Tagged: Meyer Werft

P&O Cruises has today revealed that new ship Iona — the largest ever built for the UK market — will be delayed with the maiden voyage postponed due to the global coronavirus pandemic. P&O Cruises’ President, Paul Ludlow, made the announcement as work slows down on the 5,200 vessel at the at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany, where the final stages of the ship’s build is taking place. (cruisecritic.co.uk)

Meyer Werft, the German cruise ship builder, said it has suspended work on P&O Cruises’ newbuilding Iona and the ship has been docked in Bremerhaven for the time being. (cruisebusiness.com)

The P&O Iona has left the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, traveling backwards down the Ems River. The ship has a rating of 184,000 GRT and measures 344,5 m in length and 4 m in width, with capacity for 5,200 passengers. (more…)

The new cruise ship for British P&O Cruises, Iona, will probably leave Papenburg on Wednesday, March 18 2020 to be conveyed on the river Ems to Eemshaven (NL). The ship is planned to arrive in Eemshaven on Thursday evening. (more…)

Iona will most likely be leaving the covered building dock II at the MEYER WERFT shipyard in the night from February 13 to February 14. (more…)

The keel laying ceremony of the new cruise ship for the British P&O Cruises with vessel number S. 710 has been yet another milestone at the MEYER WERFT in Papenburg. (more…)