ALMACO News
November 5, 2009
ALMACO Group is the proud supplier of the Refrigerating Plant onboard M/S Oasis of the Seas
ALMACO Group’s market leading Refrigeration Machinery will be featured onboard Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, which was delivered in October, 2009. ALMACO’s cooling plant, made of four systems, will support the needs of Royal Caribbean’s groundbreaking 5,400-guest, double occupancy, Oasis of the Seas, which operates under the Royal Caribbean International cruise brand. Serving approximately 550 refrigerated catering equipment, 87 air coolers for frozen and cold rooms, and one ice rink, the combined systems make it the Refrigeration Plant with the highest number of cold consumers ever installed on a cruise ship.
ALMACO’s scope of work included the supply of the cooling plant for provision stores, food handling equipment and ice rink; the glycol pumps and pumps’ starter panels; fluids such as refrigerant oil and glycol; air coolers for cooling the provision stores; room’s temperature control panels; as well as the control and monitoring supervision system. The scope also includes the supply and installation of the direct expansion piping network, with an approximate length of 2,300 meters, and the installation commissioning.
The cooling of the provision stores, the galleys and restaurants’ refrigerated equipment, and the ice rink, features control systems developed for direct expansion and glycol cooling systems, introducing enhanced regulation functions such as EEV¹ control, adaptive defrosting and new SCADA² modules for energy consumption monitoring, maintenance help and quick trouble shooting.
ALMACO’s Refrigeration Plants fulfill the present US public health (USPHS) regulations and comply with the relevant classification society requirements. The company’s plants are designed in accordance with rules aimed at making the system more environmentally friendly.
Royal Caribbean International’s new-generation, 225,000-gross-registered-ton cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" was built by STX Finland Oy, Turku Shipyard. Oasis of the Seas is designed around a seven neighborhood concepts, offering the widest range of onboard amenities that cater to each guest’s individual style and preferences. Oasis of the Seas was delivered in October 2009 and will operate primarily Caribbean cruises from her home port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
1 EEV: Electronic Expansion Valves 2 SCADA: Supervisory Control And Data Acquisition Vessel Image Courtesy of RCCL
ALMACO's Refrigeration Machinery Deliveries:
ALMACO Group has delivered over 40 ships in the past decade featuring ALMACO’s Refrigeration Machinery, six of which were delivered to Royal Caribbean International (M/S Sovereign of the Seas, M/S Adventure of the Seas, M/S Explorer of the Seas, M/S Vision of the Seas, M/S Rhapsody of the Seas, M/S Legend of the Seas). ALMACO’s awarded contracts for design, supply, and commissioning of refrigeration systems come from key players in the cruise ship industry such as MSC, NCL and many others. Between the two giants – QM2 and Oasis of the Seas – ALMACO has received contracts for three Mediterranean Shipping Cruise Ships (MSC Musica, MSC Orchestra, and MSC Poesia) and the four most recent Norwegian Cruise Line ships (Norwegian Jewel, Pride of Hawaii, Norwegian Pearl, and Norwegian Gem) built at Meyer Werft, Germany. Just before the Oasis of the Seas order, ALMACO’s Refrigeration Systems had also been selected to serve provisions stores and food handling equipment onboard three Celebrity Cruises Solstice-class ships under construction at Meyer Werft, Germany.
For further information, please contact:
Christian MelletSales ManagerPhone: +1-561-558 1636Email: Christian.mellet@almaco.cc
About:
ALMACO Group was founded in 1998 and has offices in China, Finland, France, Italy, Singapore and USA. ALMACO provides complete solutions for Accommodation and Food Handling systems for Newbuilding and Modernization projects which incorporate all phases of the unit’s lifecycle, from conceptualization and design, through complete turnkey deliveries and efficient post-delivery support. ALMACO provides a complete range of products and services which address all needs for passenger ships, accommodation vessels, offshore accommodation platforms and land-based modular construction.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Cruises and CDF Croisieres de France. The company has a combined total of 39 ships in service and four under construction. It also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Asia, Australia/New Zealand, Canada, Dubai, Europe and South America. Additional information can be found on:
www.azamaracruises.com