Ulstein captures its 7th cruise ship design contract for SunStone

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SunStone Ships goes for another cruise vessel in its INFINITY class. All the vessels in this class are designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions AS. These vessels were the first to introduce the patented X-BOW design in the cruise industry, a solution that has been warmly welcomed by cruise passengers and crews alike.

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“We are immensely pleased to announce that we have signed a new contract with the CMHI Haimen yard for the construction of a new X-BOW expedition cruise vessel of the ULSTEIN CX103 design”, states Lars Ståle Skoge, commercial director at Ulstein Design & Solutions.

Customised with bow windows

Although all the SunStone vessels in this class are designed on the same platform, being 104.4 metres long and 18.4 metres wide, they are all customised to accommodate a varying number of passengers and crews, and the public spaces are also carefully designed according to the client’s request. This new vessel shares the feature of three other vessels in the INFINITY class of having windows all around the bow lounge to give a lot of light and a feeling of being in nature whilst indoors.

A two-level bow lounge with panoramic bow windows as seen on one of the other vessels in the INFINITY class, the 'Ocean Explorer'.
A two-level bow lounge with panoramic bow windows as seen on one of the other vessels in the INFINITY class, the 'Ocean Explorer'.

Bringing the outdoors inside

Tomas Tillberg Design is responsible for interior design.

“Our main focus is to bring the outdoors inside, capitalizing on the big windows like the two-story atrium ones and especially the spectacular FWD bow windows that Ulstein made possible thus furthering the small ship to a big ship feeling,” states Tomas Tillberg.

Vessel facts

The vessel holds accommodation for 199 passengers, and a crew of 101. She is ICE CLASS 1A certified for polar cruising, holds the highest comfort class, and is SOLAS* certified including a Safe Return to Port passport.

Ulstein has signed cruise ship design contract number 7 for SunStone Ships.
Ulstein has signed cruise ship design contract number 7 for SunStone Ships.


* = The SOLAS convention regulates mandatory safety aspects for ships on international voyages such as construction, stability, machinery, electrical installations, fire safety, life-saving appliances, navigation, communications and carriage of cargo. Source: DNV

Please contact us for more information

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Lars Ståle Skoge

Commercial director

Tel: +47 915 81 226

lars.skoge@ulstein.com