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Cruise lines are one of the biggest and fastest trend in tourism. The demand for new cruise ships has been increasing rapidly as more tourists prefer relaxing while on cruise and the need for cruise line employees are growing as well to provide better and faster services to the passengers.
Here are a few details about new cruise ships to be launched in 2009 along with some information on how many crew ship positions would be available.
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Ship: Oasis of the sea
Launch Date: November 2009
Tour: Caribbean
Passengers: 6400
Cruise Crew Needed: 1650
Description: Includes an AquaTheater, two climbing walls and the first on board zip line and carousel, Oasis of the Seas will be the worlds largest ship.
Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Dream
Launch Date: September 21, 2009
Tour: Mediterranean, Caribbean
Passengers: 3646
Cruise Crew Needed: 1367
Description: A completely new design for Carnival and will be the largest Carnival Ship. Ensuring passenger comfort and best cruise experience as cruise ship crew ratio to passenger will be one for every 2.6 passenger.
Celebrity Cruises
Ship: Celebrity Equinox
Launch Date: Summer, 2009
Tour: North Europe, Mediterranean, Caribbean
Passengers: 2850
Cruise Crew Needed: 1500
Description: Offers a more spacious cabins than Celebrity ships, improvement in luxury and comfort is promised as one crew would be attending to passengers with a ratio of 1 crew for 2 passenger.
Silversea Cruises
Ship: Silver Spirit
Launch Date: December 2009
Tour: Worldwide
Passengers: 540
Cruise Crew Needed: 410
Description: Currently under construction at Fincantieri's Ancona shipyard in Italy will become the company's largest luxury vessel on its launch sometime December 2009.
Pearl Seas Cruises
Ship: Ship Unnamed
Launch Date: June 2009
Tour: Europe and Caribbean
Passengers: 210
Cruise Crew Needed: 135
Description: Second new build ship from new cruise company.
The Yachts of Seabourn
Ship: Seabourn Odyssey
Launch Date: June 2009
Tour: Worldwide
Passengers: 450
Cruise Crew Needed: 330
Description: With a size in GRT (Gross Register Tonnage) of 32,000, this new build ship is larger by standard of the Seabourn company. Even though more passengers would be accommodated, the same ratio will be the same for the crew to guest as it will still be one crew for every 1.5 guests.
Viking River Cruise
Ship: Viking Legend
Launch Date: May 2009
Tour: Grand European Tour
Passengers: 189
Cruise Crew Needed: 50
Description: Cruising along The Rhine, Main and Danube rivers as it sails from Amsterdam to Budapest, Viking Legend will be the longest in the Viking River Cruise fleet and one of the most state of the art river vessels.
AIDA Cruises
Ship: AIDAluna
Launch Date: April 2009
Tour: Europe
Passengers: 2050
Cruise Crew Needed: 1100
Description: Second new build from AIDA Cruises
Costa Cruises
Ship: Costa Luminosa
Launch Date: May 2009
Tour: Mediterranean, Arctic, North Europe, Atlantic Islands
Passengers: 2850
Cruise Crew Needed: 1500
Description: Although most cruise lines are devoted in making their vessels bigger, Costa Luminosa would be a new and smaller ship but will be better in contemporary design using technology to provide light and color effects on board.
Ship: Costa Pacifica
Launch Date: June 2009
Tour: Mediterranean
Passengers: 3780
Cruise Crew Needed: 1000
Description: One of the largest new Costa Cruises ships giving a ratio of one crew for every 2.8 passengers for better service.
Pearl Seas Cruises
Ship: Pearl Mist
Launch Date: First Quarter 2009
Tour: Canda, USA, Caribbean
Passengers: 210
Description: First cruise ship from new luxury line Pear Seas
MCS Cruises
Ship: Splendida
Launch Date: June 2009
Tour: Mediterranean
Passengers: 3300
Cruise Crew Needed: 1325
Description: One of MSC's largest ships will offer a ratio of one crew to every 2.5 passengers.
With the addition of these twelve cruise ships to roam the oceans and seas, an estimated of 9500 to 10000 cruise ship jobs would be available before the ships delivers on its set date of launch.
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