Giant cruise liner handed over to buyer at Turku shipyard

The world’s largest cruise ship, the Allure of the Seas, was officially handed over by the STX Europe shipyard in Turku to the buyer Royal Caribbean International on Thursday evening. 
 The ship was to have set sail from Turku in the early hours of Friday morning, but a fault in the propeller system delayed the departure. 
      
The 225,000 GRT vessel is almost identical to its sister ship Oasis of the Seas, which was delivered a year ago. 
The two vessels are the most expensive individual export products ever produced in Finland. 
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