Located on the southwestwern coast of Finland, Meyer Turku
shipyard is specialised in the production of large cruise ships.
Currently owned by Meyer family, the shipyard is one of the
leading European shipbuilders. As orders for new ships keep
coming in steadily, the shipyard has a growing demand for new
shipbuilding professionals.
M
r. Tapani Mylly, Communications Shipbuilding for this vessel was started in
Manager for Meyer Turku, notes early 2017.
that the shipyard’s order book is quite full
until the year 2024.
”The third ship under construction
is Costa Cruises’ new LNG-powered liner
”Now that we started work on the Costa Smeralda, also with a gross ton-
new ship ordered by Carnival Cruises, we nage of over 180 000 tons. The ship will
have three vessels under construction at be equipped with more than 2 600 cabins
the moment.” and is scheduled to enter service in Octo-
Plate-cutting work is now underway ber 2019. At the moment, the ship’s hull
for the Carnival XL1 that will start operat- is in its final stages of assembly,” Mr. Mylly
ing from Florida in 2020. The ship is to be recounts.
the first North American based cruise ship Furthermore, a second Carnival
to run on liquefied natural gas (LNG). It Cruises XL class ship – a sister ship for
has gross tonnage of more than 180 000 Carnival XL1 – has already been ordered
tons. and is scheduled for delivery from Meyer
Still at Turku shipyard in its final
Turku in 2022.
stages of construction and expected for
delivery in early 2019, TUI Cruises’ New SHIPBUILDERS WANTED
Mein Schiff 2 has a length of 315 metres While the volume of shipbuilding keeps
and will carry nearly 2 900 passengers. constantly increasing, competition for
“
We have three
vessels under
construction at the
moment.
38
seatec 1/2019