The world’s largest cruise ship pulled into the Port of Southampton on Tuesday forward of its maiden cruise later this month. 

The Harmony of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean final week following 32 months of development on the STX France shipyard in Saint Nazaire, France.

The cruise ship is the third vessel in Royal Caribbean’s record-breaking Oasis-class, measuring 362 meters (1,188 ft) lengthy and weighing in at 226,963 gross registered tons. Harmony of the Seas is barely bigger than it’s two predecessors, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, that are 225,282 GRT. Both ships had been constructed on the former STX Europe shipyard in Turku, Finland (now Meyer Turku). 

STX Europe was received the contract to construct Oasis 3 in 2012, offering a much-needed increase to the French shipbuilding business and an enormous blow to Finland, a lot in order that the Finnish authorities requested the European Commission probe deal. The contract for Oasis 3 on the time was stated to be in extra of €1 billion, or roughly US $1.33 billion. 

The ship has the capability to hold a staggering 5,479 company in 2,747 staterooms, and is dwelling to 2,100 crew.

Harmony of the Seas will sail from Southampton on a sequence of quick cruises to Northern Europe earlier than embarking on her maiden cruise on May 29, arriving in Barcelona, Spain on June 5, the place it’ll spend its inaugural summer season season crusing seven-night cruises to the western Mediterranean.

In November 2016, the ship will arrive at her homeport of Port Everglades, Florida the place the vessel will provide seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings. Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas are additionally homeported on the east coast of Florida in Port Canaveral and Port Everglades respectively.