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NEWBUILDS & DELIVERIES
NEW MEIN SCHIFF 2 FLOATED OUT OF BUILDING DOCK AT TURKU
A month after the successful delivery of New Mein
Schiff 1, the next cruiseship in line, New Mein Schiff
2, has been floated out at Meyer Turku shipyard.
New Mein Schiff 2 will be delivered to the customer,
German TUI Cruises, early next year.
The timetable for the construction of the ship
shows how Turku shipyard has been ramping up
the production volume to meet the increasing
demands from the order book.
“Our block production capacity is already up on
the level with previous high from 2010, when the
shipyard was building Allure of the Seas. Ramping
up the production at the same time as we are
implementing an investment program of 200
million euros has not been a simple task. Still, as
the saying at the shipyard says, if it was simple,
anybody could do it and that would not be good
either”, CEO of Meyer Turku Jan Meyer
commented.
The float out of New Mein Schiff 2 marks the
beginning of the final stage of the ship’s
construction. She will now float at the outfitting
pier of the shipyard, where she will be finalised for
delivery.
“Our new Mein Schiff 1 has successfully
completed her first cruises and has been very well
received by our guests. Our new generation of
ships meets our expectations completely. We are
looking very much forward to taking with
new Mein Schiff 2 a sister ship into service very
soon”, says Wybcke Meier, CEO of TUI Cruises.
New Mein Schiff 2 will be a sister ship to already
delivered New Mein Schiff 1, with added length of
20m from the previous ships in the series. After
the delivery of New Mein Schiff 2, TUI Cruise’s
whole fleet will be built at Turku shipyard.
MOL ACCEPTS FINAL CLT PROJECT LNGC
Mitsui O.S.K. Lines has accepted
the final vessel in a series of
newbuild LNGCs from China's
Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding.
CESI Lianyungang is the sixth
vessel in the China LNG
Transportation Project announced
in April 2013 and will sail under a
long-term charter transporting
LNG that SINOPEC purchases from
the Australia Pacific LNG Project.
This project, which built LNG
carriers in China, follows the
ExxonMobil LNG project,
announced in March 2010, for
which four LNG carriers were
ordered from Hudong and
delivered by April 2016.
Like the five vessels already
delivered for the project – CESI
Gladstone, CESI Qingdao, CESI
Beihai, CESI Tianjin and CESI
Wenzhou – the new vessel is a
membrane type carrier with a
174,100m3 cargo capacity. The
290m long vessel has a dual fuel
diesel electric engine
configuration.
MOL maintains the strong,
trusting relationship it has
developed with its Chinese
partners through these projects,
and is now working with CCSC on
the Yamal LNG project in Russia.
MOL's LNG transport know-how is
playing a key role in expanding
LNG demand in China as it further
strengthens its ties with the
nation.
In addition, MOL is currently
involved in the operation of 96
LNG carriers (including FSRUs)
and, with additional vessels under
construction, aims to further
expand its fleet.
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