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Quantum to homeport in Singapore for 6-month season

Royal Caribbean International will be returning Quantum of the Seas to Singapore for a six-month homeporting season from 2019 to 2020. It will be the longest Singapore deployment for a Quantum-class ship. Quantum currently operates from Shanghai year-round. When Quantum Ultra newbuild Spectrum of the Seas enters service in 2019, Quantum will move to Tianjin for seasonal operations. In Singapore, over 34 sailings from November 2019 to April 2020, the ship is expected to carry some 150,000 passengers. With this deployment, Royal Caribbean will increase its Singapore capacity by 30%.

Lost containers stranded 13.000 passengers

The "Quantum of the Seas" and the "Costa Serena" had to interrupt their approach to the Wusongkou International Cruise Terminal on May 11, 2017, after 37 containers loaded with waste paper scrap fell from the deck of the cargo m/v "Shungang 19" into the Yangtze River near Shanghai’s Wusongkou port in the night of May 10, blocking the waterway and stranding 13.000 passengers. The boxes overturned and dropped into the river at 9:57 p.m. while the "Shungang 19" loaded a total of 129 containers. Six containers have been salvaged after the rescue center with the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration dispatched 11 salvage ships, six tugs and 11 patrol boats to search, position and salvage the containers from the river. Two survey boats including the "Haixun 1668" from the center were scanning the waterway near the Wusongkou port to ensure the safety of other ships and boats in the Yangtze and Huangpu rivers. The waterway for cruise liners has been closed temporarily at the Wusongkou port due to the accident. The "Quantum of the Seas" and the "Costa Serena" had to anchor about two kilometers away. Some 13,000 passengers were scheduled to arrive or leave the terminal with the cruise ships. The terminal has been organizing the stranded passengers to rest and wait for the reopening of the waterway. Other passengers were suggested to wait for updated information before heading to the terminal. All the lost containers were expected to be removed in the run of the day. Report with photo: http://www.shanghaidaily.com/metro/Containers-fall-off-stranding-cruise-ships-and-passengers/shdaily.shtml

New Crew Cabins for RCI Mega Cruise Ship

ALMACO’s Modernization team sailed onboard Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas and Anthem of the Seas to perform turnkey deliveries of 17 new crew cabins on deck 2. The scope of work for each of the ships involved the dismantling of the existing crew-dedicated Windjammer, the assembly of the 17 new cabins, new corridors, and the electrical and piping works in line with the physical changes. http://www.marinelink.com/news/almaco-cabins-cruis399768.aspx