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This massive Royal Caribbean cruise ship, the latest addition to a cruise sector that is fully recovering from the Covid-19 years, is heading to the Caribbean.
Operated with liquefied natural gas
The Icon of the Seas is the American cruise giant’s first ship to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a fossil fuel that the industry pitches as a cleaner alternative to heavy oil but which releases methane, a potent greenhouse gas.
On board the Icon of the Seas, January 11, 2024. — © Rebecca Blackwell / keystone-sda.ch
The ship is equipped with a system that converts waste into energy and another to recycle the water on board, Royal Caribbean says, promising to reduce the environmental impact of this type of ship, one of the cruise industry’s most common criticisms.
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Five times the size of the Titanic
During her maiden voyage to the Caribbean, she will visit Basseterre, the capital of the state of St. Kitts and Nevis, before continuing to Charlotte Amélie in the U.S. Virgin Islands and then to the private island of Coco Cay in the Bahamas before returning to Miami, Florida.
The Icon of the Seas can accommodate 5,610 passengers and 2,350 crew members. It is divided into eight different districts and includes twenty bridges, seven swimming pools, nine hot tubs and a 17 meter high waterfall. With a gross tonnage of 250,800 tons, five times the size of the Titanic, she left the Turku shipyard in Finland.
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