In dry-dock at Fosen Mekaniske Verksted lies The World, the world’s first seagoing village. It will feature global events, luxury residences and fashionable restaurants - all on maxit Marine flooring, of course.
Once again it is the Norwegians who are winners on the seven seas, this time with the fabulous World of ResidenSea, far more than just a cruise ship. This ship is being fitted primarily with luxury residences, privately owned by persons as knowledgeable of business as well as of life’s pleasures, wherever The World may set its course. A group of Norwegian investors is behind the concept as well as financing the project.
The Fosen Mekaniske Verksted in Sør-Trøndelag county is buzzing with activity: no fewer than 1200 workers are busy finishing the ship, which is supposed to leave the yard over the Christmas holidays and then be christened in Oslo in mid-January amid great festivities. Fosen shipyard itself has 360 permanent employees, in addition to two shipyards in Sweden, one responsible for building The World’s actual hull.
This will be the first ship in the world that is a floating luxury community with permanent residential units. First, there are all together 110 residences measuring between 100 and 350 m2. In addition there are 88 guest suites, each measuring 28 m2, says Reidar Gullesen, personnel manager at Fosen Mekaniske Verksted. He tells us that so far, ten Norwegians have purchased 12 of the apartments on board.
The ship will also probably be the most technologically advanced in commercial service in the world. Everything is set up to enable residents to work and run their businesses from onboard ship. No less than 1,000 km of cable has been laid.
The main point of the World is to sail between all the major events happening throughout the year worldwide, from for instance the carnival in Rio to New Year’s Eve in New York City, says Reidar Gullesen, who with personnel responsibility for over a thousand workers, has a busy time ahead of him.
"A new world with maxit marine"
The man who says this is Ragnar Skånøy of the masonry firm of the same name. In addition to The World, he has laid floors on no fewer than 50 other vessels.
Sixty per cent of the capacity of the masonry firm Ragnar Skånøy A/S is used for marine floor laying. The eight-man-strong company operates from Rissa, not far from Fosen Mekaniske Verksted. Of the fifty vessels the company has laid the flooring for, the last 20 were done using maxit Marine. It was a new world the day we first used the mixer pump and maxit Marine flooring products, Ragnar Skånøy says. I don’t know of any other product with equally good characteristics. By these I mean the screed material’s adhesive properties as well as its pumping characteristics.
No shrinkage or failure to adhere
Because we lay the screed directly onto steel, the industry’s biggest problems are shrinkage and failure to adhere. These problems do not exist with maxit Marine. We actually laid it on a steel deck while welding work was being done on the underside. Even on the extremely hot surface the floor laying went well. This tells you something about its characteristics.
Sealed flooring in three days
After three days you can lay sealed flooring, even earlier if necessary. The products' safety and trustworthiness in combination with quick application are decisive factors for our customers. Previously a normal day’s work was 100 m2. Today we lay 2,000 m2 per day without any problem, a satisfied Ragnar Skånøy says.
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