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GE Marine Engines, at its Evendale, Ohio facility, manufactured all the LM aeroderivative gas turbines for the following projects. The LM gas turbine-generator sets were built and sold by GE Aero Energy Products, a GE Power Systems business headquartered in Houston, Texas.
To date, 22 LM2500+ and five LM2500 GE gas turbine-generator sets are in operation or slated for service on 22 cruise ships (includes four options).
Royal Caribbean International
Propulsion system: Two GE LM2500+ gas turbine-generator sets in a COmbined Gas turbine and steam turbine integrated Electric drive System (COGES) configuration.
Operational ships:
- Radiance of the Seas (April 2001)
- Brilliance of the Seas (July 2002)
Ships scheduled for service:
- Serenade of the Seas (third quarter 2003)
- Jewel of the Seas (second quarter 2004)
Celebrity Cruises
Propulsion system: Two GE LM2500+ gas turbine-generator sets in a COGES configuration.
Operational ships:
- Millennium (July 2000)
- Infinity (March 2001)
- Summit (October 2001)
- Constellation (May 2002)
Princess Cruises
Propulsion system: One GE LM2500+ gas turbine-generator set in a COmbined Diesel And Gas turbine (CODAG) configuration with either two or four diesel-generator sets.
Operational ship:
- Coral Princess (January 2003)
Ships scheduled for service
- Island Princess (July 2003)
- Diamond Princess (February 2004)
- Sapphire Princess (May 2004)
Cunard Lines
Propulsion system: Two GE LM2500+ gas turbine-generator sets in a CODAG configuration with four diesel-generator sets.
Ships scheduled for service
- Queen Mary 2 (January 2004)
Holland America Line
Propulsion system One LM2500 gas turbine-generator set in a CODAG configuration with five diesel-generator sets.
Operational ship:
- Zuiderdam (December 2002)
Ship(s) scheduled for service
- Oosterdam (June 2003)
- Westerdam (April 2004)
- Two additional ships yet to be named.