Ulstein captures its 7th cruise ship design contract for SunStone
20th February 2023
The US-based shipowner, SunStone Ships, has ordered another cruise vessel in its INFINITY class.
All the vessels in this class are designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS.
They were the first to introduce the patented X-BOW design in the cruise industry, a solution that has been welcomed by cruise passengers and crews alike.
“We are immensely pleased to announce that we have signed a new contract with the CMHI Haimen yard for the construction of a new X-BOW expedition cruise vessel of the ULSTEIN CX103 design”, said Lars Ståle Skoge, commercial director at Ulstein Design & Solutions.
Although all the vessels in this class are designed on the same platform, being 104.4m long and 18.4m wide, they are all customised to accommodate a varying number of passengers and crews, and the public spaces are also carefully designed according to the client’s request.
This new vessel shares the feature of three other vessels in the INFINITY class on having windows all around the bow lounge to give lot of light and a feeling of being in the nature whilst indoors.
Tomas Tillberg Design is responsible for interior design.
“Our main focus is to bring the outdoors inside, capitalizing on the big windows like the two-story atrium ones and especially the spectacular FWD bow windows that Ulstein made possible thus furthering the small ship to a big ship feeling,” states Tomas Tillberg.
The vessel will accommodate 199 passengers, with a crew of 101. She is ICE CLASS 1A certified for polar cruising, holds the highest comfort class, and is SOLAS* certified including a Safe Return to Port passport.
