PRYSMIAN: 5,000 KM OF CABLES FOR THE LARGEST CRUISE SHIP EVER, "OASIS OF THE SEAS"
NEW € 4.5 MILLION CONTRACT BY STX EUROPE FOR THE CABLING OF "ALLURE OF THE SEAS"

Milan, November 20th, 2009. "Oasis of the Seas", the largest and most revolutionary cruise liner in history, built by
the international shipbuilding group STX Europe for Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., will be unveiled today in Florida,
USA. Prysmian Cables & Systems has been the only supplier of approximately 5,000 km of energy and
telecommunications shipboard cables.
Furthermore, Prysmian has been awarded by STX Europe another contract for the delivery of 100% of the marine
cables to be installed on the "Oasis of the Seas" sister ship, "Allure of the Seas", owned and operated by Royal
Caribbean, as well. "Allure of the Seas" is currently being built at STX Europe's shipyards in Turku, Finland. The
new agreement, which represents the second step of the GENESIS Cruise Vessel project, covers the supply of
power and telecommunication cables for a total value of approximately € 4.5 million. Most of the supplied cables
are manufactured at Prysmian’s Pikkala facility in Finland, but also in Italy and Germany.
With a 360 meters length, a 47 m breadth, 16 decks and a 220,000 t gross tonnage, the GENESIS vessels have a
capacity of 5,400 passengers and over 3,000 crew, each. "Oasis of the Seas" will start sailing in December 2009
and "Allure of the Seas" will set out to sea in the summer of 2010. The ships are 40% bigger than the largest
cruise liner series currently existing: the Royal Caribbean’s Freedom class cruisers, again with Prysmian as cables
supplier.
"Prysmian is very proud of having been awarded 100% of the cable supply for both GENESIS Vessels", said Mario
Pedretti, Business Unit Director for Industrial Markets at Prysmian Headquarters. "This second project confirms our
strong commitment to STX Europe and to the shipbuilding market in general, especially given the current highly
challenging times".
Prysmian manufactures marine cables in 6 different countries (Italy, Germany, Spain, Finland, Turkey and China)
and offers a complete range of advanced shipboard products, which include medium and low voltage power
cables, instrumentation, control and telecommunication cables, in both standard and fire resistant versions.