Ulstein scoops seventh cruise ship design for SunStone Ships 

All vessels in this class are designed by Ulstein Design & Solutions and are the first to introduce the patented X-Bow design in the cruise industry.

“We are pleased to announce 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”, said Ulstein design and solutions commercial director Lars Ståle Skoge.

Although all the vessels in this class are designed on the same platform, being 104 m long and 18 m wide, they are all customised to accommodate a varying number of passengers and crews, and the public spaces are also designed according to the client’s request. This new vessel shares the feature of three other vessels in the Infinity class with windows all around the bow lounge to give lot of light and a feeling of being in nature while indoors. Tomas Tillberg Design is responsible for interior design.

“Our main focus is to bring the outdoors inside, capitalising 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,” said Tomas Tillberg.

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