Installed power: | 50,400KW 6 × Wärtsilä diesel engines |
Propulsion: |
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Speed: | 22 KN |
Capacity: |
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Crew: | 600 |
Notes: | [1] |
Utopia was a planned luxury residential cruise ship project. Completion of the ship was expected in 2016 at a cost of US$1.1 billion, but final financing and signed contracts did not materialize. The original binding letter of intent to build Utopia was announced in 2009 but amended in 2012.[2] The ship was to be built by Samsung Heavy Industries, one of the largest shipbuilders in the world, located in South Korea.[3][4] The Finnish engineering company Elomatic Marine is credited for the design concept of the vessel, with architectural design by Tillberg Design U.S.[1]
The business plan calls for residences with prices from US$3.9 million to US$30 million.
Amenities
The 296 m (971 ft), 108,000 GT, ship will have a 199 residences ranging in size from 130 to 613 m2 (1,400 to 6,600 sq ft).[5] The ship will also have 175-room hotel, casino, 16,000 sq ft spa, night club, and many other amenities.
Financing
The ship will be largely financed by the Frontier Group, a private equity firm based in St. Louis, Missouri. Frontier will put up most of the funds to cover the US$1.1 billion in construction costs.[6]
See also
- MS The World, a similar resident-owned vessel currently in service
References
- 1 2 3 Henrik Segercrantz (February 2010). "Utopia". Maritime Reporter. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ↑ "Utopia Residential Ship Signs Contract with Shipyard". Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ↑ "Our Partners - Shipbuilder". Utopia. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "SHI Opens an Era of Cruise Shipbuilding in Korea". Samsung Heavy Industries. 2 December 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
- ↑ "Elomatic and Utopia's historic conceptual design for residential ocean liner one step closer to becoming reality". Elomatic. Retrieved 24 November 2010.
- ↑ Christopher Tritto (13 December 2009). "Frontier backs US$1 billion luxury ocean liner Utopia". St. Louis Business Journal. Retrieved 24 November 2010.