Rostock-Warnemünde, 13 March 2006 – Today the Avalon Tapestry, second TwinCruiser for Premicon AG in Munich, left NEPTUN Stahlbau GmbH towards Cologne.
The new TwinCruiser concept consists of two independent hulls which decouples sound and vibration from the engine to the passenger facilities and ensures a smooth and silent journey. The rear part of the river cruiser contains the drive unit, cabins for the technical crew as well as the wheelhouse. The front, with a length of 110 metres, contains the passenger cabins, public rooms, kitchen with food storage rooms as well as staff cabins. A characteristic of this new construction concept and an advantage of this ship is that all the cabins are built in a particularly efficient prefabrication process before being placed on the main deck. This ensures an extremely high sound insulation between the individual cabins.
Cabins and public spaces
This individually designed river vessel offers its passengers high quality river trips for a very good price/performance ratio. Its modern design ensures a pleasant atmosphere and the hotel and catering sector provides a high quality level of service.
Each cabin is equipped with a spacious shower, a double bed and a large wall unit. Dressing table, chair, telephone, satellite TV and radio are also standard equipment as well as safety deposit box and refrigerator. Added to this all passenger cabins located above the main deck have a French balcony. The “Avalon Tapestry” offers two suites, each approx 22m² and 80 double cabins at about 14.5 meters and can host up to 164 passengers.
In the front of the vessel a modern restaurant with 166 seats and a lounge with bar are available. Both are fully glazed to ensure the passenger can enjoy an undisturbed view over the river. A hair salon and a small separate club room complete the facilities of the ship. Unusual for this type of vessel is that the walk-in part of the sun deck is arranged in the front area. Thus, passengers can also enjoy a straight view ahead.
Covering an area of over 100 meters are and arrangement of seats and sun chairs, surrounded by a glass windbreak and deflectable sun blinds for protection. For variety, the “Avalon Tapestry” also provides a Wellness- and Fitness area with several cardio machines.
Engine and Speed
The Avalon Tapestry is powered by two MTU diesel engines Type 16V 2000 M60 with an output of 800kW and a speed of 21.7 km/h.
Further new buildings
The Premicon AG ordered two further new constructions at NEPTUN Stahlbau GmbH for delivery in early 2007. These river cruisers are designed for the use on the Rhine, the Rhine-Main-Danube Canal as well as the Danube.
