SWECO to provide engineering services for the world's largest cruiser

SWECO to provide engineering services for the world's largest cruiser

Aker Yards Oy has commissioned SWECO to provide engineering services for
Genesis, the largest luxury cruiser in the world. Genesis is being constructed
at Aker Yards shipyard in Turku, Finland, and will be completed in 2009. For
SWECO, the total value of the Genesis contract is nearly EUR 1.5 million.

SWECO Marine, a member of the SWECO PIC group in Finland, will provide finite
element analysis of hull structures and engineering of machinery systems for
separator, air condition compressor and fresh water generation spaces. The
company will also provide detailed hull engineering of demanding structures
beneath the outdoor sports activity areas.

“We are very pleased with this engineering contract, as it will expand our
involvement in engineering of large cruise vessels, and further strengthen
SWECO's position in Finland,” says Matti Mattila, Vice President and Head of
Marine Technology Division of SWECO PIC.

The engineering work has already started and will occupy up to 40 engineers from
SWECO Marine and its network in Finland and abroad.

Ordered by Royal Caribbean Cruises, Genesis will be the largest luxury cruiser
in the world with space for 5,400 passengers and a value of approximately EUR
900 million.

SWECO PIC provides industrial customers with consulting, design, engineering and
project management services for plant investments, product development and
production. 

For further information please contact:
Matti Mattila, Vice President, Head of Marine Technology Division of SWECO PIC
and Managing Director of SWECO Marine Oy, tel +358 400 320 805

SWECO is the Nordic region's leading provider of consulting services with
combined expertise in engineering, environmental technology and architecture.
SWECO has around 4,500 employees in eight countries and recorded annual sales of
around SEK 3.9 billion in 2006. The company has projects currently underway in
some 75 countries worldwide. The SWECO share is quoted on the Stockholm Stock
Exchange.