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Ships on order Ships currently on order for delivery in 2011 until 2016 are listed below. Shipping companies became more prudent when ordering new tonnage because of economic and political uncertainties, so the number of orders placed slowed down the last few years. However, recently, the orderbooks of the yards start to fill again as the cruise business continues to show growth, and appr. 20 vessels will enter service in the next years from 2012 onwards.

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Largest cruise ships in the world at 220.000 GRT and carrying 5400 passengers: Royal Caribbean International's Oasis (2009) and Allure of the Seas (2010)

 

    

 

  Norwegia Epic built 2010 for NCL

 

On order in 2011

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q? Pearl Mist Pearl Cruises 8.700 210 Irving Shipbuilding ship already run trials in the autumn of 2009, but the line has a dispute withe the yard concerning the quality of the ships fittings,delivery is now uncertain
Q2 Aidasol Aida 68500 2030 Meyer larger version of Aidaura and Aidavita
Q2 L' Austal Cie de Iles du Ponant 10.700 264 Fincantieri sister to Le Boreal
Q2 Carnival Magic Carnival 130.000 3600 Fincantieri largest ever owned by Carnival
Q2 Disney Dream Disney 122.000 2500 Meyer new class
Q3 Le Austral Cie des Iles du Ponant 10.500 2100 Fincantieri sister to le Boreal
Q2 Costa Favolosa Costa 114.200 3800 Fincantirei based on Carnival Conquest
Q3 Seabourn Quest Seabourn 32.000 450 T. Mariotti sister to Seabourn Sojourn
Q3 Celebrity Silhouette Celebrity 117000 2850 Meyer sister to Celebrity Solstice-Eclipse

 

Disney Dream

 

On order in 2012

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q2 Riviera Oceania 65.000 1280 Fincantieri Sister to Marina
Q2 Carnival Breeze Carnival 128.000 3600 Fincantieri sister to Carnival Dream
Q2 Disney Fantasy Disney 127.000 2500 Meyer New class
Q2 Costa Fascinosa Costa 114.200 3800 Fincantirei based on Carnival Conquest
Q2 AidaMar Aida 71.000 2030 Meyer larger version of Aidaura and Aidavita
Q2 Sea Cloud Hussar Sea Cloud 4.800 136 Factoria Naval de Marin sail cruiser
Q2 MSC Divina MSC 140.000 3000 STX yards France Fantasia class
Q4 Celebrity Reflection Celebrity 126.000 2850 Meyer Solstice class

MSC Fantastica

 

On order in 2013

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q? Europa 2 HAPAG Lloyd 39.500 516 STX developed from existing Europa
Q? Utopia Utopia Residences 105.000 199 residences/ 218 hotel Samsung Heavy Industries residence cruise ship
Q2 unnamed Aida 71.000 2030 Meyer larger version of Aidaura and Aidavita
Q2 unnamed NCL 144.000 4000 Meyer new class
Q2 Royal Princess Princess Cruises 140.000 3600 Fincantieri new class

 

On order in 2014

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q2 Unnamed Princess Cruises 140.000 3600 Fincantieri second ship new class
Q2 unnamed NCL 144.000 4000 Meyer new class
Q3 unnamed Royal Caribbean Int 158.000 4100 Meyer new class
Q4 Unnamed Costa Cruises 132.000 4900 Fincantieri evolution of Concordia-class

 

 

Residential vessel Utopia

 

On order in 2015

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q1 unnamed Aida Cruises 125.000 3250 Mitsubishi Heavy Ind new class
Q3 unnamed Royal Caribbean Int 158.000 4100 Meyer second ship of new class

 

 

On order in 2016

Delivery Name Owner GRT Passengers Built by Remark
Q1 unnamed Aida Cruises 125.000   Mitsubishi Heavy Ind second ship of new class

 

 

Some spectacular newbuildings projects....will they ever be completed?

 

Kaguya

The size of the ship, to be built by Aker yards, is an incredible 450,000GT, 505m length 58m breadth hull, 20 decks, was first determined as adequate for having the "functions of a city" as  the company calls it. The largest allocation of floor space on the ship is the multipurpose hall. It features a floor space of 7,000 square meters (!) for various kinds of events to be held. It is about 10 times bigger than any halls in a contempory hotel and is capable of holding any kind of trade show, convention, in-door sport event, etc. The Kaguya comprises of three different hotels, each with 1,200 rooms The size of the shopping mall will be 300m long......
To quote the company: "there are quite a few international cruise ships traveling around the world, and none are open to the local people of the cities they visit. The ship becomes nothing more than the scenery from the harbor. The ship we are planning will be fully available to the people it visits at each port of call, functioning as an international cultural exchange. The people at each port city will be able to enjoy all the facilities on the ship and the latest and greatest equipment that the ship brings in to each port. The ship will become a part, an extension of the port city where it arrives at the moment it docks in at the harbor. All facilities including hotels, shopping malls, sport arena and various events at the multi-purpose hall on board will become a part of the city, available to the passengers and locals alike".

 

Monaco Residential

In 2006 Building Investment Group started research on a project to build the most luxurious residental cruise ship in the world, to be named Monaco, even surpassing the famous vessel The World.  Monaco will have four hundred ultra luxury suites and a four star hotel on board.
Building Investment Group is a privately owned investment company which specilizes in exclusive resorts and hotels. Being internationally active, the company currently has projects in The Netherlands, Belgium and Kazachstan.
The Monaco will have a length of 268 meter and a beam of 31,50 meter. The ship will have 12 decks and inside an atrium will span two thirds of its length. This atrium will be the focal point of the Monaco, the luxury appartments will be situated around it, being close to its shopping center, restaurants, the spot to meet your fellow inhabitants.....
At this time the company is negotiating with several yards, all situated in Europe because they offer the best quality in passenger ship building according to the Building Investment Group. Buyers of the suites, Europe's high society, can literally watch their suites being built and can adapt them completely to their wishes. Planning is at the moment to start in 2011 with construction of the Monaco and to launch her in 2013. Then she will start her continous sailings around the world.

 

THE FREEDOM SHIP

Freedom Ship is a ship with the concept of “floating city” proposed by Norman Nixon of Freedom Ship International. With a design length of 1400 meters (4500 feet), width of 230 meters (750 feet) and high of 110 meters (350 feet), Freedom Ship is four times the length of the largest cruise ship in the world today. Planned to be a floating city with condominium housing for 50,000 people, and projected to be a mile long, with an airstrip to accommodate aircraft, it would have a duty-free and rapid transit. What would have been the largest unconventional ship (more like a series of linked barges as otherwise the sea's movement would have the ship broken in pieces) in the world, the Freedom Ship, is still no morethan a blueprint. Construction was originally planned to begin in  2002 with a goal of completion two years later. An estimated 15,000 workers were to work 24 hours a day to get the ship built in time.....

Now, Norm Nixon, the design engineer who came up with the idea of a mile-long ship, is hoping the US military might be interested in this "floating building" for use as a moveable military base.

All text and photographs (unless stated otherwise) ©  Paul Timmerman

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