STX Europe invites everyone to build innovative ships – with lego bricks!

STX Europe will launch on 19 December a competition called the BlockDocker. The web-based contest can be entered at www.stxeurope.com The competition consists of two categories: Innovative and Oasis. The target is simple: In the Innovative category, the aim is to design a cruise ship of the future, keeping in mind the demands of tomorrow, i.e. eco-friendliness and entertainment innovations. The Oasis category challenges the competitors to build a replica of the Oasis of the Seas, the largest cruise vessel in the world, currently under construction in STX Europe's shipyard in Turku, Finland. The catch is that you are supposed to design both of the models using an online design tool provided by LEGO.

The winner of the highly challenging Innovative series will fly to Miami, and supervise his/her model being constructed in the Miami Seatrade Cruise Shipping event March 16-19, 2009. The winner of the Oasis series will be rewarded with an Oasis of the Seas engraved Apple iPod music player, as well as three models of his/her own Oasis LEGO design in a gift pack. The winner model of the Oasis series will be used as a corporate gift by STX Europe.

The competition starts on 19 December 2008 and ends on 9 January 2009. The winners will be announced on 19 January 2009.

See www.stxeurope.com for complete details.

Editor's note: Each category has a budget, so read the Block Docker webpage closely.Good luck!