Ship design and engineering company, Foreship has been working with Royal Caribbean on the $100 mill upgrade of ’Allure of the Seas’ at Navantia’s Cadiz shipyard, culminating in the recently completed drydocking phase.
Foreship’s multi-disciplinary team worked in close co-ordination with Royal Caribbean from the planning phase in late 2023 onwards, with personnel stationed at the yard on project management duties until the ship was redelivered in April, 2025.
The Finnish based company had been providing the naval architecture, risk assessment, basic design work, piping and cabling engineering services, documentation for class and contractor co-ordination for the project.
Work included designing a new steel structure in the forward part of the ship to accommodate additional cabins, and structural design to support new water slides.
Foreship also undertook work on the installation of Ultimate Abyss – a 10-storey dry slide at the aft of the ship that is already featured on other ‘Oasis’ class ships.
With a 100 ft drop between decks 16 and 6, the ride required new pillars under Boardwalk on Deck 6 to take the additional load.
Foreship was also responsible for modifying the piping, electrical cabling, and other systems that ’Allure of the Seas’ needed to support new attractions, including whirlpools and fountains and a remodelled pool deck.
“We have been working with Royal Caribbean for over a decade across multiple major assignments, including their newbuilding and refurbishment work and we are delighted to add the amplification of ’Allure of the Seas’ to our Royal Caribbean projects,” said Daniel Grönroos, Foreship’s Senior Project Manager.
“Our job is to provide the planning, design, engineering, and project management services to help Royal Caribbean deliver phenomenal holidays,” he explained.
