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Updated on March 15, 2009
Donīt forget to visit this page: Just delivered (click on link) - Cruise ships delivered in 2004/5
Queen Mary 2, the world' s longest cruise-liner, made her maiden voyage January 12th 2004. Building of cruise ships - Photographs taken at various yards in Europe (this page momentarily under construction!)
Carnival Valor, Carnival Cruises
Newbuildings past / in the final planning stage Several shipping companies are planning to launch new tonnage. Those having passed the planning stage which will probably result in orders are: Canyon Ranch: letter of intent signed, yard Aker Finnyards , concerns 2 vessels. No firm order yet. Carnival: plans concerns a 5000 pax, 180.000GRT monster cruise liner Carnival has been planning for years. Ocean Club: Four Seasons will be the name of the new residential vessel, the second of it's kind (see ship description of The World for more information of the first ever residential cruise ship). See above. Ocean Club has an option for the first vessel. Orphalese Global: Ship offering residences and cabins for regular cruise passengers. Not known if ship is ordered or in option. The 90.000GRT will have 200 residences and 265 cabins for passengers. Not known if th Orphalese alsready has an option on the construction of this vessel which originally had been planned for delivery 2008. Crystal Cruises: has had plans for a newbuilding for some time. Now that Crystal Harmony has left the fleet and became Asuka 2, the company needs a new vessel as soon as possile. Vision Quest Cruises: a new Norwegian cruise line planning to order up to three large cruise ships measuring appr. 70.000GRT. They will mainly serve the conference market and if these plans materialize, will be built at Aker Finnyards. EasyCruise: Currently has three ships on order. They will be built by Neorion Holdings in Greece. Delivery dates for the three vessels which will measure appr. 7.500 GRT, are not known yet. Latest status: order for all three newbuildings has been cancelled.
All text and photographs (unless stated otherwise) Đ Paul Timmerman |
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