Photos: Sunstone Ships Receives Delivery Of Next X-Bow Expedition Cruise Vessel From CMHI
The ‘Ocean Explorer’, an Ulstein developed exploration cruise ship vessel including the renowned X-BOW ®, has actually been effectively provided from the CMHI Haimen lawn, China, on 13th July 2021.

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Ulstein has actually provided a number of exploration cruise liner styles for the SunStone Ships’ INFINITY collection, all for building at the CMHI lawn. The ‘Ocean Explorer’ will certainly be run by Vantage Cruise Line.
The very first X-BOW vessel in the INFINITY collection, the ‘Greg Mortimer’, was provided in September 2019.

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The CMHI Haimen building
When registering for these vessels, SunStone Ships’ President/ CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER Niels-Erik Lund commented that “We decided to partner up with Ulstein due to their hull and the technical design, as well as their site team in China to supervise the production”.
The building has actually proceeded efficiently. There are 2 even more vessels in the INFINITY collection which are set up for distribution in 2021, and also 2 for distribution in 2022.

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Green options
“We have actually created a vessel where the hull has actually been enhanced for reduced gas intake with CFD (computational liquid characteristics) evaluation. In enhancement, we have actually carried out the ULSTEIN X-BOW hull line layout, a service first of all presented to the overseas section and also just just recently to the cruise ship market.
In enhancement to sustain cost savings, the X-BOW softens the motions in head seas, lowering slamming and also resonances, and also enhances the convenience and also remainder for travelers and also teams,” claims Lead Naval Architect Torill Muren, that has actually been first-hand in experiencing the motions throughout theDrake Passage Muren was a guest on ‘Greg Mortimer’ s Antarctica inaugural journey.

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Muren proceeds: “All the vessels in the INFINITY series have Tier III engines with SCR catalysts to reduce emissions. They run on low sulphur Marine Gas Oil (MGO), have heat recovery systems and LED lights. On top of this comes the waste-water treatment and management system that cleans the waste water before discharging it.”
The ships in the INFINITY collection have Ulstein’s trademarked X-BOW layout, zero-speed stabilizers and also vibrant placing, and also are constructed to Polar Code Category B, with Polar Class 6 (Ice Class 1A on equipment). All vessels are personalized variations of the ULSTEIN CX103 styles.
Reference: ulstein.com