magine a city that never stays in one place – a floating metropolis complete with homes, schools, hospitals, parks, shopping centres, and even its own airport. That is the vision behind the proposed ‘Freedom Ship’, a colossal 12 billion pound ($15 billion) project that aims to become the world’s first true “city at sea.” Originally conceived in the late 1990s by engineer Norman Nixon, the ambitious concept has gained renewed attention under the leadership of Roger Gooch, CEO of Freedom Cruise Line International. If built, the vessel would be unlike anything ever seen in maritime history, carrying up to 80,000 people and dwarfing even today’s largest cruise ships.
CEO Roger Gooch told the Telegraph, “We feel very confident that we can put this together, but capitalization is key.”