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Freedom
Ship
Overview
Envision
an ideal place to live or run a business—a
friendly, safe and secure community with large
areas of open space and extensive
entertainment and recreational facilities.
Imagine that this community levies no local
taxes—no income tax, no real estate tax, no
sales tax, no business tax, no import duties.
Finally, picture this community continually
moving around the world. You are beginning to
understand Freedom Ship, a soon to be
constructed, massive ocean-going vessel. With
a length of 4,320 feet, a width of 725 feet,
and a height of 340 feet, Freedom Ship will be
one of the wonders of the world—a mobile
modern city featuring luxurious living, a
major world trade center, and an extensive
duty-free international shopping mall.
Freedom
Ship is not a cruise ship, but a fascinating
and unique place to live, work, retire,
vacation, or visit. The ship will continuously
circle the globe, covering most of the world's
coastal regions. Its large fleet of commuter
aircraft and hydrofoils will ferry residents
and visitors to and from shore. The airport on
the ship's top deck will serve private and
small commercial aircraft (up to about 40
passengers).
The
vessel's superstructure, rising twenty-five
stories above its broad main deck, will house
residential space, a library, schools, and a
first-class hospital in addition to retail and
wholesale shops, banks, hotels, restaurants,
entertainment facilities, casinos, offices,
warehouses, and light manufacturing and
assembly enterprises. Finally, a wide array of
recreational and athletic facilities, worthy
of a world class resort, will make Freedom
Ship a veritable "Community on the
Sea."
Freedom
Ship's Primary Objectives are to:
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Provide
a unique, traveling residential community,
combining the amenities of a modern city
with those of the finest resorts, in an
attractive, stimulating, and secure
environment.
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Create
a vigorous commercial community whose
privately owned and operated on board
enterprises will sell their products and
services world-wide and operate totally
free of local taxes and duties.
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Establish
the world's largest duty-free retail
shopping mall and bring it to markets
around the world with a steady and
substantial stream of resident and
visiting customers
Design
Features
Appearance:
Attractive
artwork and creative architecture will grace
the ship. Parks and promenades will boast
waterfalls, ponds, and extensive landscaping.
Most levels will feature large saltwater
aquariums. The shopping mall, one of the
world's largest, will also be one of its most
beautiful. Portions will be dedicated to
individual countries, featuring culturally
characteristic architectures. A 100-foot-wide
main deck will lead to a marina at the stern.
Over 200 acres of open area will be available
for recreation and relaxation.
Comfort
and Safety:
The vessel's unique construction, along with
its extraordinary size, will result in
unmatched and unprecedented stability and
safety, providing a smooth ride in the
roughest seas. The ship will be virtually
fireproof. Its ventilation system will supply
uncontaminated, filtered and purified air.
Ship's
Movement and Transportation:
As
it circumnavigates the world, Freedom Ship
will make a series of offshore stops,
including exotic tropical islands accessible
only by sea. These stops will provide the
ship's residents and entrepreneurs with
extensive and varied touring and business
opportunities, and bring a continual stream of
visitors onto to the ship to patronize its
shops, restaurants, and entertainment
facilities. The ship will provide as many as
40,000 tourists to ports around the world.
These cities and countries will eagerly
anticipate this influx, as well as the major
market the ship represents for local farmers,
fishermen, and merchants. Stopover schedules
will be based on business volume and touring
popularity. Customers, merchants, businessmen,
and residents will be able to utilize the
ship's fleet of aircraft and hydrofoils, as
well as commercial commuter airlines, to come
and go from the ship even between stopovers.
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