Alstom wins order for Carnival

Alstom has secured a contract to supply an ectrical package for “Carnival Liberty”, the new vessel for Carnival Cruise Lines.

The ocean-going cruise vessel will be built by Fincantieri at the Port of Monfalcone in the Gulf of Trieste, Italy. Carrying 3,500 passengers it will be used for year-round for worldwide cruising.

The vessel features two shaftlines of 20MW – 142rpm each.

As leader of a consortium for this contract, which also includes ASIRobicon and Imesa, Alstom will supply the two 20MW synchronous motors and the associated power synchroconverters, the propulsion control system, including the remote control, harmonic filtering system, the 11kV distribution transformers and one emergency generator.

All to be delivered at the end of March 2004. Carnival is scheduled to take delivery of the vessel in July 2005.