AFO #66 - 泰坦尼克二号 2013. 03.01

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泰坦尼克二号

2013. 03.01

下面三篇文章转载自世界日报和沃洲日报. 如传闻属实那中国造船业将进入一个建造豪华游轮的新纪元.

鐵達尼船難百年 澳大亨出資重建

編譯中心綜合16日電世界新聞網 北美華文新聞、華商資

Feb. 17, 2013

澳洲富豪帕爾默將出資建造「鐵達尼二號」,圖為帕默在洛杉磯米高梅影城「鐵達尼二號」模型前留影。(美聯社)slideshow

澳洲富豪帕爾默將出資建造「鐵達尼二號」,圖為帕默在洛杉磯米高梅影城「鐵達尼二號」模型前留影。(美聯社)

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為紀念鐵達尼號船難百年,澳洲礦業大亨克萊夫帕爾默(Clive Palmer)去年宣布將出資重建這艘著名遊輪,並委由中國長江航呒瘓F金陵船廠承建,預計2016年沿當年路線首航。長航金陵船廠預期三年內建成「鐵達尼二號」,為中國郵輪進入世界市場奠基

帕爾默旗下的藍星航哂邢薰�16日在香港召開記者會,說明重建「鐵達尼二號」(Titanic II)的進展。新華社報導指出,長航金陵船廠廠長葛標在會中表示,船廠已成立專門班子、完善多項軟硬體設施,為承建工程做好充分準備。

根據建造計畫,「鐵達尼二號」尺寸將與原船基本相同,有9層甲板、840間房間,配備多個健身房、游泳池、圖書室、高級餐廳和豪華艙室,約可容納900名船員,以及超過2400位乘客。

藍星航邅喼迏^董事譚文健說,「安全是首要考量」,新的「鐵達尼號」外觀會盡可能展現原有古典風貌,內部將採用最先進導航和安全系統,並配備現代化服務設施

譚文健說,豪華遊輪市場一向由歐洲主導,但中國企業實力越來越強,他相信這項合作可為中國船廠打入國際郵輪市場,提供契機。

葛標則說,復建「鐵達尼號」確有難度,但船廠擁有超過60年、建造不同類型高品質船舶經驗,擁有一批優秀國內外合作夥伴,有信心把這艘郵輪建造好,整個工程將約耗時三年

藍星航弑硎荆瑢⑴e行大型環球活動以紀念鐵達尼號和慶祝鐵達尼二號,澳門為活動首站,16日晚在澳門舉辦「鐵達尼二號」晚宴及「鐵達尼號」殘骸文物展。

鐵達尼二號預定2016年沿當年鐵達尼號的路線首航,由英國南安普頓駛往紐約。

Plans for Titanic replica set sail as Australian billionaire avoids sink jinx

Feb. 16, 2013

Mining tycoon to make exact copy of doomed ocean liner for journey across the Atlantic – but don't ask if it's unsinkable

A computer-rendered image of the exterior of Titanic II, due to launch in 2016. Image: Blue Star Line

It looks like the Titanic. It is meant to feel like the Titanic. But the Australian billionaire who on Tuesday unveiled blueprints for a successor ship to the doomed ocean liner is confident his dream project will not sink like the Titanic.

At a news conference in New York, mining tycoon Clive Palmer said his ambitious plans to launch a copy of the Titanic and sail her across the Atlantic would be a tribute to those who built and backed the original.

“We will complete the journey. We will sail into New York on the ship they designed,” he said at the event being held inside the Intrepid aircraft carrier that is now a museum in the city.

But Palmer, a jovial and brash mogul who likes to style himself "professor", refused to be drawn into predicting that his new boat would be “unsinkable” – and thus avoided repeating an act of hubris that the backers of the first Titanic famously made. “Anything will sink if you put a hole in it,” Palmer admitted of Titanic II. But he joked that due to global warming the risks of travelling through the waters near the Arctic circle had lessened considerably. “There are not so many icebergs in the North Atlantic these days,” he said.

But the main designer of the new ship, Markku Kanerva, did skirt the line of giving the project a small hostage to fortune. “I can assure you, from the safety point of view, it will be absolutely the most safe cruise ship in the world when it is launched,” he said.

The outline of Titanic II is an almost exact match to the original ship, which struck an iceberg and sank on her maiden voyage from Southampton to New York in 1912. That means its silhouette as it travels across the waves will be virtually indistinguishable from the first ship, complete with four rear-slanted funnels.

Titanic II is set for launch in 2016 and will mostly mimic the same route from Europe to Americas. Already 40,000 applications have been submitted to be part of the maiden voyage in what is surely a triumph of hope over experience – and a sign of the clever marketing campaign that lies behind the project.

In New York a throng of journalists were treated to a video presentation of the Titanic II, set to soaring and jaunty music and animated images of guests aboard the new vessel decked out in Edwardian splendour and looking like extras from Downton Abbey, the hit TV series – which opened with news breaking of the first Titanic’s dreadful fate. Palmer said that guests aboard the new ship would have the option of wearing period costume.

Australian tycoon Clive Palmer talks about his plan for building a successor to the Titanic. Photograph: Don Emmerta AFP/Getty Images

Perhaps nervous about the idea of reminding people of the suffering and agony of the world’s most famous maritime disaster, Palmer was careful to bring out a descendant of a Titanic survivor to endorse the project. Helen Benziger was a granddaughter of Molly Brown, a socialite who became famous for persuading a lifeboat to turn around and search for survivors. She heartily backed the new venture. “Bringing this ship back? I don’t know the words,” she said. “It is a chance to go back in time.”

But the Titanic II itself will be – hopefully – less prone to sinking in such dramatic fashion. It will have a crew of 900 looking after some 2,435 passengers. Just like the original Titanic the new craft will boast a Turkish Baths, a smoking room, a grand staircase and a gymnasium. It is even split into three different classes, replicating the original ship where poor immigrants took steerage while the highest echelons of Edwardian society enjoyed luxury in first class. Palmer said the guests would be segregated into the different classes just like on the Titanic, though he claimed he wanted to journey in steerage because – just like in James Cameron’s movie Titanic – that was where the fun people would be travelling. “I will be in third class. I will enjoy it,” he claimed.

Unlike the original, however, Titanic II will feature a modern hospital, a helicopter landing pad, full air-conditioning and access to high-speed internet. Also, unlike the first ship, it has more than enough lifeboats and evacuation equipment for all passengers and crew should the unthinkable happen and history repeat itself. It was a

point that Palmer was careful to dwell on. “They are very safe,” he said of the fleet of lifeboats that Titanic II will carry. “They are modernised. They are enclosed. You could go around the world in them,” he said.

Unlike the original, however, Titanic II will feature a modern hospital, a helicopter landing pad, full air-conditioning and access to high-speed internet. Also, unlike the first ship, it has more than enough lifeboats and evacuation equipment for all passengers and crew should the unthinkable happen and history repeat itself. It was a point that Palmer was careful to dwell on. “They are very safe,” he said of the fleet of lifeboats that Titanic II will carry. “They are modernised. They are enclosed. You could go around the world in them,” he said.

The third-class dining room on the Titanic II, as illustrated in a computer-generated picture. Image: Blue Star Line

An image of the grand staircase in the Titanic II, a successor to the doomed cruise ship, due to launch in 2016. Image: Blue Star Line

In another departure from the original story the Titanic II is being built, not in the proud boatyards of Belfast, but in the Jinling shipyard in China. However, just as the Titanic was seen as a symbol of the power of British imperialism and the height of early twentieth-century modernism, perhaps being manufactured just outside Nanjing is an equally apt metaphor for how times have changed in just over 100 years.

Palmer said that there was huge demand for the Titanic II’s maiden voyage. He said more than a dozen eager customers offering to pay up to a million dollars to snag a first class cabin. But he was less eager to reveal details of the cost of building the ship. Palmer founded Blue Star Line just to build the boat and he has ploughed part of his own fortune into it. “I’ve got enough money to pay for it,” he said when asked if he needed to borrow to raise funds. “Cost is not what it is all about.”

It is also just the latest in a long series of unusual ventures that the Australian businessman has taken on. Though he is a major player in the mining industry, Palmer

also owns golf courses and vacation resorts. Previously he has entertained the idea of building Zeppelin airships. His lavish lifestyle includes 100 vintage cars, 150 race horses, five private jets and a large collection of dinosaur fossils. But Palmer shook off criticism that Titanic II seemed like a personal vanity project rather than a solid business idea. “What’s eccentric about building a ship?” he said.

Construction of Titanic II only months away

Feb. 27, 2013

Australian billionaire Clive Palmer ramps up development of his 'more efficient' replica of the doomed ocean liner.

RMS Titanic departing Southampton on April 10, 1912. (Photo: Creative Commons)

Back in April, only weeks after the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, Australian billionaire and mining magnet Clive Palmer announced that he was funding the construction of a modern day replica.

"It will be every bit as luxurious as the original Titanic, but ... will have state-of-the-art 21st century technology and the latest navigation and safety systems," Palmer said in a statement. He deemed the project "a tribute to the spirit of the men and women who worked on the original Titanic."

Based on earlier efforts to resurrect the great ship, I estimated the cost of such a venture to run north of $500 million. Palmer, however, has a financial advantage with his more than $5 billion fortune and a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company CSC Jinling Shipyard to build the vessel. Late last month, his newly created Blue Star Line company (a play on the original White Star Line that created the first Titanic) announced that it had hired Finnish-based Deltamarin to do a full review of the project. The highly respected marine engineering firm will ensure the vessel will be compliant with all current safety and construction regulations, as well as meeting the design criteria laid down by Blue Star Line.

After the review process concludes, the project will then be cleared to start construction, with late 2012 the expected start time. The ship is scheduled to undertake its maiden voyage in 2016.

Related: Images mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic

“Titanic II will be a regular feature on the transatlantic route between the U.K. and USA,” Palmer said in a statement. “This magnificent vessel is being constructed in memory of the heroic people who served on the first ship, as well as the passengers who sadly shared their fate."

“We also want to recognise the artists and artisans whose skill, creativity and dexterity has never been fully recognised because of the ship’s limited service," he added.

While the Titanic II will visually share the same aesthetics as her predecessor, below the water line it will be a modern, more efficient vessel. Gone will be the coal-fired engines, replaced with cleaner diesel-powered engines. Also new will be a bulbous bow for greater fuel efficiency, an enlarged rudder and bow thrusters for increased maneuverability, and welding in place of rivets.

According to the news release, more than 20,000 people have signed up on the Blue Star Line website expressing interest in the project and future bookings. Ticket details have yet to be released.

China Shipyard Upgrades Ready to Build 'Titanic ll'

China Daily

Feb , 19 2013

CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing is to build a replica for Blue Star Line of the liner that notoriously sank in 1912.

The project, which will take the state-owned CSC Jinling Shipyard Co Ltd in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, three years to complete, is financed by Australian billionaire Clive Palmer, China Daily reported.

Plans call for the Titanic II to make its maiden voyage from England to the United States in 2016 with 900 crew members and 2,400 passengers, following the trans-Atlantic track of the original Titanic.

The formal construction contract has not yet been signed between the shipyard and Blue Star Line, a wholly owned subsidiary of Palmer's mining company, but it is intended that the 270-meter-long and 53-meter-high liner will have nine floors and 840 rooms, and be equipped with deluxe cabins, gymnasiums, swimming pools and libraries.

Leading shipyards and ship-design companies, including Finland's Deltamarin, have been invited to join the construction work of Titanic II, according to a Jinling Shipyard spokesperson. The liner will be equipped with advanced technologies, including the latest life-saving and communications systems, to meet the requirements of modern navigation.

The original Titanic sank off Newfoundland after hitting an iceberg April 15, 1912, on its maiden voyage, killing 1,523 people.

Source: China Daily

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