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来源：Offshore Energy 2023-05-12
翻译：国际海事信息网 顾晋瑄 张运鸿

        皇家加勒比国际公司的首艘液化天然气（LNG）驱动邮轮“Icon of the Seas”号于2023年5月8日顺利完成推进启动，这使其在临近海试时取得了另一重要里程碑。

        此外，船舶内部和外部工作皆取得进展：Aquadome系统已开始其拆封工作，船体也已收到新漆。

        Meyer Turku船厂在社交媒体新动态中评论这一成就时表示，确保螺旋桨正常运行是该船在6月既定海试中的一个重要阶段；推进系统的启动表明该船的发电系统、配电系统和电力推进系统已准备就绪。

        该船厂补充道：“推进器成功启动证明了不同团队之间的无缝合作，并再次说明了合作了多年设备供应商的功劳和其对此项目的奉献。在推进器成功启动后，我们迫不及待地期待着6月份即将到来的海试！”

        需要注意的是，“Icon of the Seas”号的电力推进功率超过60兆瓦（MW），单个Azipod螺旋桨系统的功率为20兆瓦。

        “Icon of the Seas”号于2021年6月开始建造，并在2021年11月完成液化天然气燃料罐的安装。该船于2022年12月正式下水。

        这艘邮轮以液化天然气为燃料，采用燃料电池技术。预计在2023年底移交给客户，并将于2024年1月开始首次航行。同时，其将从迈阿密出发，在东加勒比海和西加勒比海进行全年巡航。

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LNG-powered Icon of the Seas completes propulsion start trial

Royal Caribbean International’s first LNG-powered cruise vessel, Icon of the Seas, has achieved another major milestone on the road towards the approaching sea trials as Icon’s propulsion start was completed on 8 May 2023.

In addition, progress has been made both inside and outside of the vessel: the unwrapping of Aquadome has begun, and the ship has received some fresh paint on the hull.

Commenting on the achievement in a social media update, Meyer Turku shipyard said that ensuring the operational condition of the propellers is an important stage on the way to the vessel’s scheduled June sea trial; the propulsion start indicates the readiness of the ship’s power generation system, power distribution system and electric propulsion system.

The shipyard said: “The success of the propulsion start is proof of the seamless cooperation between the different teams, and once again speaks of the functionality of the equipment supplier’s multi-year cooperation and commitment to the project. After a successful propulsion start, we are eagerly awaiting the approaching sea trials in June!”

To note, the Icon of the Seas’ electric propulsion power is more than 60 megawatts (MW), and a single Azipod propeller system has a power of 20 MW.

The Icon’s construction started in June 2021 and an LNG fuel tank was installed in November 2021. The vessel was launched in December 2022.

The vessel runs on LNG and utilises fuel cell technology. It is expected that it will be handed over to the customer at the end of 2023 and will set sail on its first voyage in January 2024. The vessel is expected to cruise from Miami year-round in the Eastern and Western Caribbean.

来源：simic