[PHOTO]Norwegian Cruise Line and Meyer Werft Lay Keel for Norwegian Escape
NCL and Meyer Werft today celebrated the Keel laying of the first Breakaway-plus vessel, Norwegian Escape.
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Steel Cutting for Ovation of the Seas
With Quantum of the Seas about to head out of Papenburg Germany, Meyer Werft is wasting no time. Today they are celebrating the steel cutting ceremony of the third Quantum class ship, Ovation of the Seas.
[UPDATE: AND TUI Orders More Ships]Meyer Werft Purchases 70% stake in STX Finland’s Turku Shipyard
This is great news for the workers in Turku. And even better news that they secured business in the TUI Newbuilds. I wonder if there’s any truth to the NCL 200,000gt ships now that the merger if finally complete. Official…
NCL Orders 2 New Ships
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced that they have reached an agreement with Germany’s Meyer Werft for the construction of two vessels. The total order comes out to be $1.09 billion The new ships will be similar to the Norwegian Escape…
Newbuilding Rumors for NCL and Royal Caribbean
I am hearing severla rumors that NCL is looking at building a ship around the 200,000gt mark. That puts it at just slightly smaller than the current largest Oasis and Allure of the Seas which come in at 225,000gt. The…
Meyer Werft GmbH In Talks To Purchase STX Finland
It’s no secret that STX Finland is in serious financial woes. After the Mein Schiff 4 is launched next year, there will officially be no cruise ships on their order book. One of the major reasons that the Rauma yard…
Fire Damages Partially Completed Ship at Meyer Werft
UPDATE VI: CruiseCritic is reporting that it was the Quantum of the Seas that it was on. This seems to be the final word on the matter. There latest story is here. UPDATE V: …And it was pulled again. CruiseBusiness is reporting…
Quantum of the Seas AND Anthem of the Sea Floated Out
Royal Caribbean’s newest ship, Quantum of the Seas, is getting ready for her debut this fall. In preparation for the Emms River transit from the Meyer Weft shipyard in Germany to the final fitting out berth in Bremerhaven, both the…
Steel Cut for Norwegian Escape
The first of the Breakaway Plus vessels, Norwegian Escape, celebrated the first milestone in her construction. The steel cutting ceremony was held at Meyer Wert Shipyard in Germany. The 163,000gt ship is scheduled to enter service in 2015. from Meyer…
Star Cruises Orders Second Ship
Back in October, Star Cruises announced that they have signed an agreement for the construction of one ship in Germany’s Meyer Werft. Today they announced the deal has been increased to two ships. I estimate the deal to be close…