Cruise Ship Classes - Belorussiya Class, Oasis Class Cruise Ship, Project America, Jewel Class Cruise Ship, Vista Class Cruise Ship (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Belorussiya Class, Oasis Class Cruise Ship, Project America, Jewel Class Cruise Ship, Vista Class Cruise Ship, Conquest Class Cruise Ship, Fantasy Class Cruise Ship, Destiny Class Cruise Ship, Freedom Class Cruise Ship, Sovereign Class Cruise Ship, Spirit Class Cruise Ship, Voyager Class Cruise Ship, Concordia Class Cruise Ship, Vision Class Cruise Ship, Holiday Class Cruise Ship, Sun Class Cruise Ship, Radiance Class Cruise Ship, Dream Class Cruise Ship. Excerpt: Delphin in Helsinki South Harbour, May 2009 The Belorussiya class cruiseferries (sometimes also referred to as the Gruziya class) were built by Wrtsil Turku Shipyard, Finland in 1975 1976 for the Black Sea Shipping Company, Soviet Union . The five ships in the class were originally used in ferry service around the Black Sea . During the 1980s all ships in the class were rebuilt into cruise ships . During the end of the 1990s all ships in the class were sold to other operators. As of 2008, at least four ships in this class are in service. The effects of the new SOLAS regulations that come into effect in 2010 remain unknown. Concept and construction During the early 1970s, the Black Sea Shipping Company of the Soviet Union decided to order five cruiseferries to be used on domestic traffic around the Black Sea . Instead of having the ships built domestically or ordering them from Comecon member states, the new ships were ordered from the Wrtsil shipyards in neutral Finland . The Belorussiya class ships were built to the same standards of technology and passenger comfort as the cruiseferries built in the western world at the time. They were also amongst the largest cruiseferries of their time, surpassing the largest cruiseferries built in the west at the same time (MS Tor Britannia and MS Tor Scandinavia ) in terms o...