Jensen Maritime wins Design & Engineering Contract for U.S. Cruise Ships
Jensen Maritime was recently selected to provide detailed design and production engineering services for two, 100 passenger, U.S. flagged, coastal cruise ships for Lindblad Expeditions Holdings, Inc.
The twin screw diesel ships, will be built at the Washington state shipyard of Nichols Brothers Boat Builders (NBBB) and have planned delivery dates of second quarter 2017 and 2018. Once complete, the $94.8 million duo will operate tours between Baja, Costa Rica and Panama during the winter months and southeast Alaska, Oregon, Washington and Canada during the summer months.
For this project, Jensen will utilize its innovative 3D modeling capabilities to allow Lindblad the unique opportunity to confirm the vessel’s layout, maintenance envelopes and operational access prior to construction. The group will combine all the details of the structural, electrical, mechanical and HVAC systems of the vessel into one comprehensive, full-size 3D, computer model resulting in a virtual vessel that can be inspected early in the design process for safety, maintainability and constructability.
“We at Jensen are pleased to showcase our full service design and production engineering services for this exciting new build project,” said Johan Sperling, vice president, Jensen. “With our 3D capabilities, the customer will have virtually walked every deck and inspected every system long before stepping onto the vessel and long before each system is installed, giving them further confidence that this ship will be exactly the high quality passenger vessel they intended.”
“These new ships mark an exciting step in the long-term growth of the company, and enable us to capitalize on the substantial demand for our expeditions,” said Sven Lindblad, president and CEO of Lindblad. “With our significant resources we can continue to deliver on our promise of expedition travel at its best, and can now expand our unique offerings in the Americas where we have very strong demand.”
Some key features of the new 238-foot ships include:
- 50 cabins, fitness room and spa.
- An outdoor walkway around the entire sun deck, which will feature dining and entertainment facilities.
- State-of-the-art expedition technology, including a remotely operated vehicle (ROV), video microscope, hydrophone and bow-cam, full warm and cold water diving gear and underwater cameras.