Royal Caribbean has signed a $50 million contract with ABB to provide extensive maintenance to its cruise ships.
The new deal will last 15 years and will cover two Oasis-class cruise ships as well as four ships for sister company Celebrity Cruises. The goal of the deal for Royal Caribbean is to increase cost efficiency and predictability of maintenance costs.
The contract also includes an option to extend the agreement to additional existing vessels, vessels that are currently under construction and future newbuilds.
The contract provides Royal Caribbean with a range of services that optimize the life cycle of the vessels: scheduled dry docking services, Azipod propulsion unit modernizations and condition based maintenance services, which contributes to better predictability of maintenance costs.
