Around 1,200t of steel plates produced in ArcelorMittal’s Gijon facilities in Spain are being used in a unique project: a floating luxury holiday resort that will soon be travelling along the coast of Lebanon.
The self-propelled floating resort – 74m long, 47m wide and 36.7m high – will include a five-star hotel with 62 rooms and suites, 70 rooms with a view of the seabed, a roof-top restaurant that can seat 300 people and a main deck with a capacity to seat 1,200 people, as well as many other leisure facilities. The 1,200t of plates were delivered to Beirut International Marine Industry & Commerce, from early 2013, and are being used to build the underwater structure that will keep the resort above water. Once delivered to Beirut International, the plates were then transformed into tubes and cones to support the floating island.
An order for additional 130t will be delivered in early 2014.
