The April conveyor belt of new ship launches continues with news that Aker Yards in Turku, Finland, handed over the keys for Royal Caribbean International's new ship Independence of the Seas yesterday.
Indie is now on its way to Oslo, so the Norwegians can get a look-see, and then it will be coming to Southampton for more festivities and fun.
It will be named on April 30 - not by a celeb, but by Elizabeth Hill from Chesterfield in Derbyshire, an ordinary Brit (which is a first for Royal Caribbean) who has been picked for her extraordinary work with children and young people.
Independence will sail its maiden summer season from the south coast port.
Jane Archer
