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COSTA GOES LNG
by: SAMI J. ANTEROINEN
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ustainability is apparent in new cruise processes at Meyer Turku. With an invest- Crane, installed in November. The new hi-
vessels powered by liquefied natural ment plan of 185 million euros, Meyer tech crane is an essential part in the ramp
gas (LNG). The latest two LNG cruise ships Turku is aiming to be the world’s most up of production at the shipyard, but the
“in the pipeline” at Turku are the Costa modern cruise ship yard. old crane is still hard at work, too.
Cruises twins, of which the first one – Meyer Turku CEO Jan Meyer has “We upgraded the old crane to make
named Costa Smeralda – went into pro- noted that for the shipyard, the 183 900 sure that it can cope with the workload,”
duction in the autumn. The steel cutting GT Costa Smeralda is also a step up in ship says Jaana Hänninen, Sustainability man-
ceremony was held on 13th September size. New facilities are needed to answer ager for Meyer Turku. “When we mod-
2017 at the Meyer Turku shipyard. The ship the demands of the customers and to ernise the existing machinery instead of
will take to the seas in October 2019 with increase the competitiveness of the yard demolition, we are contributing to Circu-
her sister ship following in 2021. for the future. lar Economy.” n
Costa Cruises ships will be built, in Of the new investments, the most
part, utisiling new machinery and building visible one is the 120-metre-high Goliath
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