| Horizon nearly ready

THE newest ship in the
Carnival Cruise Line fleet,
the 133,500-tonne Carnival
Horizon, has successfully
completed its final sea trials.
Currently in the last stages of
construction at the Fincantieri
shipyard in Marghera, Italy,
the vessel will depart on its
inaugural cruise from Barcelona
on 02 Apr, 2018.
During the trials, officers,
technicians and engineers
jumped on board to thoroughly
test Carnival Horizon’s
technical, mechanical and
navigation systems.
The vessel features the line’s
first Dr Seuss WaterWorks aqua
park, a new teppanyaki dining
venue, and BBQ restaurant
Guy’s Pig & Anchor Bar-B-Que
Smokehouse Brewhouse.
It will also offer an IMAX
Theatre, SkyRide, a tropicsinspired
Havana section with
colourful staterooms and a
Cuban-themed bar and pool,
and Family Harbor, providing
extra-roomy accommodation
and the Family Harbor Lounge.
It will sail four round-trip
cruises from Barcelona before
repositioning to New York to
operate a summer schedule.
MEANWHILE, Carnival Cruise
Line has signed an agreement
with Shell to be its supplier of
marine liquefied natural gas
(LNG) for its two new LNGpowered
ships.
The vessels are expected
to launch in 2020 and 2022
and be homeported in North
America and will refuel at
Shell’s LNG Bunker Barge, a
project announced this week.