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May 30, 2011
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- T. Mariotti has delivered the third cruise ship built for ultra luxury Seabourn
- The contract, which included also the twins "Odyssey" and "Sojourn", has a total value of EUR 550 million
 Last Saturday in the shipyard T. Mariotti has been submitted Seabourn Quest, the third ultra-luxury cruise ship built by the Genoese Seabourn establishment, the company of the U.S. group Carnival, as part of a contract to which they belonged, and also his twin Odyssey Sojourn has a total value of 550 million €.
- The Seabourn Quest has a gross tonnage of 32,000 tons, is 198.15 meters long, 26.00 meters wide and has a cruising speed of 19 knots. The ship has a capacity of 462 passengers and 338 crew members and has 225 suites (including 90% with veranda) which offer guests the utmost comfort with a number of amenities including a comfortable living room, interactive TV flat screen with music and movies, bar, refrigerator and granite bathroom with tub and separate shower.Like the previous sister ships, Seabourn Quest also combines the technology typical of a ship with the attention to detail typical of a yacht, characterized by the technology used on board.
- The new ultra luxury built by T. Mariotti has been designed in a "green", obtaining the RINA Green Star certification that identifies ships designed, built and managed according to standards that ensure the highest environmental certifications and U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Public Health are essential to operations in America.
- Saturday aboard the Seabourn ship the new Quest was made by Marco Bisagno, president of T. Mariotti, and Richard D. Meadows, executive vice president of Holland America Line and Seabourn's president.
- "The budget at the end of this first major contract obtained by Seabourn - Bisagno said - is certainly positive to have been able to manage directly all the implementation phases of the three units has allowed us to optimize the timing of each stage of production, reaching standards higher and higher efficiency in a perfect teamwork between the team of Carnival, Seabourn and T. Mariotti. "
- "The vast experience and expertise of Mariotti - said Meadows - have helped us to realize the project for these three great ships. Together we have become a new benchmark in ultra luxury segment and the Seabourn ships are a class of its own. "
- During the construction of each of the three ships in the yard the Genoese were selected about 250 contractors (93% Italian, which 59% of Ligurian and among these, 88% of Genoa), to which T. Mariotti has turned, and only in the province of Genoa were handed out orders for an average of 75 million €. The area has also benefited from a further induced (consumption, accommodation) related to the permanent presence in Genoa, during the lifetime of the contract, the CCS team - Carnival Corporate Shipbuilding, technicians sent by the owner directly in Italy (a total of over 20 unit) to follow all the steps in the construction of ships, to which is added in the pre-delivery crew.
- Also generated significant impact on employment: in addition to 140 employees of T.Mariotti, only for work on board at the shipyard in Genoa were employed an average of 900 people per ship, a number that underlines the aspect of labor-intensive sector, where most of the factors associated with the production is made up of skilled labor and features related to it such as know-how, training and local roots.
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