The first steel was cut today at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland for the Costa Toscana, a future addition to the fleet of Costa Cruises, the Italian brand of Carnival Corporation & plc.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and Meyer Turku shipyard have signed an agreement (still subject to financing) on the delivery of a third Icon class cruise ship, to be delivered from Turku in the spring of 2025.
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The hull assembly phase of Carnival Mardi Gras, a 180 000 gross tonnage cruise ship, was celebrated with a traditional coin ceremony at Meyer Turku shipyard today. The coin set on top of the keel blocks will be placed into the ship for good luck after the float-out of the ship.
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There has been a fire on the deck 15 of Costa Smeralda, a ship being constructed at Meyer Turku Shipyard. There was stored equipment on fire, started by welding inside the ship. The fire started approximately at 16:45 Finnish time (18-3-2019).
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Costa Cruises today celebrated the official float-out ceremony of its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, one of the biggest shipbuilding complexes in the world.
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Construction of the Costa Smeralda, the new flagship of the Costa Cruises fleet, is continuing at the Meyer shipyard in Turku (Finland). The characteristic yellow funnel with the blue “C”, which has identified all the Italian company’s ships for the last 70 years, has now been installed.
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TUI Cruises takes delivery of New Mein Schiff 2, a fresh take on a long series of ships from Meyer Turku shipyard. With New Mein Schiff 2 Meyer Turku and TUI Cruises have continued taking into account the feedback from the passengers of TUI Cruise’s previous ships and further improved and refreshed the design of the ship.
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Carnival Cruise Line reaffirmed its place as the leader of innovation in the U.S. cruise industry today as the first steel was cut for the line’s newest class of ship and the new livery was revealed for the 180,000-ton XL vessel that will be the first-ever ship operating in North America to use liquefied natural gas (LNG).
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Costa Cruises today celebrated the traditional coin ceremony for its new ship, Costa Smeralda, at the Meyer shipyard in Turku, one of the biggest shipbuilding complexes in the world.
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A month after the successful delivery of New Mein Schiff 1, the next ship in line, new Mein Schiff 2, has been today floated out at Meyer Turku shipyard. New Mein Schiff 2 will be delivered to the customer, German TUI Cruises, early next year. (cruisebusiness.com)
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Meyer Turku has reported a third profitable year, with a net profit of 32.2 million euro for 2017. The yard said the strong performance would help finance its 200 million euro investment program at Turku shipyard, which is led by CEO Jan Meyer. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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The brand new Mein Schiff 1 was delivered to TUI Cruises today at the Meyer Turku shipyard. It is the fifth vessel built for the German line by Meyer Turku, and ushers in a new era for the Mein Schiff platform, as the ship class was lengthened by 20 meters for additional capacity, allowing the ship to carry 2,900 guests. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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Meyer Turku has awarded ALMACO Group the contract to supply galley equipment to Costa Cruises’ first LNG-powered cruise vessels. The ships are expected to be delivered in October 2019 and spring 2021.
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TUI Cruises and Meyer Turku have agreed to build a Mein Schiff 7 with delivery in 2023, which is based on the design of New Mein Schiff 1 & 2. The agreement is still subject to financing, which is now being worked on with the banks and Finnvera. (cruiseindustrynews.com)
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